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Palestinian residents and activists gather for a screening of "Coexistence my Ass!" in late December. (Mohanad Qufisha)

In Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors

The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.

By Basel Adra February 2, 2026

The fence bisecting the West Bank village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, June 25, 2025. (Mohammad Ghafri)

The suffocation of Sinjil

Encaging the West Bank town with barbed wire, Israel has cut off residents’ land and left others exposed to settler attacks, including a recent lynching.

By Shatha Yaish July 14, 2025

Israeli soldiers inspect Palestinian cars at the Beit Furik checkpoint, near Nablus, West Bank, May 27, 2015. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Lost in Occupation: How Google Maps is erasing Palestine

A new report details the ways Google Maps’ mapping process in the occupied territories serves the interests of the Israeli government, while contradicting the company’s stated commitment to human rights. When Tariq Asedih plans a trip from his village near Nablus to Ramallah, Google Maps “can’t find a way” for the 36-kilometer journey. Instead, he has to…

By Henriette Chacar October 4, 2018

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Palestinians cross the Qalandiya checkpoint, outside of the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 17, 2016 (Photo by Flash90).

Israel is making it impossible for foreign nationals to live in the West Bank

The new policy has devastating consequences, not only on family life in the occupied territories, but also for the Palestinian economy. By Yotam Ben-Hillel Over the past year and a half, Israel has pursued a policy which aims to keep foreign nationals out of the West Bank. This policy affects everyone: partners of Palestinian residents of…

By +972 Magazine August 17, 2018

Israeli soldiers blindfold and arrest a young Palestinian man in Hebron. (photo: Activestills.org)

Prisoners in our own homes: A look at life in occupied Hebron

Twenty-one years have passed since Baruch Goldstein entered Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs and massacred dozens of Muslim worshippers. Since then, Palestinians in the city have been placed under a harsh regime of separation and movement restriction. Some of us can’t even leave our own homes. By Zleikha Muhtaseb Imagine that you are in your…

By +972 Magazine February 25, 2015

A Palestinian father and son run past the Israeli separation wall dividing the West Bank town of Bethlehem during the second annual Palestine Marathon, April 11, 2014. (photo: Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestine Marathon promotes ‘right to movement’

Under the theme, ‘Right to Movement,’ some 3,200 runners criss-crossed the streets of the West Bank town of Bethlehem in the second annual Palestine Marathon. Text and photos: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Some 3,200 runners competed in the second annual Palestine Marathon in the streets of the West Bank town of Bethlehem Friday. The race’s theme,…

By Activestills April 12, 2014

A Palestinian woman shows her ID to an Israeli border policeman, while Palestinian security forces stand in the background, as she crosses from the Qalandiya checkpoint on the first Friday of Ramadan, July 20, 2012. (photo: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

Photos: ‘Ramadan kareem’ at Jerusalem checkpoints?

Due to a temporary relaxation in Israeli policy, many Palestinians traveled to Jerusalem through checkpoints during Ramadan this year. But now that Ramadan is over, it’s back to business as usual. Every day, thousands of Palestinians circumvent the Israeli separation wall by crossing into Jerusalem without permission from Israeli authorities. Haggai Matar recently described this…

By Activestills August 19, 2012

Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals protest checkpoint at Shu'fat refugee camp (photo: Mya Guarnieri)

Israeli activist: Checkpoint at J’lem refugee camp form of “ethnic cleansing”

Approximately 30 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals gathered at the edge of Shu’fat refugee camp on Sunday to protest a new Israeli checkpoint, which opened on December 12 and that an Israeli activist likened to a form of “ethnic cleansing.” Palestinian kids threw stones; Israeli police fired rubber-coated bullets at the children. A number of local Palestinian…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat December 22, 2011