nonviolent protests

Police fire "Skunk" water against ultra-Orthodox Jews who are blocking a main road during a demonstration, protesting against the imprisonment of their fellow Haredim, who have been detained by the army for not enlisting, West Jerusalem, November 26, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

This is what it looks like to be hit by Israel’s ‘Skunk’

The ‘Skunk,’ a foul-smelling liquid most often used to suppress Palestinian demonstrations, is now finding a new target: ultra-Orthodox Jews. For much of the past year, Israeli forces have been using a foul-smelling liquid shot from a water cannon at high velocity to try and put down a burgeoning protest movement by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem.…

By Edo Konrad November 27, 2017

A Palestinian man and child pick olives during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Deir Istiya, near Salfit, November 2, 2012. (photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz)

WATCH: How one West Bank village is fighting to regain its land

Residents of the village of Deir Istiya, located next to the West Bank settlement Ariel, have been nonviolently protesting the blocking off access to their farmland by the Israeli army, which affects the lives of 500 families.

By Social TV May 27, 2016

An Israeli soldier holding Mohammed Tamimi, 12, in a headlock during a demonstration in Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (Karam Saleem)

In the Israeli media, a soldier trying to arrest a minor is the victim

After viral video emerged of a soldier attempting to arrest a Palestinian boy, the Israeli press presents the official army version rather than the accounts of the villagers who saw it all happen. By Leehee Rothschild At the weekly demonstration at the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh last Friday a masked soldier tried to arrest 12-year-old…

By +972 Magazine August 30, 2015

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An IDF drone hovers above the West Bank village of Bil'in. (photo: Haitham Khatib)

The IDF’s new tool for tracking Palestinian protesters: Drones

What has four propellors and a camera? Participants in the weekly protests against the separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in were surprised Friday to find that the army was using a new tool to put down the demonstrations. For the first time, a small drone equipped with four propellors and a camera…

By Haggai Matar August 15, 2015

Manal Tamimi making a V sign after she was shot with life ammunition, during the weekly protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, April 3, 2015. Anne Paq / Activestills.org

PHOTOS: Soldiers fire live ammo, wound two in Nabi Saleh protest

Photos and report: Anne Paq / Activestills.org Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition against nonviolent Palestinian protesters in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Friday. Two Palestinians were wounded, including activist Manal Tamimi. Tamimi was shot in her leg as she was standing and talking to her friends, only minutes after the protest had begun, along…

By Activestills April 5, 2015