Jonathan Pollak

A Palestinian student from Birzeit University uses a slingshot to throw stones at Israeli troops during clashes with soldiers at the Atara checkpoint as they protest against Israel's military action on the Gaza Strip. November 19, 2012. (Issam Rimawi / FLASH90)
Why the Israeli left’s obsession with nonviolence reinforces the occupation
By promoting a narrow view of legitimate resistance, the left is unwittingly justifying Israel's repression of Palestinian protests.
By Dan Owen January 22, 2020
Israeli soldiers remove Israeli activists who stage a sit-in on the route of the separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil'in, West Bank, November 11, 2005. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Ban on Israeli activists from West Bank based on lies and misinformation
Naftali Bennett's decision to bar 30 Israeli activists from the West Bank is an attempt to silence anyone who dares work alongside Palestinians to end the occupation.
By Oren Ziv January 19, 2020
Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak at the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court, arrested as part of an unprecedented private suit by Israeli right-wing group Ad Kan, Jan. 15, 2020. (Oren Ziv)
As a Palestinian rights defender, I’m proud to stand with Jonathan Pollak
The Israeli military court where I stood trial for false charges, and the civil court where my friend faces his, are part of the same unjust system.
By Mohammed Khatib January 15, 2020
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Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak seen in the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, arrested as part of an unprecedented private suit by Ad Kan, January 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Arrest of Israeli activist shows extreme-right group working with the state
Anti-occupation activist Jonathan Pollak's arrest could only have come about as a result of coordination between the police, the courts, and the extreme-right group suing him.
By Oren Ziv January 8, 2020
Jonathan Pollak, right, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court after being arrested at his place of work, January 6, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Undercover police arrest prominent Israeli anti-occupation activist
Officers arrest Jonathan Pollak at his workplace in south Tel Aviv after he refused to appear in court over a private prosecution filed against him by extreme-right group Ad Kan.
By Oren Ziv January 6, 2020
Jonathan Pollak seen inside the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, December 27, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Prominent anti-occupation activist assaulted in Tel Aviv
Left-wing Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak attacked by two assailants outside his workplace in south Tel Aviv. The attackers reportedly yelled ‘leftist asshole’ as they beat him before one of them pulled out a knife and lightly wounded him. A prominent left-wing activist was physically assaulted by two unknown assailants as he left work in Tel Aviv on Sunday. The…
By Oren Ziv July 8, 2019
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, April 21, 2017. (Flash90)
Nabi Saleh is where I lost my Zionism
By the time I began going to Nabi Saleh, I had spent about four years reporting on what I saw in the West Bank and Gaza, watching detachedly as my politics moved ever leftward. What I witnessed in that small West Bank village was the last straw. A short video of 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi slapping…
By Lisa Goldman December 24, 2017
Members of the Tamimi family prevent from an Israeli solider from arresting Mohammed Tamimi, 11, during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (photo: Muhannad Saleem / Activestills.org)
Seeing the forest of occupation through the trees of Nabi Saleh
A recent episode of Israel’s premier political talk show illustrates how so many Israelis are unable — or unwilling — to see the structural nature of the injustices borne of occupation. By Libby Lenkinski My husband is a psychotherapist – he spends his life thinking about people’s individual psyche and inner worlds. I am a…
By +972 Magazine December 24, 2017
WATCH: protesters clash with soldiers at Bil’in barrier
Palestinian demonstrators and their supporters have clashed with Israeli soldiers at a weekly gathering in the village of Bil’in in the West Bank. It happened as the demonstrators approached a portion of the controversial separation barrier built by Israel. Soldiers fired back with tear gas after demonstrators drove a bulldozer into part of the barrier.…
By Roee Ruttenberg June 24, 2011
The Atlantic has not heard of the joint struggle in the West Bank? (UPDATED)
Something caught my eye when looking through photos on The Atlantic of the Nakba day demonstrations which engulfed the West Banks and Israel’s border areas last Sunday. Image 16, reprinted below, carries the following caption: Two Palestinian men struggle after being overcome by tear gas fired during clashes with the Israeli police on May 15, 2011…
By Joseph Dana May 20, 2011
The emergence of the new Israeli Left
Joseph Dana and I have a cover story for The Nation this week on the Israeli activists who takes part in the unarmed protest in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. We discuss the history of the joint struggle, its political significance and the challenges lying ahead. Though we say it in the text several…
By Noam Sheizaf March 13, 2011
Tel Aviv sees largest leftwing demonstration in years
Thousands march to protest Knesset’s decision to probe human rights organizations Tel Aviv – More than 10,000 people marched this evening in protest of recent anti-democratic and racist initiatives by the Israeli government. The march, which started in front of the Likud HQ in King George Street and ended at the Tel Aviv Museum Square,…
By Noam Sheizaf January 15, 2011
Jonathan Pollak the day he began serving his 3-month jail sentence (photo: Oren Ziv/activestills.org)
Jonathan Pollak’s life partner: Israel may turn into one big prison
The night that Jonathan Pollak was sentenced to three months in jail, I dreamed that I was thrown in jail too. That dream was probably partly a manifestation of the deep connection that all long-term couples feel; but it was also the expression of a growing feeling of apprehension regarding the future of all of…
By +972 Magazine January 12, 2011
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