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Hussein Dawabshe seen outside a court hearing in Lod, during a hearing on the attack on the West Bank village of Duma, where three members of the Dawabshe family were murdered, June 19, 2018. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Torture ruling unites right and left, but leaves justice by the wayside

Both left and right-wingers hailed a decision by an Israeli court to throw out parts of confessions provided by two Israelis suspected of a murdering a Palestinian family because they were obtained through torture. The shared satisfaction across political camps is rare. It is also flawed and worrying. Both left-wing and right-wing voices lauded an Israeli court…

By Dahlia Scheindlin June 21, 2018

'Price tag' graffiti in 'Ara, northern Israel, May 24, 2017. (Israel Police Spokesperson's Unit)

Palestinian cars torched in ‘price tag’ attack in northern Israel

Two cars were set on fire and the words ‘price tag’ spray painted on a house in ‘Ara, a Palestinian village in northern Israel. By Yael Marom Residents of ‘Ara, a Palestinian village in northern Israel, awoke on Wednesday morning to find that two of their cars had been set on fire and the words “price…

By +972 Magazine May 24, 2017

The Dawabshe grandfather stands in the charred home in which his family members were murdered by extremist Jewish settlers, Duma, West Bank, July 31, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

A year since the Duma murders: Navigating justice and pain

A year after losing his parents and baby brother, six-year-old Ahmad Dawabshe returns to Duma for the first time. At court hearings for the accused murderers, settler youths taunt the remaining family members. A journey through an unimaginably painful year. “I know you spent a lot of time with the Dawabshe family in the hospital,” said…

By Samah Salaime July 31, 2016

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Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Photo by Activestills.org)

If Israel’s generals are moral, let them prove it

Defense Minister Ya’alon has been heralded as the Left’s newest spokesperson after repeatedly speaking out against Israel’s political leadership. Let’s not forget that this is the same guy who called Breaking the Silence ‘traitors.’ After reserving a spot among the “left-wing pragmatists” for openly stating that executing a dying man, and especially while on camera,…

By Orly Noy May 17, 2016

Anti-Christian slogans scrawled on the entry to the Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem, January 17, 2016. (photo: Dormition Abbey)

Jewish extremists deface Jerusalem abbey with anti-Christian graffiti

Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey has been vandalized for the second time in two years, with violent and threatening graffiti scrawled across its exterior. The incident is the latest in a series of attacks on Christians in Israel. The Dormition Abbey near the Old City of Jerusalem was vandalized overnight on Sunday, with numerous threatening and violent…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland January 17, 2016

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked. (Photo by Activestills.org)

Will Jewish terrorism suspects get a ‘fair trial?’

Had a Palestinian committed the exact same crime in the exact same location, he would find himself in an entirely different justice system. Maybe ‘fair’ is relative. Israel’s justice minister on Sunday said she “hopes” that the alleged Jewish terrorists indicted for murdering three members of the Dawabshe family will receive a fair and just trial. Hopes.…

By Edo Konrad January 3, 2016

An Israel youth covers his face with with a flag during the "Jerusalem Day" march held by Israeli nationalists to celebrate 48 years of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, May 17, 2015.

Israel’s extremists aren’t as fringe as you think

If a video of religious youth stabbing a photo of a murdered Palestinian infant isn’t enough to convince mainstream Israel that there is a problem, what will? Celebrants at a Jerusalem wedding for a couple from Israel’s radical right were filmed dancing and singing as they brandished a photo of Ali Dawabsheh, the 18 month-old…

By Lisa Goldman December 24, 2015

Youth protest against the Prawer Plan to displace Bedouin citizens of Israel, Hura, the Negev, November 30, 2013. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

+972 Magazine’s Editor’s Picks of 2015

As 2015 comes to a close, +972 Magazine’s editors and bloggers look back at the year that was, and share the articles that most resonated with them – in no particular order. By +972 Magazine Staff Meet the new generation of Palestinians in Israel To most Jewish Israelis they don’t have names or faces. At worst…

By +972 Magazine December 22, 2015

Israeli activists participate in an action protesting the use of torture, 2011. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

When Israel tortures Jewish terror suspects

The Right is furious over the alleged use of torture against the suspects in the murder of a Palestinian family. But is it any surprise that the tools used against Palestinians would eventually be used against Jews too? “Torture in Israel? The Shin Bet’s actions in the Duma case may turn out to be the…

By Noam Sheizaf December 21, 2015

Activestills photographer Oren Ziv's first place for best photo series at the 'Local Testimony' photo competition, Tel Aviv, December 10. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Activestills photographer Oren Ziv wins first place in photography competition

Ziv wins two awards at the ‘Local Testimony’ competition for series on the firebombing attack in Duma, as well as for series on police violence against Israel’s Bedouin. Activestills photojournalist Oren Ziv won first place in two categories in the annual Israeli photography competition, “Local Testimony” for 2015. Ziv won first place in the news…

By +972 Magazine December 11, 2015

File photo of masked Israeli settlers threatening Palestinians while soldiers look on. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘Jews can’t be terrorists,’ Jewish Home MK says

‘When you push an entire population up against the wall, when you demonize them and trample their rights, [the situation] will explode in the end,’ the Israeli parliamentarian writes with no sense of irony. Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich, a member of Israel’s ruling coalition, penned an oped on Wednesday arguing that Jews cannot be…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man December 10, 2015

A woman from the West Bank village Susya is seen near olive trees that were cut down by settlers, south Hebron Hills, West Bank, February 22, 2011. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Why can’t Palestinians harvest olives in peace?

Data shows that the police simply cannot prevent Israeli felons from ruining the yearly Palestinian olive harvest. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Yesh Din recently published our yearly datasheet, which tracks the lack in law enforcement in the West Bank when it comes to Israeli civilians harming Palestinians and damaging their property. The 2015…

By +972 Magazine November 12, 2015

Israeli policemen search a Palestinian man at Damascus gate, in Jerusalem's old city, October 18, 2015. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

There is no reason to trust Israel’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy

While the government claims to take a ‘zero tolerance’ stance on terrorism — whether Palestinian or Jewish — the reality on the ground paints a very different picture. The phrase “zero tolerance” is doing brisk business in Israel-Palestine. Public figures like to talk tough in violent times and 2015 has been a particularly bloody year…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 3, 2015