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Screenshot from Childish Gambino's music video for 'This is America.'

How Childish Gambino explains the problem with Israel’s Eurovision win

Gambino’s new music video illustrates why audiences should focus on the injustices unfolding in the background of artistic performances – especially those representing the state. In the music video for his new single “This is America,” the singer and rapper Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) dances in a warehouse while scenes of violence and chaos unfold…

By Amjad Iraqi May 18, 2018

Protesters demonstrate in solidarity with Syrians, Tel Aviv, December 18, 2016. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

PHOTOS: Hundreds of Israelis demonstrate in solidarity with Syrians

Hundreds of Israelis form a ‘human chain’ between the Russian and U.S. embassies in Tel Aviv, protesting the slaughter of civilians in Syria. Photos and text: Keren Manor / Activestills Hundreds of Israelis assembled in Tel Aviv on Sunday night to protest the ongoing slaughter in Syria and to show solidarity with Aleppo and with…

By Activestills December 19, 2016

Around 3000 African refugees and supporters protest outside the embassy of the US, calling to support their struggle against Israel's asylum policies, Tel Aviv, Israel. January 6, 2014. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Asylum seekers protest outside foreign embassies in Tel Aviv

Photos & reports: Keren Manor, Yotam Ronen, Tali Mayer, Shiraz Grinbaum, Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Thousands of African asylum seekers and their supporters marched from Levinksy Park in Tel Aviv’s south on Monday to protest outside of eight foreign embassies, calling on the international community to support their struggle against Israel’s asylum policies. Marching to the American,…

By Activestills January 6, 2014

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U.S. embassy alarmed by ‘missile’ in anti-war art project

Creators of “Iran – The Exhibition,” a new art project at The Spaceship gallery in Tel Aviv, wanted to examine “Israeli hysteria and fear of destruction, and the never-ending quest for a new Hitler-Nasser-Saddam.” Among other works, the exhibition includes a miniature missile (made of an empty pipe). It was placed on the roof of…

By Noam Sheizaf March 16, 2012

US embassy Facebook page stormed after ‘open mic’ leak

Earlier today, Ben Smith of Politico noticed what seemed like an angry response by Israelis to the “open mic” rants exchanged by US president Barack Obama and French president Nicolas Sarkozy. According to reports, Sarkozy called the Israeli PM “a liar,” and Obama complained “I have to deal with him every day.” In the evening…

By Noam Sheizaf November 8, 2011