Activestills Photo Archive

As part of our weekly Tuesday News Bulletin, Jewish Currents is publishing a photograph taken by members of Activestills every week, archiving ongoing dispossession and resistance from the river to the sea. You can find more information on this collaboration here.

Israeli and international activists block a road near the Gilo settlement in the West Bank to stop Israeli settlers from arriving in Jerusalem to attend the annual “Flag March” on May 18th. The march, which celebrates the occupation and colonization of Jerusalem, regularly involves settler violence against the city’s Palestinian residents. Israeli police arrested ten of the activists seeking to prevent the march and forcibly removed the group blocking the road.

Members of the Nabhan family examine the ruins of their home in the village of Jabalia in northern Gaza. Israeli forces bombed the building on May 14th as part of a five-day military offensive which left at least 33 Palestinians dead. Four members of the family have special needs that complicated their evacuation of their home when the bombing began.

Palestinians from the village of Sandala in the north of Israel gather for the funeral of 19-year-old Deyar Omari on May 7th. Following a traffic dispute, Omari, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was shot and killed at close range by a Jewish resident of the neighboring village of Gan Ner, south of Afula.

Palestinians take part in the annual March of Return on April 26th, on the site of what was the village of Al-Lajjun before Israeli forces forced residents to flee in 1948. The march marks 75 years since the creation of the State of Israel, whose forces destroyed at least 530 Palestinian villages and neighborhoods. Israel bans the return of Palestinian refugees while allowing Jews from all over the world to move to the country and gain full citizenship.

Israeli activists protest in Tel Aviv as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a commemoration ceremony for Zionist fighters killed during the occupation of Jaffa in 1948. The activists demonstrated at the site of what was once Manshiya, Jaffa, a Palestinian neighborhood whose residents were ethnically cleansed by a Zionist militia in 1948.

Israeli youth burn their military draft orders in Tel Aviv on April 16th, announcing their refusal to join the Israeli army in protest of the occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

Palestinians take part in the annual March of Return on April 26th, on the site of what was the village of Al-Lajjun before Israeli forces forced residents to flee in 1948. The march marks 75 years since the creation of the State of Israel, whose forces destroyed at least 530 Palestinian villages and neighborhoods. Israel bans the return of Palestinian refugees while allowing Jews from all over the world to move to the country and gain full citizenship.

Israeli forces suppress a Palestinian protest against the recent increase in settler attacks in the West Bank town of Huwara on April 1st. The protest was also held to observe Land Day, which commemorates the 1976 killing of six Palestinians in the Galilee while protesting land confiscation by Israeli authorities.

Thousands of West Bank Palestinians cross an Israeli military checkpoint on their way to Jerusalem for the first Friday mass prayer of Ramadan last week. Israeli forces announced that, for West Bank Palestinians without permits, access to Jerusalem during Ramadan Fridays would be limited to women of any age and men over 45.

Palestinian photojournalist and Activestills contributor Wahaj Bani Moufleh stands on the street on March 17th, the day after his release from Palestinian Authority (PA) detention. Bani Moufleh was arrested while documenting a March 8th funeral in Jenin for Abdulfattah Khrousheh, who was suspected of killing two Israeli settlers in February. PA forces fired tear gas and forcibly dispersed mourners during the funeral procession. “This experience only increased my strength and determination to continue my journalistic work with professionalism and love,” Bani Moufleh said.

Palestinian farmers line up at an Israeli military gate in the West Bank village of Habla on March 12th to reach their land behind the separation barrier.

Israeli forces maintain a forced closure of Palestinian shops in the West Bank town of Huwara, near the city of Nablus, on March 2nd. The Israeli army shuttered shops after a violent settler rampage in the town on February 26th.

Palestinians examine damage to their houses and vehicles on February 27th in Huwara, a village near Nablus, which was attacked by Israeli settlers the night before in a rampage that left one Palestinian dead and hundreds injured.

Palestinians hold Friday prayers next to an apartment building under threat of demolition by Israeli authorities in the neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem on February 17th. One hundred Palestinians who live in the building face displacement if Israel goes ahead with its demolition plan, which was delayed following an international pressure campaign.

Palestinians mourn 29-year-old Youssef Darabeih, a young man from Gaza who died in Turkey during last week’s earthquakes. In recent years, many young Gazans have moved to Turkey fleeing the draconian air, land, and sea blockade imposed by the Israeli army.

Palestinians carry their belongings after Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian houses in the West Bank village of Duma, near the city of Nablus, on February 2nd. In the first five weeks of this year, Israeli forces have destroyed 132 Palestinian structures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the United Nations.

Israeli settlers block Palestinian cars at the entrance to the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat on January 28th to protest recent shooting attacks in Jerusalem that killed seven and injured at least five. Israeli police protected the settlers while taking action against Palestinians. At least one Palestinian was arrested. Settlers also blocked roads and harassed Palestinians at major junctions in the West Bank.

Maher Younis, one of the oldest Palestinian prisoners, arrives in the village of Arara on January 19th after his release following 40 years of imprisonment. Israeli authorities arrested Younis in 1983 on the charge of killing an Israeli soldier. On the eve of his release, Israeli authorities reportedly warned Younis’s family not to raise Palestinian flags or to hold a mass celebration for his return home.

Palestinians carry the body of 41-year-old Samir Aslan during his funeral in the Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem. Israeli forces killed Aslan as he watched soldiers arrest his 17-year-old son, according to Palestinian eyewitnesses. Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.

Israeli anti-Zionist activists hold signs condemning Israeli colonialism at a largely liberal Zionist mass protest against the new far-right government in Tel Aviv on January 7th. Some Israeli activists only oppose Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, while anti-Zionist Israelis oppose the entire Israeli system of rule imposed on Palestinians between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Photo: Activestills.

Israel continues its demolition of Palestinian homes and confiscation of property in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank on January 3rd. Last year, the Israeli high court approved the government’s plan to displace the residents of the area’s villages. Photo: Basil Al-Adraa/Activestills.

Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri, who was deported by Israel after the government revoked his Jerusalem residency, arrives in Paris on December 18th, 2022. Hammouri, who also holds French citizenship, had been detained in an Israeli prison without charge since March. UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence condemned the Israeli government’s actions, saying that “deporting a protected person from occupied territory is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, constituting a war crime.” Photo: Anne Paq/ Activestills.

Palestinians carry the body of 16-year-old Diaa Al-Rimawi, shot by Israeli forces on December 8th, during his funeral the next day in the West Bank village of Beit Rima, west of Ramallah. Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.

Denise Guidoux (left), the mother of French Palestinian lawyer Salah Hammouri, gives a press conference with Hammouri’s attorney, Leah Tsemel, in Jerusalem on December 2nd. The previous day, Israel's interior minister announced that Hamouri, who has been detained without charge in an Israeli prison since March, will be deported to France. Amnesty International said the forced deportation would constitute a war crime. Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills