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Israeli forces arrest an activist as the camp is forcibly evicted.

PHOTOS: Israeli forces demolish Palestinian camp built to protest Obama visit

Until its forcible eviction Saturday night, Palestinian activists built and maintained a new protest camp in E1 to protest Israeli occupation and settlement expansion, directing their message to visiting U.S. President Barack Obama. Photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler, Anne Paq, Yotam Ronen, and Oren Ziv As U.S. President Barack Obama’s plane was landing at Ben…

By Activestills March 24, 2013

Non-violent Palestinian activist with Obama mask arrested in Hebron (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

Palestinians greet Obama with popular resistance; army arrests dozens

After several days of small-scale demonstrations ahead of Obama’s visit, Palestinians organized two larger events Wednesday morning as the American president landed at Ben-Gurion Airport. About 500 people rebuilt 15 tents on privately owned lands in the new village-outpost of “Bab Al-Shams,” located at the heart of the much controversial E-1 area, where Israel intends…

By Haggai Matar March 20, 2013

Israeli soldiers use sound bombs and pepper spray to disperse Palestinian activists from a newly created village named Al Manatir on land belonging to the West Bank village of Burin, February 2, 2013. (Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Photos: Israeli forces attack Palestinian protest village

Palestinian activists create a new village, Al Manatir, on private Palestinian land near the West Bank village of Burin threatened by nearby Israeli settlements. Israeli forces violently evacuate the area, resulting in arrests and injuries. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org In the early morning hours of Saturday, February 2, Palestinian activists erected a…

By Activestills February 3, 2013

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Activists and villagers from Burin carry a structure while erecting the Al Manatir outpost, February 1, 2013 (Photo: Irene Nasser)

Palestinians erect third West Bank outpost, are attacked by IDF, settlers

In third such project in as many weeks, hundreds of Palestinians erect new neighborhood of Burin, calling it Manatir. The activists and village residents were quickly attacked by IDF soldiers and local settlers. Update: After hours of clashes where IDF troops reportedly shot live bullets, tear gas and rubber-coated bullets inside the village of Burin,…

By Haggai Matar February 2, 2013

Palestinian activists lifting the Palestinian flag in the "Bab Al-Shams" village. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)

In Bab Al-Shams, Palestinians create new facts on the ground

‘What made Bab Al-Shams significant was the fact that it asserted that Palestinian activists would not simply react to injustices the occupation laid at our doorstep, but that we were determined to create our own realities on the ground.’ By Irene Nasser Last week, I witnessed a remarkable victory for Palestinian unarmed civil resistance. Over…

By +972 Magazine January 25, 2013

Activists raise the Palestinian flag over the Bab AlShams, reclaiming a Palestinian privately owned hilltop in the E1 area of the West Bank, currently slated for settlement by Israeli authorities.

PHOTOS: 48 hours in the West Bank protest village of Bab Al-Shams

For two days on a freezing West Bank hilltop, the Bab Al-Shams village stood as a symbol of Palestinian nonviolent resistance to the planned expansion of settlements that would cut the West Bank into two and deny territorial contiguity to any hypothetical Palestinian state. Photos by: Hamde Abu Rahma, Ahmad Al-Bazz, Anne Paq, Yotam Ronen, and Oren Ziv On…

By Activestills January 14, 2013

Palestinian activists lifting the Palestinian flag in the "Bab Al-Shams" village. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Eviction of Palestinian outpost exposes double standard on settlements

The consequences of the the Israeli government decision go beyond the action against the Palestinian community in Bab Al-Shams. By evicting the residents, Netanyahu has made a mockery of the Israeli High Court and, in turn, the rule of law. In the early hours of Sunday morning, hundreds of Israeli soldiers stormed the newly-founded Bab…

By Aziz Abu Sarah January 13, 2013

Palestinian activists arrive at the "Bab Al Shams" camp, E1 area, January 12, 2013. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills)

Police brings down Palestinian outpost, activists resist peacefully

UPDATE, 8:30 a.m.: Mass police and army forces evacuated Bab Al-Shams overnight, following a statement made by the prosecuter general stating that the outpost is an immediate threat to the security of the region. Hundreds of soldiers and police detained the dozens of activists present, who resisted the eviction non-violently, and put them on busses…

By Haggai Matar January 12, 2013

A Palestinian tent city being constructed by the Popular Committees in the E1 area, January 11, 2013. The camp holds approximately 25 tents, and is called by the activists "Bab al-Shams" village. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Palestinians build ‘settlement’ near Jerusalem, receive eviction orders from Border Police

In response to the Israeli government’s plans to build 4,000 housing units for Jewish settlers in the E1 area, Palestinians set up a new tent village called Bab Al-Shams (Gate of the Sun). Police attempts to dismantle the new village were thwarted by a temporary warrant issued by the High Court of Justice. Some 250…

By Haggai Matar January 11, 2013