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Live blog: Escalation in Gaza – July 2014

Following almost a month of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket launches in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army declared that it had launched ‘Operation Protective Edge.’ The Israeli cabinet on Tuesday authorized the call-up of 40,000 reservist soldiers after a night in which the Israeli Air Force launched dozens of air strikes inside the Gaza…

By +972 Magazine July 8, 2014

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Let’s talk about Gaza, Sderot and the racist valuation of lives

A frank discussion about everything we don’t mention when talking about rockets and bombs and Gaza. Let’s talk about fear, about poverty, about angst and about racism. By Lilach Ben David Let’s talk about Gaza. Let’s talk about a small strip of land that god didn’t forget about, but about which we are certainly trying to…

By +972 Magazine July 8, 2014

Close your books! We’re having a pop quiz in Hasbara!

Israel’s Hasbara Ministry is starting early these days. ‘Yedioth Aharonoth’ profiles the 10-year-old children who are being trained to ‘make the case for Israel,’ and tests their new skills. Yedioth Aharonoth published today a story about two 10-year-olds from Sderot, Noa and Christopher (quite the Jewish name there, eh?) who have been “hired” (the kids…

By Ami Kaufman January 27, 2013

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Palestinian women collpase from grief after theya found out that one of their close relative, Fares Sbaita, died from his injuries following an Israeil military airstirke, Al Shifa hospital, November 21, 2012. (Photo by: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: Gaza escalation, ahead of ceasefire

Palestinians in Gaza celebrated the ceasefire yesterday evening, but the destruction and grief left in the wake of Israeli airstrikes are enormous. Activestills documented the Israeli operation from beginning to end, capturing its effects in Israel, the West Bank and, most acutely, the Gaza Strip. …

By Activestills November 22, 2012

The mother Matar Abu Al-Atta, holding her newborn baby, born the night Matar was killed. (photo: Anne Paq / Activestills)

Photos: Gazans mourn victims of latest Israel strikes

Text and photos by Anne Paq Five Palestinian civilians, including three children, have been killed by Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in the latest escalation of violence. Fifty-two others, including six women and 12 children, have been wounded, some of them very seriously. Four of these deaths and 38 of the injuries resulted from…

By Activestills November 12, 2012