16-year-old Palestinian Ahed Tamimi hasn’t seen a day of freedom. She's spent her youth protesting a foreign army that has jailed, shot, and killed her unarmed relatives. After defending her home from Israeli invasion, she now faces years in prison. Imagine if this was your reality.

A Palestinian-owned bakery with a social justice edge. Loved by the community and widely celebrated. Attacked by Breitbart and right-wing Israel supporters. Reem's California is standing strong to provide locally-sourced food that brings freedom seekers of all stripes together.

Israeli bombs. Israeli drones. Israeli-imposed power cuts. And no way to leave. Everyday life in Gaza is shaped by Israeli policy, which has turned the coastal enclave into a maximum security prison where the inmates are fathers, mothers and children whose only crime is being born in Gaza. Can you imagine life like this?

“I am Palestinian and I’m going to stay Palestinian forever. It doesn’t matter where I live or what passport I carry.”

Displaced by Israel during the Naksa in 1967, Manal grew up as a refugee in Jordan. Today, Manal lives in Brooklyn and remains active on Palestinian, undocumented, Muslim, and Arab women's rights locally.

“We will never stop fighting for Palestine, because Palestine is everything.”

Eman Abdelhadi still remembers her childhood nightmares of Israeli soldiers executing her — nightmares that surfaced after watching footage of the Second Intifada. It was the first indication that her life as a Palestinian was seen as disposable. Today, Eman vows to never stop standing up for Palestine — and to never forget the injustice inflicted on her family.

The moon landing, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Beyonce, fidget spinners. A lot has happened during 5 decades of occupation in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. While the world has changed, so much has stayed the same for Palestinians under Israeli occupation.

“It was the worst scene ever when we were pushed out [by Zionist forces]. Only God knows how much I cried.”

A Nakba survivor, 86-year-old Ibrahim lived through displacement in 1948 and has endured 50 years of Israeli occupation.

“We don't have any freedom at all. We shouldn't be treated as lesser than others. We should be equal."

Fadwa Khalil was 9 years old when Israel occupied the West Bank, pushing her family out of their home. It was the second time her family was displaced, after Israel forced them out them as part of the ethnic cleansing of 1948. She now lives in Jalazone refugee camp, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

In honor of Nakba Remembrance day, this video commemorates life before the Nakba and shows the ongoing Nakba that is continuing presently. 

"We were there. We do exist." Today, 7 million+ Palestinians are denied their right to return by Israel. 

Facing a wave of Islamophobic and misogynist attacks, Linda Sarsour, Women's March co-chair and Palestinian-American Muslim social justice activist has been fearless and steadfast against the backlash — and people across the country are rising up to say #IStandWithLinda.

Both Trump and Netanyahu promote walls that steal land and cut families off from one another. As protesters chant, "From Palestine to Mexico, All the Walls Have Got to Go," check out our video and see how these walls impact millions of lives.

Donald Trump has pledged to do something no other U.S. president has done: move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. This would be unprecedented support for Israeli occupation and theft of Palestinian land.

Learn more about Jerusalem.

Secretary of State John Kerry: "Nearly every country in the world, other than Israel, opposes settlements." But what are Israeli settlements, who are Israeli settlers, and how do they impact Palestinian lives?

70% of Palestinians living in Gaza are refugees due to Israeli policies of mass expulsion. As they face debilitating conditions under Israeli occupation and siege, Israel denies them their internationally recognized right to return to their homes and land.

Palestinians are calling on PayPal to open up its services to them. Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza are unable to use PayPal while Israeli settlers have full access to the platform. Not having access to PayPal limits the growth of Palestinian businesses — especially the burgeoning tech sector, which is providing employment and livelihood to Palestinians living under occupation.

In recent months, Israel has stepped up its targeting of Palestinian human rights defenders. One of those targets is Issa Amro, known for his engagement in non-violent activism and civil disobedience. Amnesty International has condemned these attacks, claiming that Issa and others have been "arrested solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression."

"My home is my soul. They (Israel) took it away from me. I couldn't defend it alone." - Mazen Kirresh

Today, the Israeli Police forcibly evicted the Kirresh family, a family of eight including two children, from their home in the Old City of Occupied East Jerusalem, and transferred the property to an Israeli settler organization. The Kirresh family has been living on this property since the 1930s.

Last month, five U.S. citizens were interrogated and detained by Israeli border control before being deported and banned without clear explanation. Israel routinely racially profiles visitors arriving at the borders they control, which include the occupied Palestinian territories. 

Over the last 30 years, the Palestinian residents of Susiya have faced multiple waves of home demolitions by the Israeli state, in an attempt to drive the residents off their land. Last week, Israel’s high court placed the fate of the village and its 340 residents in the hands of Israel's notoriously right-wing defense minister Avigdor Lieberman, leaving it to him to decide whether the army will demolish nearly half its structures. Today, Palestinians continue to protest these demolitions and the takeover of their village.

On the first day of the DNC, hear from a range of progressive Americans talk about the issues that are most important to them, what they want from their elected representatives, and the power of grassroots movements.

"All of these movements are fighting against a system about who counts and who doesn't. Who is worth seeing and who is made invisible?"

Two years after Israel's attack on Gaza, Palestinian families remain living in shipping containers designed as temporary shelter. Yousef Najjar and his family are still displaced after Israel destroyed his village of Khuza'a.

Two years ago today, Israel launched an assault on the Gaza Strip that would claim 2,251 Palestinian lives in under three weeks. Palestinians in Gaza are still living with the disastrous aftermath today.

“The life of a Palestinian child is nothing but fear, humiliation, and rage. Everything is a burden.” - Mohammad, 16 

The Israeli military detains around #700ChildPrisoners each year. This video is part of the Israeli Military Detention: No Way to Treat a Child.

“They were beating me until all I felt was pain.”

3 out of 4 Palestinian children endure physical violence after their arrest by Israeli forces.

The Israeli military detains around ‪#‎700ChildPrisoners‬ each year. This video is part of the Israeli Military Detention: No Way to Treat a Child campaign. Find out more by visiting their page.

"6 miles, 9 miles, 3 miles. It's all the same."

For fishermen in Gaza, Israeli gunfire, harassment, intimidation, and arrest remain constant threats to their daily lives. Whether 9 miles or 3 miles, the restricted area simply doesn't have enough fish.

"My leg was bleeding. That's how I knew there was bombing." -Ameer al-Amour, 16

Israeli shelling in Gaza this month killed Ameer's 54-year-old grandmother, Zaina Attia al-Amour. Following the assault on Gaza in 2014 that killed over 2,200 Palestinians, Israel has broken the ceasefire numerous times. The assault on Gaza has never ended: Over the last year, Israel has killed 30 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded over 800. Israeli tanks have rolled into Gaza nearly 50 times.

The Tutanji family woke up in the middle of the night to find their home being demolished. They weren't given any time to collect their clothes or belongings. Israel wants to turn the land that their home is on into a state park, despite the fact that the Tutanjis and other Palestinian families and their ancestors have owned the land for 270 years. Israel denies 93% of requests from Palestinians for building permits in East Jerusalem, forcing them to build illegally. Israel then demolishes homes for being built without a permit when the state wants to confiscate the land.

75% of Palestinian children interviewed reported enduring physical violence by Israeli forces after being arrested. See our new video highlighting their testimonies based on a recently-released report by Defence for Children International Palestine. 

At age 12, Dima al-Wawi is the youngest female to ever be incarcerated by Israel. She was released Sunday after two and a half months of imprisonment -- in February, an Israeli military court convicted her of attempted voluntary manslaughter. That same month, the Israel Prison Service reported that Israel had 438 minors in detention.

Dima was interrogated without her parents or a lawyer present, and was shackled during her court sessions. In this video, her mother describes the al-Wawi family's struggle during her imprisonment and release.

[Footage Courtesy of Defence for Children International- Palestine]

“Palestine won!” This former refugee has just been named the best teacher in the world. Hanan Al Hroub picked up the $1 million prize at a ceremony in Dubai, organized by the Varkey Foundation.

Israel has detained a Palestinian circus clown because they say he's a threat to the country's security. 

AJ+ is a global news community for the connected generation. We highlight human struggles and achievements, empower impassioned voices, and challenge the status quo.

Today in 1994, Jewish extremist settler Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinians as they prayed inside Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque. In response, the Israeli military shut down the city's main commercial street for Palestinians, Shuhada Street. 22 years later, Shuhada Street remains closed and freedom of movement in Hebron is more restricted than ever for its Palestinian residents. Issa Amro and his organization, Youth Against Settlements, have launched the #OpenShuhadaSt campaign to bring attention to what is happening in Hebron.

Palestinian journalist Mohammed al Qeeq has been on hunger strike for more than 90 days while being held in an Israeli prison without charge or trial. But he's not the first to attempt such a desperate act of protest.

AJ+ is a global news community for the connected generation. We highlight human struggles and achievements, empower impassioned voices, and challenge the status quo.
 

Four couples talk about daily restrictions they face due to Israeli policy.

"I never dreamed I would leave my country, but I also never dreamed I would be separated from the person I love." 

Produced by Love Under Apartheid and the IMEU. Learn more about Love Under Apartheid.

Veteran Israeli journalist Gideon Levy discusses why the Palestinian situation is a straightforward struggle for land and rights.

Gideon Levy, is an award-winning Israeli journalist for Haaretz newspaper, former advisor to Shimon Peres, and author of The Punishment of Gaza (2010). 

Roger Waters and Gideon Levy in conversation on advancing BDS in the US.

Waters: "The government of the United States has to be persuaded that giving all this money for the oppression of the Palestinian people is morally wrong."

Levy: "BDS is run by people of conscience and those people deserve respect and deserve to be listened to."

Roger Waters & Gideon Levy in Conversation:

Waters: "I'm talking about the policies of the Israeli government and that is what I'm standing up against... and that is the ground I'm going to stand on until we make some progress in it."

The Sub Labans have lived in their house in occupied East Jerusalem since 1953. Now they say they're in danger of being evicted because Israeli settlers want their home. Footage courtesy of IMEU.

Learn more about the Sub Laban family.

These Palestinian kids need an army escort to get to school. Shot by video journalist Camilla Schick in Palestine. 

AJ+ is a global news community for the connected generation. We highlight human struggles and achievements, empower impassioned voices, and challenge the status quo.

The Sub Laban family faces continued harassment by Israeli settlers. Nora Sub Laban and her family found several holes in one of the walls in their house. In this video you see an Israeli settler next door drilling a hole into their wall while being filmed.

The Sub Laban family has lived in Jerusalem’s Old City since 1953. Israeli settlers backed by the state have been attempting to evict the family out of their home.

Learn more on the story of the Sub Laban family.

Israel says it built the separation wall for security reasons to keep Palestinians from the occupied West Bank out of Israel. So why does 85% of the wall run inside the West Bank, rather than on the border with Israel? And how has it affected Palestinian communities? 

Supreme court judges in Israel are considering an appeal from a Palestinian family who are being threatened with eviction. 

The family lives close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also known as the Temple Mount to Jews, in Jerusalem's old city.

Palestinians believe it is an attempt to increase Jewish presence in occupied East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker reports.