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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his 'I Have a Dream Speech,' Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

What is Martin Luther King’s name doing in the ruins of a Palestinian village?

The civil rights leader’s name mysteriously appears on a plaque dedicated to donors who contributed money to building a Jewish National Fund national park — on top of three destroyed Palestinian villages. By Umar Al-Ghubari (translated by Richard Flantz) Martin Luther King’s name appears on the donors wall of Ayalon Canada Park in the Latrun…

By Haokets March 6, 2016

Palestinian refugees, 1948. (photo: www.palestineremembered.com)

Sentenced to life at birth: What do Palestinian refugees want?

For more than 66 years, Palestinian refugees have been languishing in squalid conditions across camps in the Middle East. But do all of them agree that a return to Palestine is necessarily the best solution? Through her extensive research, Paula Schmitt finds that while different refugees may have different desires, hopelessness remains everyone’s worst enemy. …

By +972 Magazine February 8, 2014

Park Ayalon Canada (SocialTV Screenshot)

WATCH: ‘Canada Park’ built on destroyed Palestinian villages

Israel’s ‘Ayalon Canada Park,’ in the West Bank but abutting the Green Line, is full of cyclists and hikers enjoying the scenery and weather on any given Saturday. A visit to the park shows that few of the Israelis enjoying the trails and picnic sites know the story of the three Palestinian villages that were…

By Social TV December 17, 2013

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A protester throws stones as fire works explode during clashes following an anti-government demonstration on the road between Taksim Square and Bashiktash Stadium, Istanbul, early June 5, 2013. Police used water canons and shot tear gas, arresting over 30 activists, including at least one medic and one photographer. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

From Turkish Spring to Naksa Day: A week in photos – May 30 – June 6

This week: Clashes between Turkish protesters and police in Istanbul’s Taksim Square and the capital Ankara, Israeli soldiers threaten the children of the West Bank, Palestinians commemorate the Naksa and Israelis protest against the occupation in the streets of Tel Aviv.

By Activestills June 7, 2013

A member of the Palestinian Ghaith family stands with the belongings of her family after her house was demolished by Jerusalem municipality workers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of At-Tur on April 29, 2013. (Tali Mayer/ Activestills.org)

After 46 years of occupation, land confiscation renders Israeli law obsolete

Since Israel occupied the West Bank and annexed East Jerusalem in 1967, it has continued to engage in legal acrobatics to confiscate Palestinian homes and land. In doing so, the state is actively erasing its internationally recognized border – the Green Line. One thing has become abundantly clear about Israeli policy when it comes to land:…

By Mairav Zonszein June 5, 2013

PHOTOS: Naksa Day Hebron protest marks 45 years of Occupation

June 5, 2012 is the day Palestinians mark the anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza following the Six-Day War in 1967. Tuesday’s protest in Hebron marked 45 years of military occupation and 18 years since the closure of Shuhada Street, the main thoroughfare of Hebron’s Old City. Of all places I have…

By Mairav Zonszein June 6, 2012

Border protests: Refugees reclaim their place in the debate

Several Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured as protesters tried to cross the fence into The Golan Heights. The event should remind Israelis of the need to reach a just political solution to the refugee problem, and to establish a mutually agreed and internationally recognized border with Syria ———————— It’s unclear how many protesters were…

By Noam Sheizaf June 6, 2011

Qalandia on Naksa day (Joseph Dana)

Demonstrators injured at Qalandia protest

I’m live-tweeting from the demonstration at Qalandia. Follow developments below:

By Joseph Dana June 5, 2011