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The man who helped build Israel’s legal infrastructure of oppression
Aharon Barak says he is concerned about Israeli democracy, but he bears responsibility for no small part of where the country is today. By Hagai El-Ad Former Chief Justice Aharon Barak is completely at peace with his ruling on targeted assassinations. On a recent episode of an Israeli investigative TV program, he went so far…
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July 4, 2019
When the occupation dictates your life — and your funeral
Long before he died in a work accident on an Israeli construction site, Muhamad Barghouth’s life was dictated by the violent whims of military occupation. By Aviv Tatarsky Last month, the grandson of a very close friend of mine was killed. Muhamad Bargouth, 22, whose grandfather I have grown close to in my many visits…
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November 5, 2018
Reducing Israel’s separation barrier to an aesthetic failure
A new video series about ‘design flaws’ tackles the question of why the world is so irked by Israel’s separation barrier. Surely it’s not the fact that it cages in millions of people and annexes roughly 10 percent of the West Bank. No, it’s just a matter of aesthetics. In a video clip published online…
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Lisa Goldman
April 23, 2018
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In one Palestinian village, the whole story of the occupation
Encircled by the separation barrier, threatened with demolition orders, and deemed illegal aliens in their own homes, the residents of the Palestinian village of Walajeh are fighting for their lives. From the village of Walajeh, one can see much of Jerusalem. The round roof of Teddy Stadium, where the city’s soccer teams play. The towers of…
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Joshua Leifer
March 19, 2018
Trump’s wall would be a moral and practical failure — just like Israel’s
Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border was a cornerstone of his presidential campaign. But Israel’s separation wall is a lesson in why such a project is dangerous, ineffective — and morally wrong. By Abby C. Wheatley and Oren Kroll-Zeldin Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump made constant reference to the 50-foot…
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January 15, 2017
WATCH: Palestinian women prevent West Bank home demolition
Israeli forces who turned up to demolish a home in the West Bank village of Budrus were met with an unexpected obstacle: dozens of Palestinian women protecting the house with their bodies. The women of Budrus, a Palestinian village in the West Bank, sent a powerful message on Wednesday when they physically blocked Israeli forces…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
January 6, 2017
Watching your son’s killers walk free
This is the story of a Palestinian father whose son was shot in the back by two Israeli soldiers. In the bizarre reality of occupation, he is the one who must ask permission from the wardens while his son’s killers walk free. What took place at the Ramle Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning was beyond bizarre. Every…
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Haggai Matar
September 24, 2016
Charged with conspiracy — for renting a rope to climb over the wall
Despite admitting that the young man was only looking for work, police decide to charge him with conspiracy to commit a crime — renting a rope and ladder. Israeli police prosecutors indicted a 26-year-old Palestinian man in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Wednesday morning for climbing over the separation wall in order to find work. According…
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Haggai Matar
April 27, 2016
What about us ‘beasts’ living inside the Villa in the Jungle?
Netanyahu’s magic solution for all of Israel’s problems is to fence the state in. But he will still be left with over a million Arabs, potential beasts of prey, and all the incitement in the world will not remove them. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month announced a plan to surround the State of…
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Samah Salaime
February 21, 2016
WATCH: Palestinians mark 11 years of struggle against the wall
The West Bank village of Bil’in, along with supporters from Israel and abroad, march on the separation wall that has illegally annexed their agricultural lands. Bil’in has become a symbol of Palestinian non-violent resistance. By Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Hundreds of people — Palestinians, Israelis, and foreigners — took part in a march Friday to mark 11…
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Activestills
February 19, 2016
No, Mr. Trump, walls don’t work
With politicians from right to left putting their faith in higher walls, some Palestinians are putting their faith in higher powers. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Just before his victory in the New Hampshire primary this past week, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said: “We have to build a wall. Walls work. Just…
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Activestills
February 17, 2016
Why Herzog’s diplomatic plan looks an awful lot like apartheid
Looking closely at Labor’s plan, the logic behind it becomes clear: since it is difficult to envision a Palestinian state in the foreseeable future, Israel should no longer be ashamed of putting Palestinians in Bantustans. By Neve Gordon On Sunday night, Israel’s Labor Party unanimously approved their leader’s diplomatic plan. Labor’s premier Isaac Herzog laid…
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February 11, 2016
The Palestinian village that refuses to give up on popular struggle
Even after 11 years of struggle, the residents of Bil’in refuse to forget about the land that was taken from them. The year was 2006. The village Bil’in near Ramallah had already marked over a year of weekly protests against the separation barrier that cuts them off from their land. One day, during a hearing…
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Haggai Matar
December 12, 2015
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