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Israeli settlers demonstrate and block Road 60, where two Israeli soldiers were killed near the Givat Assaf outpost in the occupied West Bank, December 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Settlers attack Palestinian civilians following deadly shootings

After a string of shootings left three Israelis dead, hundreds of settlers block roads across the West Bank, harassing Palestinian drivers and damaging their vehicles. By Meron Rapoport Israeli settlers threw stones at and blocked Palestinian vehicles late last week, hours after a Palestinian gunman killed two soldiers outside a settlement outpost near Ramallah. Hundreds of settlers blocked roads across…

By +972 Magazine December 16, 2018

Israeli settlers and Palestinian demonstrators throw stones at each other, after settlers marched onto the lands of the West Bank villages of Deir Jarir and Silwad where villages were protesting the construction on their land by members of the nearby Jewish settlement of Ofra, May 3, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israel’s different responses to Jewish and Palestinian stone throwers

Jewish settlers who throw stones at Israeli forces hardly face serious consequences. For Palestinian stone throwers, the consequences can mean death. In the West Bank, the consequences for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers differ dramatically, depending on who’s doing the throwing. The same act, when carried out by Jews in the West Bank, is met — often…

By Joshua Leifer June 17, 2018

Israeli soldiers speak to the uncle of Palestinian boys detained for allegedly throwing stones in Hebron. (Courtesy of B'Tselem)

WATCH: Soldiers arrest Palestinian children for throwing stones — without proof

Israeli soldiers arrest two Palestinian boys for allegedly throwing stones — even though the only soldier who could identify them admits that he can’t identify them. There should be nothing normal about holding Palestinian children in detention for hours on end, simply because they were seen in an area where stones were thrown. But that is…

By Yali (Yael) Marom February 15, 2018

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Palestinian workers squeeze themselves to pass through the Israeli checkpoint of Bethlehem while heading to their work in Israeli cities, Bethlehem, West Bank, March 19, 2017. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Shin Bet: Lose your job if your kid throws stones

Israel’s security service publishes notices in the Palestinian village of Beit Omar threatening to revoke work permits from families whose children are suspected of stone throwing. By Yali (Yael) Marom Residents of the Palestinian village Beit Omar in the West Bank discovered last week that the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, had posted threatening notices on…

By Yali (Yael) Marom January 4, 2018

Israeli troops clash with Palestinians protesting in Bethlehem again Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, December 8, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Trump protests evoke memories of the Second Intifada

We stayed home from school for more than three months. When we returned, more than half of the class was gone. They say children always pay the highest price. By Zizo Abul Hawa I was nearly 13 when the Second Intifada started. We were in school when Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount. School ended…

By +972 Magazine December 12, 2017

File photo of Israeli police aiming their rifles at Palestinian protesters. (Activestills.org)

Police allowed to shoot stone throwers: Botched redaction reveals rules of engagement

Israeli police are pressured to release new rules of engagement for using live ammunition. The document reveals cops are allowed to shoot stone throwers. The kicker: police tried to black out some of the regulations, but their black marker was running low on ink. Israel Police revealed its live-fire rules of engagement Monday in response…

By +972 Magazine July 5, 2016

Illustrative photo of a Palestinian minor is arrested by Israeli Police in East Jerusalem. (photo: Activestills.org)

The law is not enough to protect Palestinian children

In East Jerusalem, Israeli Police have been arresting and interrogating children as young as six, often without informing their parents. By Alma Biblash On Tuesday at around 2 p.m., two eight-year-old children were arrested by Israeli police officers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. The officers claimed the children were throwing stones — the…

By +972 Magazine November 6, 2015

Israeli policemen search a Palestinian man at Damascus gate, in Jerusalem's old city, October 18, 2015. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

There is no reason to trust Israel’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy

While the government claims to take a ‘zero tolerance’ stance on terrorism — whether Palestinian or Jewish — the reality on the ground paints a very different picture. The phrase “zero tolerance” is doing brisk business in Israel-Palestine. Public figures like to talk tough in violent times and 2015 has been a particularly bloody year…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 3, 2015

Relatives mourn during the funeral of 13-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Sharake, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers during clashes near the Beit El Jewish settlement yesterday (Oct. 11), in the Palestinian West Bank refugee camp of Jalazun, on the outskirts of Ramallah, October 12, 2015. Sharake was killed during clashes that broke out as hundreds of Palestinians near Ramallah attempted to approach a road to throw stones and firebombs at settlers' cars. (Activestills.org)

A Month in Photos: This is what ‘living by the sword’ looks like

Violence engulfed Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza this month. Clashes around Al-Aqsa Mosque turned into stabbing attacks against Israelis, and Israeli security forces killed over 70 Palestinians. Photos by: Ahmad Al-Bazz, Anne Paq, Ezz Zanoun, Faiz Abu-Rmeleh, Hosam Salem, Keren Manor, Muhannad Saleem, Omar Sameer, Oren Ziv, Yotam Ronen Photo editing: Anka Mirkin …

By Activestills November 1, 2015

Palestinian protesters throw stones during clashes with Israeli forces in the neighbourhood of Abu Dis, east Jerusalem, October 11, 2015. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

‘East Jerusalem youth no longer distinguish between life and death’

East Jerusalem is a place that lacks classrooms, where students cannot talk openly about their feelings, and where the municipality refuses to meet with Palestinian parents. Orly Noy speaks to the head of the parents’ council about why Palestinian youth have lost all hope. Jerusalem has seen a lot of low moments over the years, a…

By Orly Noy October 15, 2015

A Palestinian youth is carried to an ambulance during clashes at the DCO checkpoint in the West Bank, October 5, 2015 (Muhannad Saleem/Activestills)

10 Palestinians killed in last 24 hours as deadly attacks continue

A seventh Palestinian succumbs to his wounds following Friday’s deadly clashes on the Gaza border. Further shootings and attacks into Saturday morning show few signs that the surge in violence is abating. A total of seven Palestinians have now been killed as a result of IDF fire at protests along the Gaza Strip’s border fence,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 10, 2015

Israeli riot police pictured during clashes in Kafr Kanna, in the wake of the shooting death of Khir Hamdan. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

15 years on, it seems October 2000 killings weren’t an aberration

Israel’s ‘new’ policy of shooting stone throwers is directed exclusively against Arabs from East Jerusalem and the Naqab (Negev), while ensuring that customary rules of engagement are applied to Jewish stone throwers. By Mohammad Bassam The Israeli security cabinet, backed by the attorney general, recently approved a series of measures that, according to the government, are…

By Haokets October 5, 2015

Mounted Israeli policemen chase a Bedouin youth during a protest against the Israeli government's Prawer Plan, on road 31 on November 30, 2013 near the town of Hura, Israel.

Is Bibi using J’lem violence as an excuse to target all Arabs?

Netanyahu is trying to expand the open-fire regulations so that they target Arabs inside Israel. The outcome? Only more bloodshed. By John Brown* and Michal Rotem For the past few weeks it has been difficult not to avoid reports on stone throwing in East Jerusalem. Government representatives compete with one another over who will offer…

By +972 Magazine September 26, 2015