This week: Israeli forces kill a Palestinian in a Jenin raid, villagers return to land invaded by settlers, protesters camp out at Yair Lapid’s house, Palestinians protest the against the occupation and in support of prisoners, an event in France promotes Palestinian culture and activists bring water to deprived Jordan Valley residents.
Funeral of Majd Lahlouh, killed by Israeli forces during a dawn military raid in Jenin refugee camp, August 20, 2013. (Photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
A Palestinian youth wears a Guy Fawkes mask, as Palestinian, Israeli and international activists march during the weekly protest against the Israeli occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 23, 2013. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Photographers run though a cloud of tear gas, shot by Israeli soldiers, during the weekly protest against the Israeli occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 23, 2013. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Palestinians demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners still on hunger strike in Israeli prisons in Nablus, West Bank, August 22, 2013. (Photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Israeli private security guards try to stop Palestinians from working their land in the West Bank village of Sinjil, near the Israeli outpost of Givat Haroe, August 18, 2013. Following a High Court of Justice injunction issued on behalf of Palestinian landowners three years after settlers invaded their land, landowners from Sinjil were able to reach their land for the first time. (Photo by: Activestills.org)
Protest camp in front of Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s house, Tel Aviv, August 19, 2013. (Photo by: Activestills.org)
A French painter during a three-day festival for Palestine, organized in the village of Gage, France, August 17, 2013. The festival was organized to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the French association “le Philistin,” whose aim is to promote Palestinian heritage and products. (Photo by: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Palestinians and international activists connect 700-meter water pipes to Palestinian families’ homes in Fasa’il Al Wusta, Jordan Valley, August 17, 2013. Palestinians in the Jordan Valley suffer from lack of water access. According to the Jordan Valley solidarity campaign, Palestinian communities in the area survive on around 20 liters of water per person per day. The World Health Organization recommends 100 liters of water per person per day, and in the Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley, average water consumption is 451 liters per person per day. All Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are considered illegal under international law. (Photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
A Palestinian girl stands beside a water tank in Fasa’il Al Wusta, Jordan Valley, August 17, 2013. (Photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Our team has been devastated by the horrific events of this latest war – the atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel and the massive retaliatory Israeli attacks on Gaza. Our hearts are with all the people and communities facing violence.
We are in an extraordinarily dangerous era in Israel-Palestine. The bloodshed unleashed by these events has reached extreme levels of brutality and threatens to engulf the entire region. Hamas’ murderous assault in southern Israel has devastated and shocked the country to its core. Israel’s retaliatory bombing of Gaza is wreaking destruction on the already besieged strip and killing a ballooning number of civilians. Emboldened settlers in the West Bank, backed by the army, are seizing the opportunity to escalate their attacks on Palestinians.
This escalation has a very clear context, one that +972 has spent the past 13 years covering: Israeli society’s growing racism and militarism, the entrenched occupation, and an increasingly normalized siege on Gaza.
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