Muhammad Abu Khdeir

Two settlers, one of them carrying a gun, stand near a mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 1, 2001. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

What if Israel had decided to expel the settlers of Hebron?

After the massacre of 29 Palestinians in Hebron, Yitzhak Rabin could have taken action against the settlers there. Instead, he put Palestinians under closure.

By Amiram Goldblum November 13, 2019

Siam Nuwara, the father of Nadeem Siam Nuwara, mourns over his son before his funeral procession in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 16, 2014. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

‘There is no justice in Israel — it’s always postponed’

The Nawara family expected to hear the sentence of the Israeli soldier who killed their son, Nadeem. Instead, they were forced to sit quietly while the soldier’s lawyer argued that it was not his client but Nadeem who was guilty of a crime. The hearing began poorly. Siam Nawara was on the stand, testifying in what was supposed…

By Joshua Leifer January 10, 2018

Prison guards escort Yosef Haim Ben-David, the third defendant in the murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, arrives to the Disctrict Court in Jerusalem, on April 5, 2016. Abu Khdeir, 16, a Palestinian teenager was abducted and killed in Jerusalem more then a year ago. His murder sparked violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and northern Israel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court: Israel won’t demolish homes of Palestinian teen’s killers

Court rejects petition filed by family of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, claiming too much time passed since his murder and the filing of the petition. By +972 Magazine Staff Israel’s High Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that the families of three Israelis who were convicted of kidnapping and murdering Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian who was…

By +972 Magazine July 5, 2017

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Palestinians gather at the Dawabsheh family home in the West Bank village of Duma following an arson attack by Jewish terrorists, August 1, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Stop calling it ‘Jewish terror’

Let’s stop calling those who have bombed, shot, or burned Palestinians ‘Jewish.’ Let’s call them what they really are: Israeli. By Yonatan Englender Israel is a country that is quick to appropriate every phenomenon or activity that takes place within it, from the success of its tech entrepreneurs (in whom the state did not invest even a single…

By +972 Magazine May 21, 2017

Robi Damelin, from the Bereaved Families Forum, is seen pictured in front of a model separation wall during an International Women's Day action in the West Bank city of Beit Jala.

WATCH: Bereaved Palestinians and Israelis mark Women’s Day

Israeli and Palestinian women commemorated International Women’s Day last week by destroying a mockup separation wall in the West Bank city of Beit Jala. The event, put on by the Bereaved Families Forum, included a vigil in memory of those who have lost their lives in the conflict. Among the speakers were Suha Abu Khdeir, the mother of Mohammed Abu Khdeir,…

By Social TV March 15, 2017

Israelis march in support of IDF troops fighting in the Gaza Strip in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 31, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Against the Israeli Right’s state of war

Despite the fallout from the State Comptroller’s report on the 2014 Gaza war, we must remember that the violent atmosphere it created was a boon for an Israeli Right that fosters nationalism, racism and persecution of the Left. By Alon Mizrahi 1. Throughout my life, I have witnessed Israel take part in a long list of…

By +972 Magazine March 3, 2017

A Palestinian family sits in the remains of their demolished home in the West Bank village of Umm el-Kheir, South Hebron Hills, April 6, 2016. (Wissam Hashlamon/Flash90)

Equality could be the ultimate deterrence to violence

If the Israeli security establishment is looking for a proper way to put an end to violence, a little equality in the eyes of the law might go a long way. By Talal Jabari One of my very first assignments as a young journalist was to go to Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem to take…

By +972 Magazine July 17, 2016

(Suha (C), the mother of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was murdered last year, sits in the district court in Jerusalem on November 30, 2015. The Jerusalem court convicted two Israeli minors of the kidnapping and burning alive of a Palestinian teenager in the run-up to the 2014 Gaza war, while the third defendant Yosef Haim Ben-David's mental state will be evaluated. Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, was abducted and killed on July 2, 2014, weeks after the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. Activestills.org)

What does justice look like for victims of Jewish terrorism?

A reminder that the victims of Jewish and Palestinian violence never encounter the same system of justice. On Thursday Israel’s High Court of Justice rejected a petition to stop the demolition of a home to a Palestinian man accused of aiding three Palestinians in a shooting attack that killed Border Police officer Hadar Cohen in…

By Edo Konrad July 8, 2016

Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform traditional Friday prayers in a street in Wadi Joz neighbourhood outside Jerusalem's Old City, as policemen block their way to Al Aqsa mosque, October 17, 2014. The Israeli government has restricted access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest shrine to men under 50. (Activestills.org)

CCTV cameras at Al-Aqsa will not lower tensions in Jerusalem

It is welcome news that the long-awaited cameras will finally be installed soon. The bad news is that they don’t even touch the root of the problem — restrictions on Muslim worshippers accessing Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. By Aviv Tatarsky The issue of CCTV cameras on the Temple Mount has come up over and over again…

By +972 Magazine March 19, 2016

A firefighter stands in front of the charred door of B’Tselem’s offices in Jerusalem. (Photo: Fire Department Spokesperson)

When every fire is a potential arson attack

As incitement against the Israeli Left grows, it is no surprise so many people believed right-wing arsonists were behind the fire at the offices of Israel’s oldest human rights organization. Preliminary investigations by Israeli Police and Israel Fire and Rescue Services indicated that the fire that erupted Sunday night in the Jerusalem offices of Israeli…

By Haggai Matar January 11, 2016

Hussein, the father of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was murdered last year, walks outside the district court in Jerusalem on November 30, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Verdict in Abu Khdeir murder delayed by mental health claims

The two minors are convicted of kidnapping and murdering 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir in East Jerusalem last year. Despite the judges’ assessment of guilt, however, no verdict is issued against the main suspect. The reason? A last-minute mental health assessment — in English. A panel of Jerusalem District Court judges on Monday issued a verdict…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 30, 2015

Family members mark a year since the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, Shuafat, East Jerusalem, June 2, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Hundreds march in memorial service for murdered Palestinian teen

‘Our only demand is that the murderers spend the rest of their lives in jail, so that everyone knows that what they did is unconscionable.’ By Michael Salisbury-Corech Hundreds of Palestinians marched last Thursday in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat to mark one year since the abduction and murder of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir. Participants waved Palestinian flags…

By +972 Magazine July 5, 2015

American citizen Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, after being beaten by Israeli police. (Photos provided to Addameer by the Abu Khdeir family.)

American teen beaten by Israeli police is cleared of wrongdoing

The cousin of Muhammad Abu Khdeir’s videotaped beating by Israeli police in Jerusalem led to widespread outrage. He had been arrested and accused of participating in riots. Palestinian-American 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir, whose severe beating by Israeli police while he was in custody last summer was caught on video, has been cleared of all wrongdoing…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 28, 2015