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Court to decide fate of Palestinian villages in ‘Firing Zone 918’
Hundreds of Palestinians in the south Hebron hills are living under the fear of imminent displacement because the Israeli army says it wants to conduct live-fire drills on their village lands. Israel’s High Court of Justice on Wednesday will hear the case of eight Palestinian villages fighting looming demolition and displacement by the Israeli army…
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Edo Konrad
January 9, 2017
Most Israeli Jews think there’s no occupation. So what is it?
A recent poll finds that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis believe Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories does not constitute occupation. So what do you call military rule over a captive population that didn’t vote for the army to be there? Depending on who you speak to, the word “occupation” is either the most loaded…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 11, 2016
WATCH: Living in the looming shadow of expulsion
‘Firing Zone 918’ in the south Hebron hills is home to around 1,300 Palestinians, most of whom live in caves or shacks and make their living from agriculture and shepherding. Since 1999, the residents have been living under threat of demolition, dispossession, and eviction after the IDF has declared their land a fire zone. On…
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Social TV
March 22, 2016
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IDF destroys 20 Palestinian structures in West Bank ‘firing zone’
The army exploits a break-down in a court-ordered mediation to demolish buildings in ‘Firing Zone 918.’ Israel has been trying to evict impoverished Palestinian communities from their lands for over 15 years — in order to save a few bucks on military trainings. Israeli military forces demolished over 20 structures in the Palestinian villages of…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
February 2, 2016
‘Performing in my stolen home’: An open letter to Ehud Banai
Nasser Nawajaah, a displaced Palestinian resident of the south Hebron Hills village of Susya, writes to an Israeli singer who is scheduled to perform in the settlement built on his family’s stolen land. Several weeks ago a number of Israeli left-wing individuals and organizations launched a campaign to pressure Israeli singer Ehud Banai not to…
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+972 Magazine
September 21, 2013
PHOTOS: Life before expulsion in the South Hebron Hills
Monday, the Israeli High Court of Justice heard the case of eight Palestinian villages that the Israeli government plans to displace in favor of a live-fire military training area known as “Firing Zone 918”. Some 1,000 people live in these villages in the South Hebron Hills, which include Jinba, Khirbet al Majaz, Khirbet at Taban,…
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Activestills
September 4, 2013
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…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
September 2, 2013
Israeli authors lend their names in effort to save Palestinian villages
Ahead of High Court case, authors sign petition, tour south Hebron Hills villages in support of one thousand residents facing possible eviction. Twenty-four prominent Israeli writers recently signed a petition in support of Palestinians in danger of eviction from their homes in the South Hebron Hills. Next to Israeli activists, foreign journalists and Palestinian residents,…
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Matt Surrusco
June 26, 2013
Israel demolishes two Palestinian homes in Area C
As America celebrated the re-election of Barack Obama, it was business as usual in Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank. At least two Palestinian homes were demolished today. The residents’ ‘crime?’ They didn’t have building permits, which are issued by Israel and are next to impossible for Palestinians to obtain. According to Operation Dove, an…
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Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
November 7, 2012
Occupation, imprisonment of refugees defile Israeli identity
Israeli-Jewish identity should be one that pursues justice for the collective and perseveres in the fight against oppression. Plans to destroy hundreds of homes or imprison thousands of refugees defile and contradict all that is good in that very identity. By Moriel Rothman Scenario One. Imagine: You wake up in a place that is not familiar. You…
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+972 Magazine
October 10, 2012
A week in photos: September 6-12
Palestinian protests against the cost of living and PA leadership grew in size and intensity, as weekly demonstrations continued and threats of demolition and settler violence remain a fact of life under occupation. Israelis also took to the streets over media and social justice issues. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.
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Activestills
September 13, 2012
1,500 Palestinians face expulsion to make way for IDF ‘Firing Zone 918’
“Firing Zone 918” is the Israeli military’s term for a portion of land in the West Bank home to hundreds of Palestinians who have been there since the 19th century. Why are they under threat of eviction and how is it being done? A primer. By Eyal Raz “We must maintain “the necessary fitness of…
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Haokets
August 29, 2012
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