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Qamar Elian, a Palestinian girl from the West Bank village of Umm Lasafa, in her home after an Israeli soldier kicked and broker her ankle while her family approached their private land. (Basil Adra)

She was walking toward her family’s land. A soldier broke her ankle

Qamar Aliyan, an 11-year-old Palestinian girl, was kicked by Israeli troops while settlers roamed on her family's property in Umm Lasafa.

By Basel Adra April 4, 2023

Israelis swim in a spring belonging to the destroyed Palestinian village of Walajeh, near Jerusalem. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

How one Palestinian spring became a leisure spot for Israelis only

The spring that once belonged to the Palestinian village of Walajeh is now off limits to its residents. As of last week, it is open to Israeli settlers alone.

By Aviv Tatarsky October 22, 2019

Angela Merkel faces down Donald Trump at the G7 Summit, June 9, 2018. (Jesco Denzel/German gov't)

The legitimacy of land grabs in the Trump era: From the Golan to Crimea

Trump’s administration needs to come to terms with the unacceptability of states snatching territory from other states through armed force and keeping it — no matter what rationale the historical context might provide. By Paul R. Pillar The main takeaway from the recent G-7 summit obviously is the striking damage to U.S.-allied relations from Donald…

By +972 Magazine June 12, 2018

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A Palestinian Bedouin family after their Jordan Valley home was demolished by Israeli army forces. (File photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

There’s nothing static about the West Bank ‘status quo’

Israel is already carrying out Bennett’s annexation plan, only without the formal annexation part. The West Bank is a very different place than it was 10 years ago. It will be even more different five or 10 years from now. The indispensable Amira Hass reported this morning about an Israeli plan to push thousands of Palestinian-Bedouin into…

By Noam Sheizaf September 16, 2014