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Palestinian women bathe a child using a water bucket on the rubble of their home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, May 27, 2021. Residents of the city of Beit Hanoun suffer from lack of water and electricity due to the recent Israeli bombardments and massive destruction in the northern Gaza Strip during the 11-day Israeli military offensive. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing, 1,800 housing units were completely destroyed and 14,315 were damaged during the military assault. Thousands of Palestinians remain displaced. Seventy-four governmental offices were destroyed. Many infrastructures including water, sanitation, and electricity, have been heavily damaged or destroyed. In the same period, 248 Palestinians were killed during the offensive—including 66 children and 39 women, and 12 people were killed in Israel, including two children, by rockets fired by Palestinian armed resistance groups.
The Activestills collective was established in 2005 by a group of documentary photographers, out of a strong conviction that photography is a vehicle for social change. We believe in the power of images to shape public attitudes and to raise awareness on issues that are generally absent from public discourse.
We view ourself as part of the struggle against all forms of oppression, racism, and violations of the basic right to freedom. We do work on various topics, including the grassroots movement and the popular struggle against the Israeli occupation, women’s rights, immigration, asylum-seekers, social justice, the siege on Gaza, and housing rights inside Israel.
