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New Yorkers hold signs on Yitzhak Rabin Way in New York City to protest against an Israeli military operation in Gaza and for Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons, June 30, 2006. (Melanie Fidler/Flash90)

US anti-boycott laws could take a ‘draconian’ turn. But the fight is not over

ACLU lawyer Brian Hauss clears up misinformation about the Supreme Court's decision not to hear a local newspaper's challenge of Israel boycott legislation.

By Nate Orbach March 1, 2023

A full house at the premiere of Naila and the Uprising at the Red Crescent Cinema Hall in the Gaza Strip, September 2018. (Shareef Sarhan)

What it takes to organize a film screening in Gaza

Getting an entry permit from the Israeli army, securing permission to screen the film from Hamas, and how to prepare for inevitable power cuts are only some of the hurdles. Imagine what it takes to coordinate humanitarian aid. By Jen Marlowe We had been talking about organizing the Gaza premiere of Naila and the Uprising for months, but…

By +972 Magazine October 15, 2018

The area around the tomb/mosque where the Palestinian village of Nabi Samuel used to stand, and which has now been incorporated into a 3,500-dunam Israeli national park. (Photo: Mareike Lauken and Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Living inside an invisible cage: Welcome to Nabi Samuel

‘To bring in gas we need a permit. To bring in sacks of flour in we need a permit. And when we get a permit, we arrive at the checkpoint and they tell us we have no permit.’ By Moriel Rothman There are only 10 homes left in the small Palestinian village of Nabi Samuel,…

By +972 Magazine May 18, 2014

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WATCH: ‘My Neighbourhood’ – the human impact of settlements in Sheikh Jarrah

Just Vision’s Peabody Award winning film, My Neigbhourhood (directed by Julia Bacha and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi), tells the story of Mohammed El Kurd, a Palestinian teenager in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah whose family is forced to share a section of their home with Israeli settlers. Mohammed comes-of-age in the midst of unrelenting tension…

By +972 Magazine May 17, 2013

A Palestinian youth in Budrus, with his new copy of the graphic novel, after the Israeli army interrupted the event, shooting tear gas into the village.

PHOTOS: Israeli army attacks event for launch of graphic novel in Budrus

The Israeli military interrupts the launch event for a new graphic novel created by the makers of the documentary film ‘Budrus.’ Text by: Jessica Devaney, Photos by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Just Vision launched an Arabic graphic novel at the Budrus Girls School on Thursday. Created by Irene Nasser and based on the award-winning documentary, Budrus (directed…

By Activestills May 3, 2013

No happy ending: Film documents the struggle in Sheikh Jarrah

Just Vision‘s latest film is a moving snapshot of the Palestinian plight with Israeli settlement policies in an East Jerusalem neighborhood – and the Israeli Jews that raised awareness about the issue by protesting there. While there is no happy ending, the movie introduces audiences to some of the Palestinians and Israelis who found themselves…

By Lisa Goldman July 21, 2012

WATCH: Films explore human side of Sheikh Jarrah protest

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2u5MwVNPHo[/youtube] The affluent Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah has become, in the words of one observer, the new battleground of the Israeli left. By now, most readers of +972 are familiar with the story of struggle and dispossession which has typified the Sheikh Jarrah protest movement. In early 2009, Jewish settlers, backed by American-funded organizations…

By Joseph Dana October 12, 2011