Oren Ziv

Oren Ziv is an Israeli journalist, political commentator, and photographer. He reports for Local Call and +972 Magazine and is a freelance photographer for Haaretz, Agence-France Presse and Getty Images.

Ziv is the founder of the photojournalist collective, Activestills, known for designing the visual language of Local Call over the years. Since 2003, Oren has been involved in documenting social and political issues in Israel and Palestine. He joined Local Call as a staff reporter in 2018, covering human and civil rights issues in a broad spectrum, including themes such as the occupation, affordable housing, socio-economic struggles, and protests against discrimination. Ziv's work has been published in the New York Times "Lens" Blog, Al Jazeera, Vice (magazine), Tablet (magazine), et al.

Israeli settlers in occupied Hebron in Palestine's West Bank attacked Ziv, Breaking the Silence activist Yehuda Shaul and Irish writer Colm Toibin in 2016.

Education
Ziv has a Master of Arts degree in Research/Forensic Architecture from Goldsmiths University in London.

Awards
He received the Curators' Choice Prize during the "Israeli Local Testimony" exhibition at the Eretz Israel Museum from 2011 to 2014.

Works

 * "Young Israelis refuse to join the Israeli army in protest of the occupation", Islam Channel, November 2023

Appearances as commentator

 * "The fear is everywhere: Israel's Fascist Internal Crackdown", Marc Steiner Show, November 2023
 * "Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event of Thousands Calling for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza", Democracy Now, January 2024