Palestinian non-violence

Muhammad Amira, shackled to his bed and accompanied by Israeli Border Police officers, is moved through a hallway at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, April 14, 2017. (Photo by Sarit Michaeli)

Israeli troops shoot Palestinian activist in head with ‘less lethal’ bullet

The veteran activist, known for leading non-violent popular protests in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, was shot with a ‘sponge-tipped’ bullet, causing a head injury. Police later shackled him to his hospital bed. Israel Border Police officers shot Muhammed Amira in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet at close range during a weekly protest against the…

By Mairav Zonszein April 16, 2017

IDF soldier punching Issa Amro in Hebron (photo: Awni Abu Shamsieh)

PHOTO: Soldier punches Palestinian activist in the face

Israeli soldiers have been harassing Palestinian activist Issa Amro since he released a video of a soldier cocking his weapon at two youths. ‘They know I am a moving camera,’ he says. Palestinian non-violent activist Issa Amro is seen in the following photo, taken on May 28, being punched by an IDF soldier (the soldier’s identity…

By Mairav Zonszein June 8, 2014

Soldiers attack demonstrators in Beit Umar, West Bank (photo: Joseph Dana)

IDF hopes Palestinians will be violent

Some people in Israel are still naïve enough to think that the IDF’s task is to ensure the security of Israel and its residents. Here is what a senior officer serving in the West Bank told Ha’aretz (full credit for all the bizarre syntax and grammar errors in the following quotes should be given to…

By Roi Maor March 9, 2011

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Breaking: Abdallah Abu Rahmah to stay in jail as judge upholds state appeal

The Ofer military court has accepted the military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence to a total of 16 months. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but was kept in detention by the military prosecution’s request, despite having finished serving his term. He will now serve an additional…

By Joseph Dana January 11, 2011

Demonstrator in Bil'in Marking Int'l Human Rights Day with a Poster of Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org

Video:West Bank village of Bil’in marks Int’l Human Rights Day

Bil’in celebrated International Human Rights Day with a larger than normal demonstration. Hundreds of supporters including Israelis and internationals came from outside Bil’in to support the village’s struggle for human rights, to mark the one-year anniversary of Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s imprisonment, and to commemorate the First Intifada. The demonstration was attacked by IDF soldiers with…

By Joseph Dana December 11, 2010