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Illustrative photo of an Israeli soldier attempting to block the view of a photographer as soldiers search Palestinian men in the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 22, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

‘The occupation broke her once. Now Israel is trying to break her again.’

Israeli soldiers arrested Birzeit student Mais Abu Ghosh and reportedly tortured her for weeks over political activities on her university campus.

By Jaclynn Ashly February 7, 2020

Police arrest a Palestinian demonstrator in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Wadi Joz, July 21, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘I tried not to scream, I was afraid they’d hit me even harder’

An Israeli raid on Al-Aqsa compound earlier this year turned violent when hundreds of Palestinian worshippers were beaten, arrested, and marched barefoot through the streets of Jerusalem. Now two young men describe the brutality they faced that night, and the humiliation they encountered while in custody. By Yali (Yael) Marom This past summer, two weeks after Al-Aqsa compound…

By Yali Marom December 3, 2017

Hamza Hameed, 16, is currently the youngest Palestinian held in administrative detention. (photo: Silwad's Facebook group)

The youngest Palestinian in Israeli administrative detention

At 16, Hamza Hamad has already experienced the worst of Israel’s occupation: arrests, home raids, demolitions, and a father in prison. Now he has become the youngest Palestinian to be put in administrative detention. By Noam Rotem Sixteen-year-old Hamza Hamad from the West Bank village of Silwad was placed in administrative detention last week, making…

By +972 Magazine March 15, 2016

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Salah Diab, a leader of the popular struggle in Sheikh Jarrah, during a weekly protest in the neighborhood. (photo: Amir Bitan)

Popular struggle leader: Education is the best weapon against occupation

Salah Diab, one of the leaders of the struggle against expulsions of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, was released from prison after serving five months for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Now that he has returned to the neighborhood, he is as sure as ever: the future belongs to…

By Orly Noy January 24, 2015

Children in Nabi Saleh. Photo: Activestills.org

East Jerusalem: Israel detains 8-year-old Palestinian boy

The Israeli police are ramping up arrests and attacks against Palestinian children. Targeting of children is nothing new in West Bank villages like Nabi Saleh and Bil’in. This afternoon, Israeli police raided the house of 8 year-old Ali Siyam in the Occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Police have been raiding house in Silwan in a bid…

By Joseph Dana May 29, 2011