bi-lingual school

Latest

Women Asylum seekers and their children protest against the new detention center and call on the Israeli government to recognize their refugee rights, Tel Aviv, January 15, 2014. Asylum seekers marched from south Tel Aviv to the UNHCR offices and the US embassy, in an action following last week general strike and mass protests.

In Photos: Int’l Women’s Day in Israel-Palestine

Photos by Yotam Ronen, Anne Paq, Basel Yazouri, Oren Ziv, Faiz Abu Rmeleh, Ahmad al-Bazz, Keren Manor / Activestills.org From asylum seeker struggles to the assault on Gaza, women were on the front lines of some of the major struggles in Israel/Palestine. In honor of International Women’s Day, Activestills brings you the best photos of the…

By Activestills March 8, 2015

A Palestinian child stands in a destroyed house in the Shujayea neighborhood, which was heavily attacked during the latest Israeli offensive, east of Gaza City, September 4, 2014. During the seven-week Israeli military offensive, 2,101 Palestinians were killed, including 495 children, and an estimated 18,000 housing units have been either destroyed or severely damaged, leaving more than 108,000 people homeless.

Returning to Gaza’s devastation after summer peace camp

During Operation Protective Edge, dozens of Israeli and Palestinian children spent their days at a summer peace camp in the U.S. When one of those children returned to Gaza and found his family homes destroyed, he wrote a letter to the new Israeli friend he’d made at camp. By Orly Noy Just days before the…

By Orly Noy September 14, 2014