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Bearing witness to the routine violence of occupation
In East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Palestinians have virtually no civil rights. What rights they do have can be revoked at a moment’s notice. By Zak Witus and Sasha Belenkiy Even when the cameras of the big international news agencies disappear, the occupation grinds on. One day in the West Bank and East Jerusalem…
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June 10, 2018
No amount of police can scrub out the racism of Jerusalem Day
With double the usual police presence, the anti-Arab slogans usually heard during Jerusalem Day were quickly silenced. But the racism wasn’t so swiftly scrubbed out. By Oren Ziv and Orly Noy A day before Israel was set to celebrate the U.S. Embassy’s move to Jerusalem, the annual “March of the Flags,” in which thousands of nationalist…
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Oren Ziv
May 14, 2018
U.S. Jewish activist to undergo surgery on arm broken by Israeli cops
Sarah Brammer-Shlay, whose arm was broken by Israeli police as they forcibly removed her from a Jerusalem Day protest, will be undergoing a $25,000 operation on Thursday. An American-Jewish activist whose arm was broken by Israeli police as they forcefully dispersed a Jerusalem Day protest last week will need to undergo surgery. Sarah Brammer-Shlay, 25,…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 28, 2017
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Israeli cops assault American Jewish activists in Jerusalem Day protest
Israeli police forcefully dispersed American Jewish anti-occupation activists, who had gathered in the Old City to protest Jerusalem Day and the March of the Flags. Israeli police broke the arm of an American Jewish activist and injured several other anti-occupation demonstrators while forcefully dispersing a Jerusalem Day protest in the Old City on Wednesday. The demonstration,…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 24, 2017
Jerusalem Day: W. J’lm businesses shutter in solidarity with Palestinians
Each year on Jerusalem Day, Palestinian businesses located along the route of the March of the Flags are ordered by police to shut up shop during the parade. This year, Jewish business owners in West Jerusalem closed up early in solidarity. By Yael Marom On Wednesday afternoon, as on every Jerusalem Day, Palestinians in and…
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May 24, 2017
Israel’s extremist settlers are aiming for the mainstream
The fact that this year’s Jerusalem Day did not include violence and racist chants against Palestinians signals a change of strategy in winning the hearts and minds of average Israelis. The main lesson I learned from Jerusalem Days past was to wear comfortable walking shoes. Or preferably running shoes, since I previously learned that there…
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Orly Noy
June 6, 2016
PHOTOS: Jerusalem Day brings tensions in divided city to the fore
The traditional ‘march of the flags’ on Jerusalem Day, marking the ‘reunification’ of the city under Israeli sovereignty, has more to do with domination over Palestinians than celebration. Photos and video by Oren Ziv, Keren Manor, Faiz Abu-Rmeleh, Tess Schaflan, Yotam Ronen / Activestills.org Text by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Jerusalem Day is billed as a…
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Activestills
May 18, 2015
WATCH: Racism-filled march curbs Palestinian movement in Jerusalem
High Court dismisses petition to re-route the ‘Jerusalem Day’ march away from the Muslim Quarter, but tells police it expects them to act against the type of racist incitement for which the ‘March of the Flags’ is notorious. Two Jerusalem-based NGOs on Monday lost a legal battle to keep Israel’s hyper-nationalist, racist and often violent…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
May 12, 2015
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