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Funeral of Hamza Zayed Jaradat and Zayed Juma Jaradat, two 12-year-old Palestinian children killed by an unexploded mortar left behind by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Sa'ir, near Hebron, March 7, 2012. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Details of Palestinian deaths jeopardize a system of denial

The news says, ‘the IDF doesn’t kill children in vain.’ And everyone here nods with a serious ‘moral gaze.’ By Nir Baram While mourning the horrific murder of the three Israeli boys by despicable murderers, yet again we hear the familiar calls of, “in times like these there is no Left and Right. We are…

By +972 Magazine July 7, 2014

Why did prosecutors sit on a Palestinian boy’s killing for 14 months?

Yusuf Fahri Mussa Ahleil, aged 16, was shot and killed on January 28, 2011, probably by a settler. The state took 14 months to appoint a prosecutor to the case. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Many of Yesh Din’s posts in this blog deal with the incompetence of Israeli police investigations, and it’s…

By +972 Magazine November 24, 2013

Jerusalem: Palestinians protest in Silwan following killing (photo essay)

Protests erupted in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan today after a guard at an Israeli settlement opened fire at Palestinian residents, killing at least one. This is my photo essay from the scene of the revolt.

By Joseph Dana September 22, 2010

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