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Ein Al-Hilweh, Jordan Valley, November 16, 2017. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Hundreds of Palestinians on the brink of expulsion: ‘We just want to live’

Three hundred Palestinians have been ordered to leave their homes and take with them all their belongings within the next eight days. Where are they supposed to go? The military order provides no answers. In the meantime, they wait for the rain that refuses to come. By Keren Manor / Activestills.org They are about to…

By Activestills November 20, 2017

Israeli soldiers guard a bulldozer demolishing Palestinian structures in Khirbet Jenbah, which is part of what the army calls ‘Firing Zone 918,’ February 2, 2016. (Nasser Nawaj’ah/B’Tselem)

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…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 2, 2016