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Bodies are stored in a cooler used for vegetables and flowers near Kuwaiti Hospital after it ran out of space to store corpses following Israeli attacks in Rafah, Gaza Strip, August 3, 2014. Since Al Najjar Hospital was closed, Kuwaiti, a nearby private hospital, opened its doors for emergency cases. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Photos of the week: Taking stock before fighting resumes
Israelis and Palestinians licked their wounds during a 3-day cessation of violence, which came to an end Friday morning with renewed fighting. Some Palestinians used the lull in fighting to return to their homes and recover possessions, as well as to retrieve bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings. Photos by: Anne Paq, Basel Yazouri, Ahmad…
By Activestills August 9, 2014
The monument to Jacob Israel de Haan in Amsterdam. (Photo: Lukas Koster/CC)
The first political murder in Jewish Palestine: Lessons of intolerance
The story of Jacob Israël de Haan, a Dutch author who was killed by Jews in Mandate Palestine for his anti-Zionist views, could teach Israelis an important lesson about tolerance, one that is not lost on those who remember him in Amsterdam. By Ido Liven One stone pillar standing in central Amsterdam is anything but a…
By +972 Magazine June 30, 2014
Neturei Karta protesting Israel day parade (David Galalis CC BY NC-ND 2.0)
Anti-Zionist Neturei Karta are no friend of the Palestinian national struggle
Neturei Karta, a small ultra-Orthodox sect that rejects the existence of a Jewish national movement, is embraced by Palestinians because of its opposition to Zionism. However, its radical approach does not serve Palestinians in their national struggle. By Eldad Levy Throughout the last round of violence in Gaza and the south of Israel, Facebook was…
By +972 Magazine November 28, 2012
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Religious harassment and police complicity in Beit Shemesh
Before the intimidation of school girls by ultra-Orthodox enforcers became a national and international story, the local police were determined to remain neutral. If you meet the police in Beit Shemesh, you can understand why the town’s mainstream Jewish majority is afraid of the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) extremists, and why the Haredi extremists are afraid of no one. At the start of October, over the High…
By Larry Derfner December 30, 2011
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