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Palestinian workers squeeze themselves to pass through the Israeli checkpoint of Bethlehem while heading to their work in Israeli cities, Bethlehem, West Bank, March 19, 2017. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

50 reasons to resist the occupation in its 50th year

Fifty reasons to join a growing coalition united in creating a more just future in the region, in order to make the 50th year of the occupation its last. By Talia Krevsky and Isaac Kates Rose 1. January 1: The onset of the 50th year of violating the Fourth Geneva Convention through Israel’s military occupation over…

By +972 Magazine March 30, 2017

Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal is seen after being released from Israeli jail, near the Ofer prison, in the West Bank city of Beitunia, February 20, 2017. (Flash90)

Israel releases Palestinian journalist after 10 months with no trial

After 10 months of administrative detention, it appears the army no longer views Omar Nazzal as a dangerous threat — just like countless other administrative detainees who sit in prison for months, if not years. Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal was released from Israeli prison on Monday after 10 months in administrative detention. Upon his release, Nazzal, a…

By Haggai Matar February 22, 2017

A photo of Omar Nazzal from a demonstration calling for his release. (Flash90)

Palestinian journalist to remain in admin detention, Israeli army decides

Omar Nazzal has spent seven consecutive months in detention with no charges, a formal indictment or a scheduled court hearing. The Israeli army extended the administrative detention of Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal for the third straight time on Monday for a period of three months. Nazzal was first arrested in April and has spent a total…

By Haggai Matar November 24, 2016

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A photo of Omar Nazzal from a demonstration calling for his release. (Flash90)

Palestinian journalist jailed by Israel was arrested for criticizing PA, lawyer says

Israel has been holding Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal without charge or trial for over four months. In an interview, his attorney says that is because he criticized the PA over its handling of an assassination at its embassy in Bulgaria. By Oren Persico and Nimrod Halberthal This past April, Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal set out to travel from his…

By The Seventh Eye September 7, 2016

Israeli soldiers confiscate equipment from the A-Sanabel radio station, Dura, West Bank, August 31, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson)

IDF shuts down Palestinian radio station — but won’t explain why

The Israeli army shuts down the West Bank-based ‘A-Sanabel,’ claiming it incites against Israelis without so much as providing any evidence. Such is life under a military regime. The Israeli army shut down Palestinian radio station A-Sanabel in the early hours of Wednesday morning, arresting five of employees and confiscating equipment. According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit,…

By Haggai Matar September 1, 2016

A photo of Omar Nazzal from a demonstration calling for his release. (Flash90)

Palestinian journalist ordered to spend three months in admin. detention

The Supreme Court upheld the army’s request to extend Omar Nazzal’s remand by three months only, instead of four. The judges did not specify why he posed a security threat, and how he would cease to in three months’ time. Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal, who was detained in April while trying to leave the West Bank…

By Haggai Matar August 21, 2016

Palestinian journalists protest in solidarity with their colleague Omar Nazzal, who was put in administrative detention in late April, April 29, 2016. (Flash90)

Israeli journalists silent as their Palestinian colleagues are jailed

Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal has been in custody without charges put in administrative detention for nearly four months. For the most part, his Israeli counterparts have remained decidedly silent. By Noam Rotem The Union of Journalists in Israel made an appeal this week for solidarity with investigative reporter Sharon Shpurer, who was sued for libel by Urban, a real…

By +972 Magazine August 10, 2016

Demonstration in support of administrative detainees, Jaffa, Israel. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills)

Palestinian journalist to spend four more months in Israeli detention

High-profile Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal has been arrested on terror charges that Israel considers classified and therefore neither he nor his lawyer can see. The army issued an order to keep him in jail for another four months – without trial. The Israel Defense Forces issued on Monday a four-month order for the administrative detention…

By Haggai Matar May 2, 2016