Photos of the week: Tear gas returned to sender
This week: returning tear gas, glaring settlers, demolishing Negev Bedouin homes, praying at the checkpoint, touring Hebron, housing protests and confronting soldiers A Palestinian protester throws a...
View ArticlePHOTOS: In recognized Bedouin village, police make life unbearable
More than 10 years have passed since the Israeli government officially recognized the Bedouin village of Bir Hadaj. Yet it refuses to install new infrastructure, hands out demolition orders and does...
View ArticleWhy the EU needs to rein in Israel’s settlement policy
An Israeli academic makes the case for Europe to contain Israel’s settlement policy with greater determination and more concrete measures. By Nurit Peled-Elhanan Times are very tough for both Israeli...
View Article[VID] Street talk: What do you think about home demolitions?
Whenever there is a terrorist attack in Israel, somebody on the political level starts talking about demolishing the terrorist family’s home as punishment and deterrence. Social TV hit the streets of...
View ArticleWATCH: How many riot cops does it take to evict a single mother?
The Naqib family has lived on their land since before 1948. Many Palestinian families in the city live in what the State calls ‘illegal conditions’ — and under the constant threat of demolition —...
View ArticleWATCH: Israel demolishes homes in unrecognized Palestinian village
Bulldozers knocked down three buildings in the village Dahmash, just 20 minutes from Tel Aviv, contrary to a High Court ruling. By Rami Younis and Haggai Matar A bulldozer demolishes an apartment...
View ArticleWhy the Arabs are coming to Tel Aviv
It used to be that when Israel demolished Arab homes there would be a spontaneous strike and reactionary protest in some of the Arab cities. But there is a new political force leading Palestinian...
View ArticleFirst demolition in Nabi Saleh: Warning shot or ominous sign?
Four years ago, the residents of the village received demolition orders, but they were never carried out. On Monday, bulldozers razed an uninhabited house. Now the villagers, who have been protesting...
View ArticleIsraelis only understand force — and it makes them angrier, polls show
New polls find that a majority of Jewish Israelis support the ‘voluntary transfer’ of West Bank Palestinians, a majority want to strip East Jerusalem Palestinians of Israeli residency. It’s true that...
View ArticleIsraeli army to evict 300 Palestinians from Jordan Valley
So far this year, the IDF has demolished 349 structures, displacing 542 people and 302 children. Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem warned in August that the expulsions would constitute a war crime. By...
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