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Demonstrators blocking the road in the entrance to the neigborhood. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

PHOTOS: Working class neighborhood takes to TA streets ahead of evictions

On the eve of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, 20 families are expected to be evicted from their homes in the Givat Amal neighborhood without just compensation. Neighborhood residents and supporters took to the streets in north Tel Aviv and blocked main roads to protest the imminent eviction. Photos and text: Keren Manor/Activestills Residents…

By Activestills September 16, 2014

Fadel hammadi and his son, Abed, hold copies of the Koran as they sit on top of a mosque that was demolished by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of al-Mufaqara, south of Hebron, on December 4, 2012. (photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

Israel’s High Court sends South Hebron Hills evictions to mediation

The High Court of Justice declines to make a ruling on the evictions of over 1,000 Palestinian villagers from what Israel calls ‘Firing Zone 918.’ Villagers’ attorneys say referral to mediation process is a sign the court wasn’t satisfied with the state’s arguments. International writers sign petition against evictions. Israel’s High Court of Justice referred…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man September 2, 2013