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Bystander Fawaz Abu Aisheh attempts to translate the soldiers’ commands for Hashlamon, and convinces her to step back behind the metal barrier. (Photo courtesy of Youth Against Settlements)

The IDF must come clean about the Hebron shooting

Why is the Israeli army refusing to release its footage from the shooting of 18-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamon? By Noam Rotem Israeli soldiers shot to death Hadeel al-Hashlamon, 18, in Hebron last week while she was apparently on her way to school. Found inside the black bag she was carrying were notebooks, a blue Pilot pen,…

By +972 Magazine September 27, 2015

Displaced Palestinians in the first day of Eid, Gaza, July 28, 2014. 83 UNRWA schools turned into shelters, as also many hospitals all over the strip. (Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Gaza’s half-million internally displaced

Photos by: Basel Yazouri and Anne Paq/Activestills.org Text by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler The most commonly cited statistic from Gaza is the death toll, now rising past 1,814, according to UN figures. Such numbers can be numbing, as absorbing the reality of so many faces and names is impossible. Yet another staggering figure that is difficult…

By Activestills August 6, 2014

New York Times. (photo: flickr/niallkennedy CC by NC 2.0)

Did Edward Snowden hurt the New York Times’ feelings?

Why is one of the biggest stories of the past few years, and perhaps the biggest leak in U.S. history, being sidelined by the New York Times? The story about the U.S. government’s surveillance tactics got even “better” on Sunday, as the man who leaked it became public in a YouTube video. Edward Snowden was…

By Ami Kaufman June 10, 2013

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Alicia Keys performing at Tokyo Summer Sonic 2008 (Photo: LuxTonnerre/CC)

A double standard: Alicia Keys and sanctions on Iran

An example of distinctively Israeli, stone-blind hypocrisy. There seems to be a bit of a double standard in this country on the subject of BDS. For instance, we’re all supposed to be sneering in triumph over Alicia Keys’ decision to resist calls to cancel her Tel Aviv concert next month. No sane Israeli can support a…

By Larry Derfner June 2, 2013

Jerusalem (Photo: Adam Reeder/flickr)

WATCH: Guardian, B’Tselem provide peek into life in E. Jerusalem

Last week, the Guardian and B’Tselem joined forces to create a unique video series which gives a look into life in Israeli controlled East Jerusalem. The interactive contains links to the six videos, a map and links to the B’Tselem pages. According to B’Tselem, In this innovative project, B’Tselem and the Guardian gave six Palestinians and Israelis…

By Joseph Dana June 13, 2011