This week: anti-government protesters continue to clash with riot police in Gezi Park near Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Israeli police arrest social protesters in Jerusalem and the Angry Grandmothers make a (singing) return to mark the 46th anniversary of the Israeli occupation.
A demonstrator catches on fire from a molotov cocktail intended for the police, during Turkey’s riot police raid on Taksim Square, Istanbul, June 11, 2013. Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
Activists raise an Ataturk flag in Taksim Square, Istanbul, June 9, 2013. Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
Anti government protesters stand on a burnt car during clashes between protesters and Turkish police, Gezi Park, June 12, 2013.
Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Actviestills.org
Anti-government protesters take cover as the police uses a water canon during the eviction of Taksim Square, June 11, 2013.
Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org
Anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration in the Gazi district of Istanbul, June 10, 2013. Over the last days, protests have spread around Turkey, with local residents of Gazi district, a working class area of mostly Kurds and Alawites, starting to organize daily demos. Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
An anti-government protestor takes cover from tear gas and water canon during clashes in Taksim Square, June 11, 2013.
Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org
Anti-government protesters sleep inside a destroyed bus painted in turquoise, in Gezi Park, Takism Square, Istanbul, June 10, 2013.
Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org
Activists sleeping at the entrance to Intercontinental Hotel near Gezi Park, during the early morning, Istanbul, June 8, 2013.
Photo by:Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org
Youth making a fire in the early hours of the morning in Gezi park next to Taksim Square, Istanbul, June 8, 2013.
Photo by:Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org
Youth making a fire in the early hours of the morning in Gezi park next to Taksim Square, Istanbul, June 8, 2013. Photo by: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org
An anti-government protester jumps over a fire during a protest in the Gazi district of Istanbul, June 10, 2013.
Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org
Activists play football in Taksim Square, June 7, 2013. Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
Activists sit in a police car after being arrested during a protest for social justice, Jerusalem, 8 June 2013.
Photo by guest photographer: Tali Mayer/Activestills.org
“The Angry Grandmothers” perform a song against the Israeli occupation during a protest vigil by the “Women in Black” in central Tel Aviv. In the background people are marching in the Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 7, 2013.
Photo by: Keren Manor/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.
We are well positioned to cover this perilous moment – but we need your help to do it. This terrible period will challenge the humanity of all of those working for a better future in this land. Palestinians and Israelis are already organizing and strategizing to put up the fight of their lives.
Can we count on your support? +972 Magazine is the leading media voice of this movement, a desperately needed platform where Palestinian and Israeli journalists and activists can report on and analyze what is happening, guided by humanism, equality, and justice. Join us.