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A collective of documentary photographers operating in Palestine/Israel region. Decolonial photographic practice engaged in social & political struggles.
Palestine
Joined July 2011
CALL FOR EXHIBITION I Shed light on Gaza.Activestills is making available a collection of photos by Mohammed Zaanoun to be displayed in public spaces. You can download the photos at #Gaza #Gazaunderattack
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TODAY: Israeli and international activists block the entrance of the #Eurovision opening event in #Tel_Aviv city to protest against Israeli occupation and colonialism, and in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. Video by: Keren Manor / Activestills
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SATURDAY: A Palestinian couple holds their wedding ceremony in their depopulated village of Kafr Bir'im, North of Safed, Aug 28, 2021. Kafr Bir'im is one of 531 Palestinian villages, towns and urban neighborhoods that were ethnically cleansed by the Zionist movement around 1948.
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TODAY: Palestinians, joined by internationals and Israelis, protest against plans to expel Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta in order to make way for Israeli military Firing Zone 918.
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TODAY: Palestinian students commemorate the 74th #Nakba Day (Arabic word for catastrophe) at Tel Aviv University. At least three students were arrested by Israeli police. Photos by Activestills.
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YESTERDAY: A protest in front of the Shin Bet's headquarters in Sheikh Muwanis (Tel Aviv University), calling for an end to administrative detention and the release of Amal Nakhleh, 18, who has been under administrative detention for over a year without charge or trial.
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DECEMBER 9: Protesters take to the streets in Helsinki, Finland, and Berlin, Germany demanding an immediate ceasefire and and end to the ongoing assault on Gaza. 1/4
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YESTERDAY: the family of Shadi Farrah, 15, greets him as he arrives in Ramallah after serving almost three years in Israeli prison. Farrah was arrested when he was 11 year-o in Jerusalem and was later accused of “possessing sharp tools", a claim that the family denies to this day
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YESTERDAY: Thousands of Israeli settlers are seen chanting insults and inciting to violence against Palestinians at Damascus Gate at the entrance to the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, Jerusalem.
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TODAY: Bodies of Palestinian civilians are being pulled out from rubble of residential building in #Gaza after being shelled by the Israeli military. Since last Monday, at least 188 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip. Photos by Activestills.
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TODAY: An Israeli soldier is seen at a military-controlled gate near Qalqilya, West Bank, wearing a helmet reading "BORN TO KILL” while inspecting Palestinians. Photos by Activestills.
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NOW: an activist raises a banner that reads "dare to dream an end to the apartheid" during the semi-final event of the #Eurovision, Tel Aviv, May 16, 2019. Photo by: Activestills.
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TODAY: Around 6000 Israelis and Palestinians protest against Netanyahu's plan to annex parts of the West Bank in July, Rabin square, #Tel_Aviv. Protesters held signs condemning Israeli colonization and occupation. Photo by: Keren Manor / Activestills
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Today: Israeli settlers backed by Israeli colonial forces attack Palestinian cars and shops in Huwwara village, near Nablus. Since Tuesday, there has been an Israeli military closure on Nablus, after one Israeli soldier was killed. Video: Oren Ziv/ Activestills
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TODAY: Israeli and international activists block the entrance of the #Eurovision opening event in #Tel_Aviv city to protest against Israeli occupation and colonialism, and in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. Photos by: Keren Manor & Oren Ziv / Activestills
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TODAY: Israelis and Palestinians/Arabs march in Tel Aviv calling for immediate freeze in home demolitions of Palestinian towns inside Israel
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To this day, refugees and internally displaced Palestinians, most of whom are still based in refugee camps in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, are banned by Israel from returning to their depopulated hometowns. Photos by Activestills.
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YESTERDAY: Queer Palestinians protest in occupied #Haifa against the patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist oppression on LGBT and queer Palestinians, and to demand an end to violence against queer bodies and lives. Photo by: Maria Zreik / Activestills
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#NOW in #RabinSquare #TelAviv: Police uses excessive force on #BlackLivesMatter protest of Ethiopian Israelis http://t.co/cq09RlJ4hM.
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Activestills wants to especially thank one of our photographers, Mohammed Zaanoun, and all photographers documenting from Gaza.
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TODAY: Palestinian artists perform over the rubble of Said al-Mishal Cultural Center building that was destroyed by an Israeli air strike the day before, #Gaza City, August 10, 2018. Photo by: Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills.org
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YESTERDAY: Palestinian refugees protest in UNRWA's Baqa'a camp in Jordan in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Photos by Activestills.
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NOW: #Globalvision is held in #Bethlehem #Westbank as a response to #Eurovision2019, hosting musicians in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, calling against Israel's #whitewashing
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TODAY: A Palestinian baby sits in his crib in Khirbet Tana, which was demolished by Israeli forces, east of #Nablus
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TONIGHT: Protesters block the lightrail train in #Jerusalem during a protest against the killing of Iyad Hallak, a Palestinian man with autism who was shot dead by Israeli forces in JLM last week & against police violence both against Palestinians & against minorities in the US.
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Photos: Now in #telaviv hundreds of israeli artists gather to protest against attack on #gaza #GazaUnderAttack
http://t.co/k6krr7rZcV.
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NOW #TelAviv: Over 2K Israelis protesting against #GazaUnderAttack calling on Israeli government to stop the attack http://t.co/LGVwQwM4Se.
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NOW: The Salhia family threatens to create an explosion with gas pipes, destroying the house, if the Israeli forces expel them, #SheikhJarrah, Jerusalem. Since the morning, Israeli forces have been blockading the area in an attempt to expel the Palestinian family. Photos by AS.
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NOW: Israeli and Palestinian activists protest nearby the fence in solidarity with #Gaza following the murder of 16 Gazan protesters by the Israeli army on the previous day. On the other side, Gazan protesters are still present at their protest camp site on its second day.
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YESTERDAY: Palestinians of Al-Lydd (Lod) mark 6 months since Mousa Hassouneh, a resident of the city, was killed by Israeli settlers during last May's wave of Palestinian popular struggle against Israeli colonization across #Palestine. Photos by: Oren Ziv / Activestills
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YESTERDAY: Palestinians hold a vigil in #Jerusalem in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Photos by Activestills
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Tonight: Palestinians Israelis & American Jews stand together in front of Israeli soldiers, that came to evict the #WeAreSumud protest camp
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VIDEO: Israeli activists protest in Tel Aviv, Palestine 48, against the pogrom carried out by West Bank Israeli settlers against the village of #Huwwara, in which tens of Palestinian houses and vehicles were torched. Video by Activestills.
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From the archive: Suha Jarrar welcomes her mother Khalida Jarrar, as she's released from Israeli Prison in February 2019. Khalida was re-arrested on March 2021 & remains in administrative detention. Yesterday, Suha was pronounced dead in Ramallah at 31. Photos: @OrenZiv1985
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YESTERDAY: Israeli activists raise signs demanding freedom and rights for Palestinians during the mainstream anti-corruption protest that was organized in front of Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. Photo by: Oren Ziv / Activestills
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TODAY: Palestinians protest in Ramallah in support of administrative prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash who has been on hunger strike for 138 days in Israeli jails. Israel uses administrative detention to hold Palestinians without due process and without evidence being presented.
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NOW in #Israeli #military #court: Police asks to extend detention of #AhedTamimi in 10 days #NabiSaleh #WestBank #FreeAhedTamimi
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TONIGHT: Israeli forces suppress a Palestinian protest against the newly installed metal detectors at some gates of Al Aqsa, #Jerusalem.
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YESTERDAY: Israeli activists raise signs demanding freedom and rights for Palestinians during the mainstream anti-corruption protest that was organized in front of Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. Photo by: Oren Ziv / Activestills
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May 05, 2022: Palestinians take part in the March of Return in the depopulated village of Mi'ar, northeast of Haifa, an annual event held in one of the 531 towns that were ethnically cleansed by Israel around the #Nakba of 1948. Photos by Activestills.
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YESTERDAY: Palestinians hold a vigil in #Haifa in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Photos by Activestills
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YESTERDAY: Protest in front of Shin Bet offices in Sheikh Muwannis (Tel Aviv University), in support of the open-ended boycott of Israeli courts by the approximately 500 Palestinian administrative detainees, who are incarcerated without charge or trial. Photos by Activestills.
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Palestinians pray in the street outside #Jerusalem b/c Israeli restrictions on access to Al-Aqsa during #Ramadan
http://t.co/z6qtkWeSPf.
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YESTERDAY: Palestinian and Israeli activists demonstrate in #Tel_Aviv against the killing of Iyad Hallak, 32 - a Palestinian man with autism who was shot dead by Israeli forces in #Jerusalem over suspicion of carrying a gun. No weapon was found at the scene. Photos by A.S.
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TODAY: Palestinian and Israeli activists protest against house evictions in the refugee community of Sheikh Jarrah, #Jerusalem, in favor of Israeli settlers. Photos by Activestills.
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TODAY:Thousands of Palestinian workers arrive to #Gaza through the Karm Abu Salem crossing east of Rafah after having been sent back by the Israeli colonial regime, most of them were detained until now and reported ill-treatment and torture that they suffered while in detention.
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Since its creation in 1901, the JNF has been acquiring lands serving the settler-colonial project in the region of Palestine. Photos by Activestills.
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Now: American Jews block the settlers flag march marking 50 years for the occupation of #Jerusalem #DisruptJDAY #JerusalemDay
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To this day, Israel bans Palestinian refugees of the Naqab, most of whom are currently in Gaza's refugee camps, from returning to their ethnically cleansed towns in favor of Israeli settlers. Photos by @OrenZiv_ / Activestills
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YESTERDAY: Activists demand the release of #AhedTamimi and all political prisoners during a protest in #Haifa city.
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BREAKING: Now at #Qalandiya village, Palestinian cross #SeparationsWall in protest of restrictions to #AlAqsa
http://t.co/1kFT0M6QTi.
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TODAY: Jewish-Palestinian wedding held in #Israel despite anti-Arab protest, more on @972mag: http://t.co/klgfXLwEMP
http://t.co/LOkc0TaVnD.
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Watch: Israeli police arrest and beat Activestills photographer Faiz Abu Rmeleh in Lions' Gate, #Jerusalem #AlAqsa
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Activestills photographer Wahaj Bani Moufleh went to an interrogation by the PA & has been in their custody since, now for over 24 hours. He was assaulted by PA forces while documenting a funeral on March 8. He then expressed disapproval on FB at how the PA responded 1/2
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YESTERDAY: The family of Mohammed Abu Khdeir gathers at his grave in #Jerusalem to mark 7 years since his brutal killing at the hands of Israeli settlers. Abu Khdeir, 16 at the time, was kidnapped, beaten & forced to swallow petrol before being burned alive. Photo: Activestills.
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YESTERDAY: Tens of thousands of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship marched in the Palestinian city of Umm al Fahm to protest against Israeli police violence and organized crime. The protesters march from the city center and blocked road 65. Photos by Activestills.
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UPDATE: Palestinian photojournalist and media student Wahaj Bani Moufleh, who is also a frequent contributor to the Activestills collective, was released yesterday after spending three days in detention by the Palestinian Authority. (1/2).
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TODAY: The funeral for Shadi al-Sharafa, 41, who was killed by Israeli soldiers shooting him 3 weeks ago while he was fixing the water system at the entrance of #beita. The funeral was delayed by Israeli forces' refusal to release the body. Photos: @OrenZiv1985 / Activestills
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TODAY: Palestinian, Israeli and international activists take part in a direct action inside an Israeli outpost next to Mehola settlement in the northern Jordan Valley. Israeli forces are currently detaining activists and journalists in the location. Photos by: Activestills.
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YESTERDAY: Palestinians stand outside of Damoun prison, near #Haifa, in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. According to the organizers, there are currently 42 minors and 32 adult prisoners being held at Damoun, including all women prisoners.
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Yesterday in #Jerusalem: #BlackLivesMatter protest of Ethiopians Jews in #Israel against #racism and #PoliceBrutality
http://t.co/OfMQsMYkHP.
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Breaking: The Palestinian girl Malak Khateeb, 14, has just been released from israeli prison http://t.co/KeDdzNRYa7.
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Today: Israeli settlers backed by Israeli colonial forces attack Palestinian cars and shops in Huwwara village, near Nablus. Since Tuesday, there has been an Israeli military closure on Nablus, after one Israeli soldier was killed. Photos: Oren Ziv/ Activestills
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YESTERDAY: Palestinian residents of #Jerusalem protest in front of the Israeli Municipality, against home demolitions in Palestinian neighborhoods. Protesters held signs condemning "ethnic cleansing" and "expulsion" policies. Photos by Activestills.
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GAZA STRIP 24 AND 21 MAY: Photos of destruction caused by Israeli large-scale bombardments in Gaza City and in Beit Hanoun. The 11-day Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip that ended on May 21 wreaked massive destruction. #GazaUnderAttack . Photos by @MohammedZaanoun
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TODAY: Palestinian students from Tel Aviv University hold a vigil in support of the current campaign demanding the release of prisoner #AhmadManasra, a Palestinian boy who was arrested at the age of 12 and given a 12-year sentence for attempting to stab Israeli settlers in 2015.
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#BlackLivesMatter #Now: Ethiopian anti-police violence protest blocks Tel Aviv’s main highway from both sides http://t.co/F5PAMng8Pg.
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NOW: Israeli anti-Zionist activists hold banners and Palestinian flags to condemn Israeli colonialism and to interrupt a mass protest against the new far-right government in Tel Aviv, which is mainly composed of Zionist left protesters. Photos: Activestills (1/2).
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Now in nazareth over 3000 protesting against the attack on #gaza #GazaUnderAttack
http://t.co/ScdxBpUOHV.
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NOW:Activists and residents of Khan al-Ahmar, a tiny Bedouin hamlet in the West Bank, block Israeli bulldozers to stop the entire demolition of the village. Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
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TODAY: Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian residence in Issawiya, #Jerusalem, for being built "with no permits". Since the beginning of 2021, more than 200 Palestinian structures were demolished across the country, including areas where Palestinians hold Israeli citizenship.
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NOW: Palestinians take part in the funeral of Iyad al-Hallak, 32 - a Palestinian man with autism who was shot dead yesterday by Israeli forces in #Jerusalem over suspicion of carrying a gun. At least seven shots were fired but no weapon was found at the scene. Photo by A.S.
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WATCH: Tens of 1000s Palestinans attend the funeral of 21-year-old paramedic Rawan al-Najjar. She was killed the day before by an Israeli sniper while attempting to reach injured during a protest at the Gaza fence. Footage by: Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills.org #GreatReturnMarch
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Activestills photographers stand in solidarity with Moath Amarnih, a Palestinian photographer, who lost his eye after being shot by Israeli forces during a protest in the West Bank village of Surif last Friday. #كلنا_معاذ #عين_الحقيقة_لن_تنطفئ
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TODAY: Activists hung banners in 7 locations in Jerusalem, demanding justice for Iyad al-Halak, a Palestinian with autism killed by police. Banners were in solidarity with Palestinians on Naksa Day & with global efforts against police violence. Photos: Sharona Weiss/Activestills
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YESTERDAY: Palestinians of #Jaffa (holding Israeli citizenship) and Israeli left-wing activists protest against right-wing Israeli settlers' ongoing takeover of Palestinian properties in the city. These properties are classified by the Israeli state as "absentee properties".
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Now in #telaviv: activists protesting against the attack on #gaza #GazaUnderAttack right wing protesters near by http://t.co/WUJrUTQbFb.
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#Rightnow: Ethiopian Jews protest in #Jerusalem against police violence and #racism #BlackLivesMatter #Israel
http://t.co/nshEE2l7rF.
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YESTERDAY: Hashem al Jarousheh, a Palestinian barber in the #GazaStrip, cuts hair among the ruins of his old barber shop after Israeli airstrikes attacked and destroyed it. The shop was the only source of support for his family. #Gaza #Gaza_Under_Attack . Photo: @MohammedZaanoun
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NOW: Palestinian students protest against demolition of 11 houses by Israeli authorities, yesterday in Qalansuwa, Tel Aviv University
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Medics mourn their collgues killed in #Shejaiya, reports on humanitrain ceasfire not fully kept #GazaUnderAttack
http://t.co/NME0KvglaR.
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TODAY: Palestinian, International and Israeli activists, some of which dressed as Santa Claus, protest against Israeli occupation #Bethlehem
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Now in #telaviv: activists protest against the israeli attack on #gaza calling to stop the war #GazaUnderAttack
http://t.co/C36yBe4Swf.
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TODAY: Israeli Police arrest 5 protesters after they blocked a construction site near the Gilo settlement at a work site in Sharafat, East Jerusalem, calling for the Spanish company CAF to pull out from the project to extend the light rail. Photos: Activestills
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June 5: Palestinian children fly kites on the coastline of the Gaza Strip. The kite-flying was organized by the Palestine Women's Development Research Association to contend with the psychological effects of the 11-day Israeli military operation. Photos: @MohammedZaanoun
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Video: last night Israeli army tried to evict #WeAreSumud prtoest camp. Watch how Palestinians and diaspora Jews resisted eviction together
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NOW: Ahed Tamimi, and her mother Nariman, both prominent activists from #NabiSaleh are being released from the Israeli jail after 8 month of imprisoned. by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
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Bassem Tamimi, Ahed Tamimi's father, comments on his daughter's arrest following hearing in couth #FreeAhedTamimi
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NOW: Hundreds of Palestinians march through Jaffa in protest of the Tel Aviv municipality's plan to build a homeless shelter and a commercial space over an 18th-century Muslim cemetery. Photos: Oren Ziv/Activestills
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Now in center #telaviv over 500 protesting against the attack on #gaza #GazaUnderAttack
http://t.co/1Ao4Qi1avl.
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[PIC] TODAY: Israeli activists protest against #GazaUnderAttack at an Israeli air-force base calling to end strikes http://t.co/OIrWXQd8dh.
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YESTERDAY: Palestinian families break their fast next to the ruins of a building destroyed during the last Israeli bombings, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. By:@MohammedZaanoun /Activestills.org #Ramadan #Palestine #Gaza
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Israeli activists in Tel Aviv protest against the attack on #Gaza, which has killed some 77 Palestinians http://t.co/ZBCSqO0izF.
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Funeral of 26 members of Jame' family killed in one Israeli strike #GazaUnderAttack
http://t.co/PYH26lT6Pj
@972mag
http://t.co/r0URPqZSyN.
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TODAY: Israeli forces conducted a training drill near and inside villages in the Masafer Yatta area, West Bank. Today's military activity caused damages to infrastructure, agricultural land and residential structures. Photos by Activestills.
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TONIGHT: Protesters block the lightrail train in #Jerusalem during a protest against the killing of Iyad Hallak, a Palestinian man with autism who was shot dead by Israeli forces in JLM last week & against police violence both against Palestinians & against minorities in the US.
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