Palestinian journalists

A Palestinian woman carries balloons during a peace march along the West Bank’s major north-south artery, Highway 60, March 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Even in 2020, there’s still cause for hope in Israel-Palestine

These are dark times politically. But amid the gloom, there are real sources of hope in Israel-Palestine — not least all the people fighting to make it a better place.

By Haggai Matar January 2, 2020

Palestinian students at Salem School in Nablus, West Bank wear eye patches in solidarity with journalist Moath Amarnih, who was wounded and lost sight in one eye during clashes with the Israeli army in the village of Surif. November 18, 2019. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Partially blinded by an Israeli bullet, Palestinian journalist turns into icon

Thousands join a campaign to highlight the dangers faced by Palestinian reporters, who are regularly targeted by Israeli security forces with little fear of punishment.

By Oren Ziv November 20, 2019

Palestinian journalists take part in a solidarity campaign with Moath Amarnih, a Palestinian photographer who lost his eye while covering clashes in the West Bank.

Israel cannot hide the occupation by silencing Palestinian journalists

The solidarity campaign with a Palestinian photographer wounded by Israeli forces is a reminder that try it might, Israel won't stop journalists from covering the occupation.

By Haokets and Omri Najad November 18, 2019

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Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli Border officers during a protest against Jewish settlement expansion in Surif, occupied West Bank, November 15, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinian journalist loses eye after Border Police open fire on protesters

Photojournalist Moath Amarnih was struck by a bullet that likely hit a protester's leg before ricocheting and hitting him in the head while covering a protest in the West Bank.

By Oren Ziv November 17, 2019

The family of East Jerusalem resident Mustafa al-Haruf greets him upon his release from Givon prison after nine months of detention, on October 24, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israel releases stateless Palestinian journalist it tried to deport

After nine months in detention and two failed deportation attempts, Israel releases East Jerusalem resident Mustafa al-Haruf. He has been living in Jerusalem for over 20 years, yet Israel refuses to grant him permanent status. Journalist Mustafa al-Haruf, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was released from Givon Prison on Thursday afternoon after nine months in detention.…

By Oren Ziv October 25, 2019

Palestinian journalist Mustafa al-Haruf seen at a Jerusalem Court following his arrest for supposed incitement on Facebook. He was released the following day and the case was closed, December 2017.

Jordan turns back stateless Palestinian journalist Israel tried to deport

Israel attempted to deport Mustafa al-Haruf, a stateless Palestinian photographer from East Jerusalem, to Jordan without any coordination. Al-Haruf has been living in the country for over 20 years, yet Israel refuses to grant him permanent status. Jordanian authorities refused to accept a stateless Palestinian journalist from East Jerusalem whom Israel tried to deport to the Hashemite…

By Oren Ziv July 25, 2019

Israeli soldiers seen attacking and throwing stones at photographers in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, April 24, 2015.

Israel to pay photographers attacked by IDF soldiers in Nabi Saleh

Two photographers, one Israeli and one Palestinian, were attacked and had stones thrown at them by Israeli officers and soldiers in 2015. Despite sending one the officers to jail, the state had said the journalists ‘led a riot,’ a claim it retracted as part of the settlement. Israel has agreed to pay compensation to two…

By Oren Ziv May 23, 2019

Palestinian journalist Mustafa al-Haruf seen at a Jerusalem Court following his arrest for supposed incitement on Facebook. He was released the following day and the case was closed, December 2017.

Israel trying to deport stateless Palestinian journalist from Jerusalem

Mustafa al-Haruf has spent the last 20 years living in East Jerusalem, where he has a wife, daughter, and works as a photographer. Now Israel wants to deport him to Jordan, where he has no family or legal status. Mustafa al-Haruf, a stateless Palestinian journalist who lives and works in Jerusalem, has been in an…

By Oren Ziv February 27, 2019

Palestinian journalist Ali Dar Ali seen in Ofer Military Court on August 20, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

One of Palestine’s most popular journalists is in jail for incitement

Ali Dar Ali was arrested for two posts he published on Facebook. But the prosecution and the judge are far more concerned with his large following than the content of the posts. By Oren Ziv Israeli forces arrested Ali Dar Ali, one of the most renowned Palestinian journalists in the West Bank, at his home near Ramallah last week, for incitement…

By Oren Ziv August 21, 2018

Palestinian men try to pass through the Qalandiya checkpoint on the last Friday of Ramadan, September 3, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Fortress Israel and the quiet dignity of Palestinian resistance

Peter Beinart’s interrogation at Ben Gurion Airport made headlines not because of his clout as a public intellectual, but thanks to the quiet dignity of Palestinian children, women and men who have endured Fortress Israel for years. I first lost my father in the heat of a Jericho summer, 20 years ago this week. He disappeared, or so it…

By Samer Badawi August 21, 2018

Palestinians journalists cover clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces as near Ofer Military Prison, West Bank, August 3, 2016. (Flash90)

Israel arrests six Palestinian journalists for ‘incitement’

Dozens of Palestinian journalists protest to demand the release of 21 of their colleagues currently imprisoned by Israel. By Oren Persico Israeli security forces arrested six Palestinian journalists across the occupied territories over the past several days for alleged incitement. Four of the journalists — Alaa Rimawi, Mohamed Hamdan, Qoteiba Hamdan, and Hosni Angas —…

By The Seventh Eye August 6, 2018

Palestinians takes part in a protest against the killing of journalist Yasser Murtaja in Rafah, near the Israel-Gaza border, Gaza Strip, April 8, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

IDF refuses to say what it’s doing to avoid killing more journalists

Israeli snipers have killed two Palestinian journalists and shot at least 20 others in Gaza in recent months. What happened to the soldiers responsible? What is the IDF doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again? The army refuses to say. Nearly two months after Israeli army snipers shot and killed two Palestinian journalists while they…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 4, 2018

Illustrative photo of former GPO head Danny Seaman (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

‘I am an Islamophobe,’ boasts ex-director of Israel’s press office

The man who once had sole authority to decide whether or not a journalist could work in Israel announces that he is an Islamophobe, thinks ‘Arabs lie.’ Daniel Seaman, the former director of Israel’s Government Press Office, said Thursday during a panel discussion on i24 News, the Israel-based satellite news station, that he is an Islamophobe. Sitting on a three-person panel with…

By Lisa Goldman May 31, 2018