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Accepting the truth about Umm al-Hiran killing isn’t enough
The slander and lies that accompanied the lethal shooting of a Bedouin teacher in Umm al-Hiran last month were nothing out of the ordinary. Walking it back won’t be enough. In the end, it took a looming police internal affairs report for one of Israel’s most senior government ministers to even consider walking back his insistent…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
February 23, 2017
Taking protests to the frontline in the U.S. and Israel-Palestine
As injustices continue to mount up in the U.S. and Israel-Palestine, young activists are taking the fight to politicians and powerbrokers. By Yaser Abu Areesha David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel, sat through questioning in a Senate confirmation hearing this week, as part of the process any nominee has to…
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+972 Magazine
February 19, 2017
The civic duty to oppose home demolitions on both sides of the Green Line
The demolitions in Qalansuwa, Umm el-Hiran, and Israel’s new ‘land grab law’ are one and the same. So is the obligation to oppose them. By +972 Magazine Contributor The Netanyahu government’s high profile demolitions in Qalansuwa and Umm el-Hiran in recent weeks are clear instances of systemic discrimination against the Palestinian minority in Israel, which…
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February 13, 2017
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The difference between a dead Arab in Israel vs. the West Bank
Yacoub Abu al-Qi’an was an Israeli citizen who was shot dead by Israeli police in Israeli territory. The High Court makes sure to note that, since the case is so similar to another case of another Palestinian killed in the occupied territories. By Hagai El-Ad Several weeks ago Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that the state…
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+972 Magazine
February 10, 2017
Thousands of Palestinians and Jews protest gov’t racism in Tel Aviv
Over 5,000 people marched in Tel Aviv in one of the largest Arab-Jewish demonstrations the city has seen in years. Over 5,000 Arab and Jewish demonstrators from across the country marched together on Saturday night in Tel Aviv against home demolitions and in support of equality for all. The demonstrators called on Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Haggai Matar
February 5, 2017
Amona’s evacuation is no victory
After over a decade of legal battles, the state was finally forced to evacuate the illegal West Bank outpost of Amona. But that does not mean we should start celebrating any time soon. I’ll admit it: I feel a certain sense of satisfaction watching the evacuation of Amona, the illegal West Bank outpost built on…
By
Orly Noy
February 2, 2017
Video contradicts more police claims in Umm el-Hiran killing
Police said Yaqub al-Qi’an’s headlights were switched off when police officers shot at his car. A video analysis by Forensic Architecture and Activestills appears to disprove that claim. By John Brown* Israeli police’s official version of the events that led to the death of two people — a Bedouin citizen of Israel and a police…
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+972 Magazine
February 1, 2017
Compare and contrast: Israel’s evacuation of Jews vs. Arabs
Can you spot the difference? Compare and contrast: When Israel Police came to evacuate the Bedouin village Umm el-Hiran, they arrived at dawn and were armed withM16 assault rifles and black sponge-tipped bullets, the latter they still refuse to admit they used. They also shot several people with sponge-tipped bullets who the police claim were throwing stones.…
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Mairav Zonszein
February 1, 2017
Mapping the Palestinian villages erased and replaced with Jewish towns
A new map seeks to provide new information on the Palestinian cities, towns, and villages that were erased and replaced since the inception of the Zionist movement. By Tom Pessah Immigrants coming to Israel are unlikely to know the name “Mlabes,” but Israelis are more acquainted with it. After all, it is the name of a…
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+972 Magazine
January 29, 2017
Shin Bet detains Arab activists — to stop them from attending funeral
Three well-known Bedouin activists were detained and interrogated on the way to the funeral of Yacoub Abu al-Qi’an, who was killed by police last week. Attorney Gaby Lasky: ‘This has all the marks of a police state.’ Israeli police and the security authorities continue to persecute the Arab residents of the Negev. On Tuesday, the…
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Rami Younis
January 26, 2017
When the High Court has to intervene so a Palestinian family can mourn
After Israeli police shot and killed Yaqub Musa Abu al-Qi’an before demolishing his home, the state held onto his body for nearly a week. Only an appeal to the High Court allowed his family to bury their loved one. The only way to describe what took place on Monday in Israel’s High Court, during a…
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Orly Noy
January 24, 2017
Palestinians, it’s time to take our fight into the global arena
The non-stop incitement against Palestinian citizens of Israel from both the government and media prove the need for a new kind of resistance. It’s time for a change of direction. If the Israeli radical left and the Palestinian leadership were strategically smarter about opposing the occupation, they would have made into an artform the incitement,…
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Rami Younis
January 23, 2017
PHOTOS: This is what it looks like when your village is demolished
When the bulldozers turned up in Umm el-Hiran last week, they were accompanied by hundreds of armed Israeli police, who locked down the village as residents were forced to watch their homes being destroyed. By Michal Rotem “It was the first time that the police had acted so violently towards us. We knew the night…
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January 23, 2017
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