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Members of the Tamimi family prevent an Israeli solider from arresting Mohammed Tamimi, 12, during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (Muhannad Saleem/Activestills.org)

Nabi Saleh’s weapon against occupation: Humiliation

The residents of the small West Bank village, who were recently propelled into the international spotlight, know that neither slingshots nor sophisticated camera angles are their best weapon against military rule. Many Israelis never heard of Nabi Saleh before a video of a soldier struggling with a child and his women family members went viral. It…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 5, 2015

An Israeli soldier holding Mohammed Tamimi, 12, in a headlock during a demonstration in Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (Karam Saleem)

WATCH: Palestinian women and children prevent arrest of minor in Nabi Saleh

An Israeli soldier attempts to detain a 12-year-old Palestinian boy during a demonstration in the West Bank village. His mother and sister make sure that doesn’t happen. See update below. The weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh took a particularly violent turn on Friday after an Israeli soldier tried to detain 12-year-old Mohammed Tamimi,…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth August 29, 2015

Soldiers arrest Palestinian photographer Bilal Tamimi and Israeli artist David Reeb during a weekly protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, August 21, 2015. (photo: Haim Schwarczenberg)

IDF falsely arrested photographers during Palestinian protest, court rules

Israeli soldiers arrested two Israeli and one Palestinian photographers during a demonstration in the West Bank. What followed showed just how differently Israelis and Palestinian detainees are treated. By Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Israeli soldiers arrested three photographers, two Israelis and one Palestinian, during the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh…

By Activestills August 23, 2015

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An Israeli Policeman prepares to fire a sponge-tipped bullet during a Nakba Day demonstration in East Jerusalem, May 15, 2013. (Haim Schwarczenberg)

Playing with fire: IDF to use new weapon on West Bank protests

A new type of sponge-tipped bullet introduced in East Jerusalem last summer has broken arms, fractured faces, destroyed eyesight and killed a teenager. Now a similar projectile is slated for use against Palestinians in the West Bank. Following the introduction last summer of a new type of sponge-tipped bullet into the Israel Police’s arsenal, the…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth May 22, 2015

The home of the Palestinian Adgluni family is demolished by Israeli authorities, East Jerusalem, January 27, 2014. Israeli authorities claimed the house was built on lands that do not belong to the family. (Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Palestinians, asylum seekers find themselves homeless

This week: Asylum seekers in the Holot detention center, leftist teachers protest political persecution, vegans march in Tel Aviv, West Bank protesters clash with Israeli soldiers, and East Jerusalem families find themselves homeless.

By Activestills January 30, 2014

Israeli activists seek fresh air amid clouds of tear gas at the weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh, January 6, 2012. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Soul searching at a West Bank demonstration

‘I go to demonstrations as a private person protesting the injustice done to the inhabitants of the West Bank. For them, however, I’m an Israeli before anything else, and this dissonance stands at the basis of the soul searching you are now reading.’ By Noam Rotem (translated by Jordan Michaeli) As a graduate of the…

By +972 Magazine January 11, 2014