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The real reason Jewish-American spy Jonathan Pollard is back in the news

Pollard is scheduled to be released in November. The issue for Israel is whether the U.S. will allow the Jewish American to move to Israel, where Washington fears he would be given a hero’s welcome. The 30-year saga of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard is once again gaining serious attention in the Israeli, American and international news…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 25, 2015

A young Gazan holds the remains of an Israeli missile. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Gaza war diary: ‘A second of silence, then the bombs go off’

Despite the danger, Walid Abuzaid couldn’t be separated from his home in Gaza for very long. And though coming home means facing possible death, he refuses to give in to hate. By Walid Abuzaid Thursday, June 27 I was in Cyprus when it all started. When we heard about the kidnapped teens, we were thrilled…

By +972 Magazine July 19, 2014

Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked of Jewish Home at the party headquarters on election day 2013 (Activestills)

Settlers fear prisoner release deal, extension of talks

Netanyahu has probably spent his Passover vacation trying to reach a deal that would enable the settlers to save face and stay in the government while peace talks continue. The Right is launching campaigns to convince right-wing politicians to vote ‘no.’ With a little more than a week left until the formal deadline for the…

By Noam Sheizaf April 20, 2014

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Secretary of State John Kerry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, September 15, 2013 (State Dept. Photo)

Israel is reneging on its promise to release Palestinian prisoners

That’s the long and short of this latest ‘crisis’ in the peace talks. This couldn’t be more black-and white, more writ in bold, if Israel set off fireworks in the night sky that spelled out: “WE LIED.” Netanyahu and his government – including, very forthrightly, house “peacenik” Tzipi Livni – are reneging on their promise…

By Larry Derfner March 26, 2014

African asylum seekers gather in Levinsky Park before a March For Freedom, protesting against Holot detention centre located in Israel's south and the release of all refugees imprisoned under the Infiltrators Law, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 28, 2013. More than 5000 thousands African refugees participated in the march, supported by a few hundred Israeli activists, all calling for recognition of all refugees rights. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: A taste of freedom

This week: African asylum seekers hold a silent march for freedom in Tel Aviv, though immigration raids continue unabated; 26 Palestinian prisoners are freed after years in Israeli jails; Tel Aviv residents resist evictions, Filipino migrant workers celebrate New Year’s Eve; and an 85-year-old Palestinian man dies after inhaling tear gas shot into his home by…

By Activestills January 3, 2014

Family and friends of the Dahadgni family celebrate the release of Abu Naser Dahadgni in Shuafat refugee camp, East Jerusalem , December 31, 2013. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons after 20 years

Twenty-six Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank were released early Tuesday morning in the third stage of a prisoner release deal secured by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to facilitate peace talks. A total of 104 Palestinian prisoners, all jailed before the start of the Oslo peace talks 20 years ago,…

By Activestills December 31, 2013

Freed Palestinian prisoner Khaled Al-Azraq greets a young family member in their home in Aida Refugee Camp, West Bank, October 30, 2013. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

The real problem with the prisoner release

The problem is not that Israel releases Palestinian prisoners, but how few it releases. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth gives its readers a daily question, argued by two competing op-eds. On Monday, the question had to do with the coming release of Palestinian prisoners as part of the government’s commitment to Secretary of State John Kerry.…

By Noam Sheizaf November 2, 2013

Palestinian women look on and react as Jerusalem municipality workers demolish a residential building in an East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, on October 29, 2013. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

From prisoner release to home demolitions: A week in photos – October 25-31

This week: Prisoner releases, house demolitions, weekly demonstrations, olive harvests, prayerful protests, and asylum seekers.

By Activestills November 1, 2013