right to protest

Police detain activists for filming in Paris Square

When filming a protest ‘endangers state security’

Anti-occupation activists say that two soldiers threatened them, and when they called police, the cops detained them instead — on suspicion of endangering state security. By Michael Salisbury-Corech Like every week the past 26 years, a group called “Women in Black” held a demonstration against the occupation in Jerusalem’s Paris Square last Friday. Across the street,…

By +972 Magazine December 6, 2015

Activists demonstrate against the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian West Bank on June 1, 2013, in the city of Tel Aviv. On June 5, Palestinians will mark the 46th anniversary of the 1967 occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza strip. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

Protest marking 47 years of occupation in Tel Aviv will ‘disrupt routine,’ police says

This week marks 47 years since the start of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights, the product of the Six-Day War that took place June 5-10, 1967. That is almost half a century, and nearly three-quarters of Israel’s entire existence. Like every year, the tiny Israeli left plans to hold…

By Mairav Zonszein June 3, 2014

Nariman Tamimi, wife of Bassem Tamimi and sister of Rushdi Tamimi, who was killed by the Israeli army a week before this picture was taken, shouts at a border policeman during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, November 23, 2012. (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Fighting for the right to protest in a land with no rights

New report by Israeli and international rights groups demand more protection for the right to protest. But even as the report shines a light on the West Bank, how can you protect a right you don’t have? If freedom of expression is the grievance system of democracies, the right to protest and peaceful assembly is…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 9, 2013

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Visualizing Occupation: The right (or privilege) to protest?

Israel and its defenders often boast that it is the “only democracy in the Middle East,” where people can openly express opposition to government policies. However, when comparing a protest in Tel Aviv for “social justice” with one in the West Bank for Palestinian rights, it becomes clear that the freedom to demonstrate and the…

By +972 Resources May 2, 2012