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Young Palestinians chant slogans during the annual Land Day march from Sakhnin to Deir Hanna, in northern Israel, March 30, 2017. (Haidi Motola/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Thousands of Palestinians march to commemorate Land Day

Thousands march across Israel and the occupied territories to commemorate 41 years since security forces shot dead six Palestinians for protesting land expropriations. Hundreds of Palestinians took part in marches across Israel on Wednesday and Thursday to mark “Land Day,” commemorating the six Palestinian citizens killed by Israeli forces in 1976. The events began on Wednesday in a torch-lit march…

By Activestills March 30, 2017

Israeli policemen clash with Jewish settlers in the illegal outpost of Amona, January 1, 2006. Clashes broke out shortly after the Israeli High Court gave the green light to dismantle half a dozen homes in the outpost. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Resource: Fact-checking Israel’s most stubborn illegal outpost

The state will ask the High Court to, once again, delay the demolition of Amona. Here are a few myths surrounding one of the most stubborn outposts in the West Bank. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz In recent months the residents of Amona and right-wing politicians have been waging a campaign designed to…

By +972 Resources October 13, 2016

Mobile homes and fruit trees represent the expanding edges of the Israeli settlement of Ma'on, which is taking land from the South Hebron Hills village of Al Tuwani, West Bank, April 2, 2014. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

This is how settlers take over Palestinian land

From audacious fraud and forgery to military seizures for ‘security needs’ and the ‘public good’ to dusting off antiquated Ottoman laws, the Israeli settlement enterprise has no shortage of tools for taking over Palestinian land in the West Bank. By Dror Etkes On February 9, 2004, Abdelatif Hassan Samarin, a resident of the West Bank…

By +972 Magazine January 8, 2016

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Soldiers protecting illegal outpost (Mairav Zonszein)

What the Israeli army takes, it doesn’t give back

The army maintains its hold on a piece of Palestinian land it seized in the late 1970s. Here’s the catch: the land has been abandoned for nearly a decade. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Two weeks ago, the council chiefs of the West Bank villages of Jaloud, Douma and Qusra appealed to Israel’s…

By +972 Magazine November 27, 2015

Palestinians gather at the Dawabsheh family home in the West Bank village of Duma following an arson attack by Jewish terrorists, August 1, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Providing settler terrorism with a tailwind

The police request to postpone the demolition of a synagogue built on Palestinian land for fear of right-wing attacks is a clear surrender to threat of violence. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz The case of the Givat Ze’ev synagogue combines almost all of the ills of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank.…

By +972 Magazine November 21, 2015

The word 'revenge' is seen graffitied on the wall of the Dawabshe house, Duma, West Bank, July 31, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israel admits right-wing violence works

The highest court in the land delays the demolition of a synagogue built atop stolen Palestinian property, fearing retribution by right-wing extremists. Has terrorism officially won in Israel? The State of Israel just validated the very concept of “price tag” violence, which Israel officials have often described — but never legally defined — as terrorism. The…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man November 4, 2015

Palestinian youth are seen in front of Al Issawiya village, East Jerusalem, Wednesday, January 11, 2012. A new "national park" planned by the Jerusalem municipality will cause extensive confiscation of lands from Al Issawiya and Al Tur neighborhoods. Designating sites as national parks is a common practice of the Jerusalem municipality aimed at limiting the very dense and populated Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhoods, cutting off their possibilities of development and working on the few remaining agricultural lands. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

WATCH: How Palestinian land becomes an Israeli national park

Issawiya, a crowded Palestinian village situated on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus, is home to 23,000 people. The municipality is planning to build a national park atop land belonging to the village, rather than building schools and infrastructure that would benefit its residents. The Palestinian residents of the village aren’t taking the decision lying…

By Social TV August 18, 2015

A car belonging to one of the Yesh Din personnel after it was attacked by settlers at Havat Gilad (photo: Yesh Din)

Settlers assault Israeli human rights workers near West Bank outpost

Yesh Din personnel, who were in the West Bank doing the job that police simply aren’t doing, were attacked last week by settlers near Havat Gilad. And these are the people the defense minister wants to sign a deal with? By Yesh Din (written by Yossi Gurvitz) Three Israelis – and yes, there is the…

By +972 Magazine June 30, 2013