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Women, including former member of the European Parliament Luisa Morgentini, leading the march in Nabi Saleh. January 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activstills.org)

Hundreds protest in Nabi Saleh to demand freedom for Tamimi women

Israeli forces try to prevent demonstrators from reaching the village, and fire barrages of tear gas at demonstrators. Roughly 300 people — Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals — marched in the West Bank village on Nabi Saleh on Saturday to demand that Israel free the Tamimi family women, 16-year-old Ahed and her mother, Nariman, as well…

By Haggai Matar January 13, 2018

Several activists climbed the wall (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

WATCH: Hundreds commemorate nine years of popular struggle in Bil’in

Unarmed resistance against the wall and the occupation has been taking place for nine consecutive years. With its ups and downs, successes and losses, villagers and supporters gather for a special commemoration protest. Approximately 500 demonstrators gathered in the center of the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday to mark nine years since village…

By Haggai Matar March 1, 2014

Israeli army and police raid and evict the Ein Hijleh protest camp in the early morning hours of February 7, 2014.

PHOTOS: Ein Hijleh village evicted after seven days of protest

One week ago, some 300 Palestinian activists established the protest village of ‘Ein Hijleh’ in a cluster of palm trees and long-abandoned houses north of the Dead Sea. Their goal was to protest Israeli government demands to retain control of the Jordan Valley as part of a U.S.-brokered peace deal. One week later, their encampment was…

By Activestills February 7, 2014

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Israeli soldiers use sound bombs and pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists from a newly created village named Al Manatir on land belonging to the West Bank village of Burin, February 2, 2013. (Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Photos: Israeli forces attack Palestinian protest village

Palestinian activists create a new village, Al Manatir, on private Palestinian land near the West Bank village of Burin threatened by nearby Israeli settlements. Israeli forces violently evacuate the area, resulting in arrests and injuries. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org In the early morning hours of Saturday, February 2, Palestinian activists erected a…

By Activestills February 3, 2013

All signs point to Israel’s weak democracy

The assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi, which sparked the escalation in the south, points to Israel’s weak Supreme Court, a lack of transparency and accountability, and the state’s flip attitude towards its judicial branch–as do some street signs in Tel Aviv The recent escalation between Israel and Gaza began after Israeli forces assassinated Zuhair al-Qaissi, a leader…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat March 14, 2012