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WATCH: Internally displaced Palestinians plan their return
For three years, a group of young Palestinian citizens of Israel has been meeting in order to imagine and plan their return to the destroyed villages from which their parents and grandparents were expelled. The project they initiated, “Udna” (“Return”), aims to give the younger generation an awareness of the Nakba, and to create actual…
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January 12, 2016
PHOTOS: In Gaza, rebuilding is still over the horizon
With the humanitarian crisis more dire than ever before, the extreme need in Gaza continues to far outstrip the trickle of resources allowed to enter. Photos: Anne Paq/Activestills.org Text: Ryan Rodrick Beiler Click here for +972’s full coverage of the Gaza war Following Israel’s seven-week offensive last summer, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been forced…
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Activestills
November 15, 2014
PHOTOS: Gaza’s children face an uncertain future
Israel’s latest offensive on the Gaza Strip killed more than 500 children. Those who survive must endure ongoing trauma and displacement. Photos by Anne Paq and Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org Text by Anne Paq I visited Al Nada towers in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip after they were destroyed by Israeli strikes. The towers had…
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Activestills
September 30, 2014
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PHOTOS: Living in the ruins of a shattered Gaza neighborhood
Palestinians struggle to survive among the rubble of their neighborhood, Shujaiyeh, which was leveled by Israeli shelling during last month’s offensive. Photos by: Anne Paq and Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org Text by: Anne Paq A group of Palestinian men sit in one of the completely destroyed streets in Shujaiyeh, a neighborhood of east of Gaza City. In front…
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September 7, 2014
PHOTOS: Gaza’s half-million internally displaced
Photos by: Basel Yazouri and Anne Paq/Activestills.org Text by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler The most commonly cited statistic from Gaza is the death toll, now rising past 1,814, according to UN figures. Such numbers can be numbing, as absorbing the reality of so many faces and names is impossible. Yet another staggering figure that is difficult…
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Activestills
August 6, 2014
PHOTOS: Another day of destruction, death and displacement in Gaza
The number of dead has reached at least 620 mostly civilian Palestinians and 31 Israelis, 29 of them soldiers. Another day in Gaza between bombed houses, destruction and displaced people. Photos by: Anne Paq and Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org Text by: Keren Manor Related: Why do Palestinians continues to support…
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Activestills
July 23, 2014
PHOTOS: On Easter, Palestinians resurrect their destroyed village
The Palestinian village of Irqit was depopulated in the 1948 war and then almost entirely razed. Now new generations of its original residents are trying to resurrect the town and realize a decades-old High Court ruling recognizing their right to return. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org It would seem that Israeli authorities conspired…
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Activestills
April 22, 2014
Authorities threaten displaced community’s return to village
The displaced Maronite community of Bir’em has decided to implement its right of return by resettling its land. Authorities have threatened to evict the villagers should they refuse to leave. Exactly one year ago, the displaced people of Iqrit decided that after 64 years of empty promises, they would wait no longer to return to…
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Haggai Matar
August 22, 2013
Palestinians celebrate anniversary of return to destroyed village
The displaced members of the village of Iqrit marked one year since their groundbreaking direct action: the return of the village youth to the village, the revival of its traditions and the strengthening of their hold on the land. Although they are now celebrating with friends and supporters, they fear a potential response from authorities.…
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Haggai Matar
August 15, 2013
Thousands join Palestinian March of Return on Israeli Independence Day
The annual March of Return brought approximately 7,000 people to the destroyed village of Khubeizy on Israel’s Independence Day. The march, which went through village lands and debris, now a national park, ended with a rally in which speakers called for the implementation of UN Resolution 194, recognizing the Palestinian refugees’ right of return, and…
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Haggai Matar
April 17, 2013
Displaced Palestinians return to village after 64 years
The third generation of the displaced community of Iqrit decided that they’d had enough of waiting for authorities to allow them to return to their village lands, taking matters into their own hands. Last August, they set up their base in a room adjacent to the old church and haven’t left since. In 1948, the…
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Haggai Matar
March 18, 2013
Anti-Christian graffiti sprayed on church in destroyed Galilee village of Bir’em
The internally displaced community of Bir’em found abusive graffiti, stars of David and the word ‘revenge’ sprayed on its church, graveyard and other buildings. Yet the act of vandalism is but one of the community’s problems, as it continues its struggle for return. Last week, several days after they celebrated Christmas, the former residents of…
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Haggai Matar
January 2, 2013
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