Mustafa Tamimi

Palestinians participate in the funeral of two-year-old Muhammad Tamimi in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, who died four days after he was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers near the entrance to his home in Nabi Saleh, West Bank, June 6, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘Hamoudi’s gone’: Palestinian village reels after Israeli soldiers kill toddler

After denying responsibility, the IDF admitted its forces shot two-year-old Mohammed Tamimi — the latest Nabi Saleh resident to be killed with impunity.

By Oren Ziv June 7, 2023

Poster in solidarity with Ahed Tamimi, London, December 28, 2017. (@ProtestStencil)

Activists bring London commuters face-to-face with Ahed Tamimi

Just over a week after the arrest of Ahed Tamimi, posters appear at bus stops around London in solidarity with the teenager and all Palestinian prisoners. Commuters across London came face-to-face with the occupation on Thursday, after local activist groups put up posters at bus stops around the city calling for the release of Ahed Tamimi. The…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland December 29, 2017

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, April 21, 2017. (Flash90)

Nabi Saleh is where I lost my Zionism

By the time I began going to Nabi Saleh, I had spent about four years reporting on what I saw in the West Bank and Gaza, watching detachedly as my politics moved ever leftward. What I witnessed in that small West Bank village was the last straw. A short video of 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi slapping…

By Lisa Goldman December 24, 2017

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An Israeli soldier holding Mohammed Tamimi, 12, in a headlock during a demonstration in Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (Karam Saleem)

WATCH: Palestinian women and children prevent arrest of minor in Nabi Saleh

An Israeli soldier attempts to detain a 12-year-old Palestinian boy during a demonstration in the West Bank village. His mother and sister make sure that doesn’t happen. See update below. The weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh took a particularly violent turn on Friday after an Israeli soldier tried to detain 12-year-old Mohammed Tamimi,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland August 29, 2015

An Israeli soldier fires tear gas canisters directly at Palestinian protesters in Nabi Salah, March 13, 2015. (Screenshot by Bilal Tamimi)

WATCH: IDF fires tear gas canisters directly at protesters

Two Palestinian protesters have been killed from the practice in recent years despite it being illegal. In keeping with a recent upsurge in the illegal use of lethal force during weekly Friday demonstrations in Nabi Saleh, video footage emerged last week of an Israeli soldier firing tear gas canisters directly at protesters on March 13,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland March 24, 2015

Abraham Lincoln (Photo: Mathew Brady)

Israelis could take a page from Abraham Lincoln

Forty years ago there existed a large group of Israelis that didn’t want to occupy the Palestinian territories – a group which at one time was the majority; this majority has since turned into thin air. Lessons from the 19th century American South. (Translated from Hebrew by Jordan Michaeli) In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, a…

By Yossi Gurvitz December 23, 2013

A Palestinian girl carries a picture of Nelson Mandela in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. (Activestills)(Activestills)

Hundreds celebrate, vow to strengthen Palestinian popular struggle

Palestinian popular committees hold a convention in Nabi Saleh in bid to promote and unite the popular struggle against occupation and apartheid, launching a new type of weekly protest. The demonstration that followed was welcomed by soldiers with the traditional tear gas barrage. The popular committees coordinating much of the unarmed struggle against the wall…

By Haggai Matar December 8, 2013

Mustafa Tamimi, a 28 year-old Palestinian from Nabi Saleh seen just before he gets hit with a tear gas canister shot by an Israeli soldier from a short distance during the weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, 09.12.2011. Tamimi later died from his wounds (Photo Haim Scwarczenberg)

IDF closes probe into killing of Mustafa Tamimi in Nabi Saleh

Two years later, Israel’s Military Advocate General rules no regulations were breached when a soldier fatally shot Mustafa Tamimi with tear gas from close range. This decision sends Israeli soldiers and officers the unequivocal message that, should they kill unarmed civilians, they will not be held accountable. The Israeli Military Advocate General (MAG) announced Thursday…

By Mairav Zonszein December 5, 2013

Palestinian and Israeli activists hold a poster asking "Who Killed Mustafa Tamimi?" during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, December 7, 2012. Tamimi was killed on December 9, 2011, when he was shot in the face with a tear gas canister at close range by Israeli soldiers. Also pictured on the poster is soldier who killed Tamimi. No one responsible for Tamimi's death has been brought to justice to this day. (photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

A week in photos: December 6-12

Mustafa Tamimi is remembered in Nabi Saleh and Tel Aviv, where thousands marched for human rights; actions for animal and housing rights; an eye on settlement expansion; and more. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.

By Activestills December 13, 2012

Israeli soldiers try to arrest Activestills photographer Yotam Ronen, as Palestinian and international activists block 443 highway, which connects Tel Aviv and Jerusalem through the West Bank, during a protest against the violence of the Israeli settlers, October 16, 2012.

Israeli soldier: ‘Cameras are our kryptonite’

A recent article on Ynet, and excellent analysis by Ali Abunimah on the Electronic Intifada, yields this gem of a quote (emphasis Abunimah’s): One soldier admits that the presence of cameras – presumably in the hands of Palestinian and other videographers – inhibits the soldiers from being even more abusive: T. says the cameras on…

By Activestills December 11, 2012

Tamimi on vacation from prison, 16.4.12 (Keren Manor / Activestills)

Amnesty International calls for release of Bassem Tamimi, prisoner of conscience

Amnesty International has called for the release of activist Bassem Tamimi, whom they define as a prisoner of conscience. The 45 year-old father of four from Nabi Saleh was arrested October 24 during a protest action at a branch of Rami Levy, a Jewish-owned supermarket chain that has several branches in Israeli settlements in the…

By Lisa Goldman November 4, 2012

Despite video evidence, officer who shot Israeli demonstrator won’t be charged

The Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem received notification from the military prosecution recently, informing it that charges will not be filed against an officer who shot an Israeli activist during a 2008 demonstration in Bil’in. B’Tselem intends to appeal the decision. The incident took place during the weekly demonstration against the separation fence in Bil’in…

By Haggai Matar February 22, 2012

Foreign national injured at weekly West Bank demonstration

A photographer and two women, one reportedly a French national, were injured by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at this Friday’s anti-occupation demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. UPDATE: A video of the incident is now embedded, below Three civilians were injured in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh today…

By Lisa Goldman February 3, 2012