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Israeli soldiers conduct searches after a Palestinian reportedly exited a car and stabbed an Israeli soldier in the West Bank village of Madama, near the West Bank city of Nablus on August 24, 2016. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90

Following orders: How the IDF eliminates ‘quiet’ in the West Bank

When the occupation seems to becomes a bit too ‘quiet,’ the Israeli military is always there to fully contain and eliminate the threat. By Talal Jabari Israeli intelligence has intercepting would-be suicide bombers down to a fine art. The military is quite adept at quashing demonstrations in the West Bank (they did a very thorough job at leveling…

By +972 Magazine August 25, 2016

An Israeli soldier stands near olive trees in the West Bank village of Tuqu' which were damaged by Israeli settlers, November 25, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Why won’t the army stop the theft of Palestinian trees?

Time and time again, the saplings in the West Bank village Sinjil are stolen by Israeli settlers. Meanwhile, the army turns the other cheek, neglecting its obligation to protect the occupied population under its rule. By Yesh Din (written by Yossi Gurvitz) In early January 2014, after wandering the bureaucratic desert for over a year,…

By +972 Magazine March 18, 2014

File photo of settlers threatening Israeli activists and Palestinians with sticks in front of the Ma´on settlement, South Hebron hills. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Settler violence: It comes with the territory

Unlike any other aspect of the occupation, settler violence is something nobody outside the radical fringe in Israel will defend. This, alone, they’ll denounce. And yet, nobody — in Israel or internationally — has found the political will to put a stop to the decades-long phenomenon, even when the victims are U.S. citizens. By Larry Derfner…

By Larry Derfner January 21, 2014

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Khaled Abed a-Rahman Dar Khalil surveys the damage to his home while holding his daughter. Seven members of the Khalil family were inside their home when it was firebombed by Israeli extremists early Thursday morning. (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org_

Palestinian family targeted by arson in ‘revenge’ for murder of Israeli

A 16-year-old Palestinian stabs a 19-year-old Israeli soldier to death in his sleep. That night, a completely unconnected Palestinian family’s home is set alight while they sleep, in revenge for the murder. A Palestinian home in the West Bank village Sinjil was firebombed early Thursday morning in an apparent revenge attack for the murder of…

By Mairav Zonszein November 14, 2013

Israeli private security guards try to stop Palestinians from working their land in the West Bank village of Sinjil, near the Israeli outpost of Givat Haro'e , August 18, 2013. Three years after settlers invaded their land, following the HCJ injunction order issued in the petition filed by the landowners through Yesh Din, landowners from the village of Sinjil arrive to their land for the first time. (Photo: Activestills.org)

What happens when an IDF colonel overrules Israel’s High Court

We’re pleased to introduce Col. Pinto, Commander of the IDF’s Binyamin Brigade, who holds a practical veto over decisions of the High Court of Justice. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Last month we reported that after a three-year sisyphean legal struggle, the IDF finally implemented a High Court of Justice order that Ali Shabana…

By +972 Magazine September 5, 2013

Funeral of Majd Lahlouh who was killed by Israeli forces during a dawn military raid in Jenin refugee camp, August 20, 2013. (Photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

From a Jenin funeral to solidarity in the Jordan Valley: A week in photos – August 15-21

This week: Israeli forces kill a Palestinian in a Jenin raid, villagers return to land invaded by settlers, protesters camp out at Yair Lapid’s house, Palestinians protest the against the occupation and in support of prisoners, an event in France promotes Palestinian culture and activists bring water to deprived Jordan Valley residents. …

By Activestills August 23, 2013

IDF soldiers prevent Palestinians from plowing their land after disruptions by settlers, Sinjil, West Bank. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)

In West Bank, the logic of annexation supersedes the rule of law

Israeli authorities aren’t merely incompetent when it comes to defending the rights of Palestinians in Area C – they are part and parcel of a process dedicated to the area’s annexation. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Last week, IDF forces removed, with hardly any noise, settlers from the lands of Muhammad Ibrahim ‘Ali…

By +972 Magazine August 20, 2013