popular protest

A still frame from the IDF Spokesperson's video.

When does propaganda go too far?

The Israeli army publishes a heavily edited video of a detained Palestinian man from Gaza being interrogated about Hamas tactics. The army won’t answer any questions about it. By Oren Ziv The Israeli army often claims that video clips published by B’Tselem and other human rights organizations in the occupied territories are mendaciously edited, and…

By Oren Ziv May 28, 2018

Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian youth during the weekly protest against the occupation, in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum, January 16, 2015.

In Photos: Five years of popular struggle in Palestinian village Kufr Qaddum

After building an Israeli settlement next to the road connecting Kufr Qaddum’s to the West Bank city of Nablus, the Israeli military closed the road to Palestinian traffic. For the past five years, villagers have protested every Friday to demand it be reopened. Five years ago this week, in July 2011, residents of the West…

By Activestills July 2, 2016

Palestinians, Israelis and internationals march through the West Bank village of Bil’in, protesting Israel’s expropriation of village land with the separation barrier, February 19, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Palestinians mark 11 years of struggle against the wall

The West Bank village of Bil’in, along with supporters from Israel and abroad, march on the separation wall that has illegally annexed their agricultural lands. Bil’in has become a symbol of Palestinian non-violent resistance. By Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Hundreds of people — Palestinians, Israelis, and foreigners — took part in a march Friday to mark 11…

By Activestills February 19, 2016

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The anti-occupation protest proceeds along Route 60 in the West Bank, November 27, 2015. (Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)

Jews, Arabs march on Israeli checkpoint to demand an end to occupation

Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians march along a major West Bank highway as part of a non-violent protest against the occupation, settlements and the recent wave of violence. Some 300 Israelis and Palestinians marched on the Israeli army’s “tunnels checkpoint” south of Jerusalem Friday to demonstrate against the occupation, against the ongoing violence, and in…

By Haggai Matar November 28, 2015

The death of Gaddafi and the Year of the Popular Protest

The death of Muammar Qaddafi—a dictator who lived and died by the sword—is just one more seminal event in what has been, without a doubt, an exceptional year in the history of the world. It has been the Year of the Popular Protest, a fire that has left no corner of the globe untouched. The…

By Omar H. Rahman October 20, 2011

Nabi Saleh: A tiny village’s struggle against the occupation

In just over one year of unarmed demonstrations in Nabi Saleh, a small Palestinian community in the West Bank, 155 of the village’s 500 residents were wounded (about 60 of them children); 35 homes were damaged and dozens of the village’s people were detained. Yet even after the protest’s leader was put behind bars by…

By +972 Magazine April 19, 2011