Ahmad Al-Bazz

Ahmad Al-Bazz

Ahmad Al-Bazz is a journalist and documentary filmmaker based in the West Bank city of Nablus. He has been a member of the Activestills photography collective since 2012.

Recent Articles
The remains of the village of Qira are seen in front of Yokneam, southeast of Haifa. (Ahmad Al-Bazz)
In photos: Returning to Palestine’s depopulated villages
For the past six months, Ahmad Al-Bazz has traveled around the country, documenting what remains of the hundreds of villages, towns, and cities destroyed during the Nakba.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz May 15, 2022
Palestinians look at a car with bullet holes after Israeli security forces killed three Palestinians who were allegedly behind recent shooting attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, Nablus, occupied West Bank, February 8, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Triple West Bank assassination recalls darkest days of the Intifada
A joint report with The Intercept and Local Call investigates how Israeli forces carried out what appears to be their first assassination in the West Bank in 15 years, after they killed three Palestinian militants in Nablus.
By Jesse Rosenfeld, Oren Ziv and Ahmad Al-Bazz February 15, 2022
Tareq Zbeideh (left) and his father Abed a-Razeq seen in their family home after Tareq was abducted and brutally attacked by settlers near the former settlement of Homesh, Silat a-Dahr, West Bank. (Oren Ziv)
‘I thought I would die’: Settlers abduct, brutally attack Palestinian teen
Tareq Zbeideh describes how he was kidnapped, tied, and beaten by settlers while picnicking with his friends near a settlement outpost.
By Oren Ziv and Ahmad Al-Bazz August 26, 2021
A general view of the construction work on the Tunnel Road, as seen from the Gilo settlement, December 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
How Israel’s road projects are ensuring apartheid is here to stay
The expansion of settler bypass roads in the West Bank has been central to turning Israel's 'temporary occupation' into a permanent one-state reality.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Edo Konrad December 31, 2020
Abdul-Ghani Awawdeh is seen among the debris of an Israeli demolition in the Palestinian community of Humsa al-Fuqa, in the occupied West Bank, November 4, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
Israel carries out largest West Bank demolition operation in a decade
Israel demolished over 70 structures in the Humsa al-Fuqa community in the occupied West Bank, displacing 11 Palestinian families.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv November 4, 2020
Palestinian workers working on the newly-installed flagpole at the public plaza of the town of Sebastia, West Bank, August 24, 2020. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills)
Israeli army orders removal of Palestinian flagpole for ‘security reasons’
Residents of the West Bank village of Sebastia say the military order was the result of pressure by Israeli settlers who visit its famed archeological site.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Activestills August 26, 2020
Palestinians walking through a hole in the Israeli separation barrier next to the West Bank village of Far’oun near Tulkarem. (Activestills)
‘A rare chance’: Palestinians cross breach in separation barrier to enjoy the sea
Thousands of Palestinian families are traveling through large holes in the West Bank barrier to visit the coast, while the Israeli army largely turns a blind eye.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv August 11, 2020
Amer Abu Hijleh near the pool that settlers built on his land in the occupied West Bank. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills)
Settlers trespass on Palestinian land to build a pool for their children
Under COVID-19 lockdown, Amer Abu Hijleh discovered settlers were digging a hole on his land. While Israeli forces prevented his access to the area, the hole became a pool.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz July 7, 2020
Jewish men celebrate Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem, marking the 52nd anniversary of Israel's capture of Arab East Jerusalem in the Six Day War of 1967. June 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Annexation is not just about stealing land — it’s about expelling Palestinians
What the international community views as an illegal move under occupation is in fact another stage in Israel's century-long settler colonial project.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz May 19, 2020
Palestinians takes part in a protest against the killing of journalist Yasser Murtaja near the Israel-Gaza fence, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 8, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
What the media got wrong about the Gaza ‘normalization’ saga
A controversy involving a Gaza journalist highlights the Palestinian debate around normalization — but mainstream outlets are failing to take it seriously.
By Ahmad Al-Bazz April 14, 2020
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