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Tens of thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel protest against gun violence and under-policing in the Arab town of Majd al-Krum, northern Israel, on October 3, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Protests against gun violence trigger a political awakening for Palestinians in Israel

A wave of demonstrations against gun violence and police negligence has inspired a renewed sense of solidarity among Palestinian citizens of Israel, according to veteran activist Fida Tabony. After years of division, ‘we’re acting like a people,’ she says. Fida Tabony remembers leaving her office in Nazareth around 2 p.m. one day, about two months ago, as…

By Henriette Chacar October 23, 2019

Israeli troops fire tear gas into a crowd of Palestinians protesting in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, Beita, Nablus region of the West Bank, April 28, 2017. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

‘Day of Rage’ protests across West Bank in support of hunger strikers

Israeli troops suppress the protests with live bullets, rubber-coated munitions, and tear gas, wounding dozens. 1,500 Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike to demand improved conditions, an end to administrative detention. Thousands of Palestinians held protests in at least a dozen locations around the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday as part of a…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 28, 2017

An Israeli soldier fires tear gas canisters directly at Palestinian protesters in Nabi Salah, March 13, 2015. (Screenshot by Bilal Tamimi)

WATCH: IDF fires tear gas canisters directly at protesters

Two Palestinian protesters have been killed from the practice in recent years despite it being illegal. In keeping with a recent upsurge in the illegal use of lethal force during weekly Friday demonstrations in Nabi Saleh, video footage emerged last week of an Israeli soldier firing tear gas canisters directly at protesters on March 13,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland March 24, 2015

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An Israeli soldier escorts a group of settlers during a tour of Hebron’s old city, February 20, 2010. (Photo by Activestills.org)

How does the army please settlers? By upping its violence

When the settlers of Halamish complained that the IDF isn’t being violent enough, a brigadier-general assured them that he orders his troops to use unnecessary force against Palestinians. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Near the Palestinian villages of Dir Nizam and Nabi Salah lies a settlement named Halamish, also known as Neve Tsuf.…

By +972 Magazine February 20, 2015

Palestnians carry Mohammad Qasem Hamamreh, after he was injured in the head with a tear gas canister at the early morning of July 23, during clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Husan, 2014. Mohammad, 19 years old, died in the hospital the day after (Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Ten killed across West Bank in Gaza solidarity protests

Photos by: Mustafa Bader, Oren Ziv, Ahmad Al-Bazz, Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org Text by: Keren Manor In the last four days, Israeli forces have killed ten Palestinians across the West Bank during protests in solidarity with Gaza. More than 600 have been wounded, and several remain in critical condition. The biggest protest took place on Thursday night with at least…

By Activestills July 27, 2014

Israeli police arrest a Palestinian man during protests commemorating Nakba Day at Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, May 15, 2013. (Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

A diary of violence: Nakba Day protests in East Jerusalem

One activist’s diary of the arrests and violence that Israeli police used against Palestinian protesters in East Jerusalem on Nakba Day, 2013. By Sahar Vardi Scene 1: A few dozen Palestinians march down Bab A-Zahara Street with a police van behind them, they head toward Damascus Gate for the Annual commemoration of the Nakba. Police…

By +972 Magazine May 17, 2013

Protest against the rising cost of living, Bethlehem (Photo: Activistills/08.09.2012)

Palestinians take to streets in call for Fayyad to step down

In the past few days, protesters have filled the Palestinian streets. This time, their protest is not against Israel, but rather against the Palestinian Authority and specifically Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The Palestinians are coming out to protest the rising prices in the West Bank, which have increased at a time when the Palestinian Authority…

By Aziz Abu Sarah September 8, 2012

Hundreds join protests against occupation around West Bank

By The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Hundreds of Palestinian villagers and activists, joined by Israeli and international supporters, gathered this week in five localities in the occupied West Bank to protest the ongoing occupation, annexation of lands and construction of settlements and the separation wall. In Kufr Qaddoum, some 250 people marched from the center…

By +972 Magazine August 11, 2012