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Israeli soldiers dragging and beating Yasin al-Saradih in Jericho. Screenshot.

New video contradicts IDF narrative of killing in Jericho

Israeli soldiers shot Yasin al-Saradih in Jericho after he tried to attack them, then the army kept changing its story about how he died. New video shows soldiers abusing and beating him well after he was shot, without treating him. Soldiers invade the heart of a Palestinian city, clashes ensue and a Palestinian is killed.…

By Orly Noy February 28, 2018

CCTV footage showing Israeli soldiers beating and arresting a Palestinian man during clashes in Jericho. The man later died, likely of wounds sustained during the beating.

Palestinian man dies following beating by IDF soldiers

A video published Thursday shows soldiers beating 33-year-old Yasin al-Saradih during a raid in the West Bank city of Jericho. Military sources say the beating was likely the cause of death. Video published on social media Thursday appears to show IDF soldiers beating to death a Palestinian man during an arrest raid in the Palestinian city…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 22, 2018

A Palestinian carries his two daughers on his motorcycle in the harbour of Gaza city, February 13, 2015. The sea remains one of the few open space where Palestinians can go and try to relax despite a very dire humanitarian situation and the trauma following the last summer Israeli military offensive. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Motorcycle diaries: A brief moment of humanity with an Israeli policeman

He had no idea Palestinians couldn’t import high quality motorcycles. I had no idea Israeli policemen could be so friendly. How one motorcycle brought us together during a traffic stop in the middle of the West Bank. By Bassam Almohor Israeli police stop — Thursday, September 24, 2015. An Israeli policeman standing at the entrance…

By +972 Magazine October 4, 2015

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The Beaten Path: Jericho, city of flexible time (part 11)

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By Yuval Ben-Ami December 17, 2014

A voice calling in the wilderness: A journey to the ‘Castle of the Jews’

Five hundred words and three photos from one place. This time: a church in the middle of a minefield, water you can walk on, an international border with no soldiers and a legal limbo that wouldn’t make sense anywhere else. What is the strangest place in the world? Depends how you define “strange.” In English, one…

By Yuval Ben-Ami May 29, 2014

Exhibition on loan: How Israel’s cultural institutions contribute to occupation

Even if bringing the Herodium exhibit to the Israel Museum is not identical to wielding physical violence against Palestinians, it seems that in everything that pertains to the West Bank, those in charge exploit resources for their own needs, be it for exhibition or settlement expansion. By Yonatan Mizrachi The exhibition “Herod the Great –…

By +972 Magazine May 4, 2013

Palestinian Authority police make an arrest in Hebron [illustrative photo], December 14, 2012. (JC/Activestills.org)

Prisoner’s death in Palestinian jail highlights violations, loss of legitimacy

Protest against prisoner conditions in Israeli jails will not prevent anger and delegitimization of PA law enforcement system for its own violations. A Palestinian prisoner being held on charges connected to a stabbing died in a Palestinian Authority jail in Jericho on Friday, according to a Jerusalem Post and Ma’an News Agency. The articles report…

By Dahlia Scheindlin March 3, 2013

Palestinian activists lifting the Palestinian flag in the "Bab Al-Shams" village. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)

In Bab Al-Shams, Palestinians create new facts on the ground

‘What made Bab Al-Shams significant was the fact that it asserted that Palestinian activists would not simply react to injustices the occupation laid at our doorstep, but that we were determined to create our own realities on the ground.’ By Irene Nasser Last week, I witnessed a remarkable victory for Palestinian unarmed civil resistance. Over…

By +972 Magazine January 25, 2013

Palestinian ‘Speed Sisters’ navigate life and the racetrack

They navigate the racetrack, Palestinian society, competition in a male dominated sport, and a military occupation. But “outside the car is one thing. Inside the car is another world.” So begins the trailer for a documentary in the works that tracks the lives of five women race car drivers – Palestine’s own “Speed Sisters.” Betty Saadeh,…

By Noa Yachot July 2, 2012

Palestinian ‘car protest’ in West Bank challenges road segregation

Palestinians attempted to set out in a motorcade of about 50 cars from Jericho en route to Ramallah this morning, to protest and challenge the system of Israeli-only roads throughout the West Bank, according to Twitter updates over the last few hours with the hashtag #carprotest. According to an Israeli Ta’ayush activist I spoke to…

By Mairav Zonszein January 10, 2012