Apartheid

A Palestinian woman votes in a polling station in Umm al-Fahm, northern Israel, October 27, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Why Israel’s election was a moment of Palestinian unity

Never before have so many people in Gaza and the West Bank called on Palestinian citizens of Israel to vote — a signal of a new political paradigm.

By Abed Abou Shhadeh November 5, 2026

Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh, surrounded by MK Ahmad Tibi and Joint List chairman Yousef Jabareen, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a hearing on the Central Elections Committee’s decision to disqualify candidates and parties from running in the upcoming Knesset elections, October 1, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Israel’s election won’t change the renewed reality of political apartheid

Sami Abu Shehadeh’s disqualification sends a clear message: Jewish-majority state institutions will now determine who can represent Palestinian citizens.

By Areej Sabbagh-Khoury October 22, 2026

Israeli activists from the right-wing Im Tirtzu movement demonstrate next to Arab-Israeli and left-wing activist students during a rally marking the Nakba anniversary at Tel Aviv University, May 13, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

On Israeli campuses, Palestinian students are guilty until proven innocent

A new report exposes disciplinary apartheid in Israeli academia: Arab students suspended for social media posts, while calls to annihilate Gaza go unpunished.

By Gil Gertel October 1, 2026

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Israeli soldiers patrolling through the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, 4 July 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron

By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.

By Basel Adra July 14, 2026

Graffiti calling to boycott Israel, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 17, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

On boycott strategy and publishing Sally Rooney in Hebrew

Boycott exists for one reason: Palestine's liberation from Zionism. Translating novels for Israelis lacks a clear theory of action to help deliver that goal.

By Ahmed Moor June 2, 2026

An Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party conference in the southern city of Netivot, Feburary 16, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel’s death penalty drive enters next stage with Oct. 7 military tribunal

Lawmakers voted 93-0 to create a special court to try accused Palestinian perpetrators, designed to subvert due process and lead to mass executions.

By Sari Bashi May 21, 2026

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during the vote to pass the death penalty law in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘They already shoot us for no reason. Now they have a death penalty’

Under Israel's new law, only Palestinians will face capital punishment. Up next is a tribunal to execute those convicted of participating in the Oct. 7 attacks.

By Jared Hillel March 31, 2026

Shadmot Mehola Solar Field, in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. (Sofia Fani Gutman)

With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid

Israel’s self-branding as a pioneer in sustainability obscures how its ‘green development’ is fueling the takeover of Palestinian land and resources — and international corporations are helping to bankroll it.

By Sofia Fani Gutman, Carolina Pedrazzi and Andrey X February 20, 2026

An activist waves a Palestinian flag at the front a feminist march in Paris, March 7, 2025. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

The Gaza genocide radicalized the world — and there’s no going back

People can't unsee a live-streamed annihilation defended under the banner of liberal democracy. They know the Israeli apartheid regime can no longer exist.

By Tareq Baconi December 24, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ministers at the Knesset, March 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Legislating apartheid: How Israel entrenched unequal rule during Gaza war

In a two-year blitz, Israeli lawmakers passed over 30 laws curtailing Palestinians' rights and punishing dissent, a new report shows.

By Orly Noy December 2, 2025

Palestinian youth open a gate of the separation wall during a demonstration marking 12 years of the struggle against the Israeli occupation, in the West Bank village of Bil'in, February 17, 2017. (Oren Ziv)

How to end Israeli apartheid

Install a caretaker government, abolish unjust laws, disarm militias: a new book lays out a roadmap for a democratic future in Israel-Palestine.

By Jonathan Adler November 5, 2025

Palestine solidarity protestors take to the streets in Montreal, Canada to protest Israel's genocide in Gaza, October 4, 2025. (Haidi Motola/Activestills)

A ceasefire must not stall Israel’s growing isolation

Trump aims to restore Israel's legitimacy after two years of genocide. But as long as Jewish supremacy persists, so should sanctions and arms embargoes.

By Ahmed Moor October 15, 2025

A Palestinian flag hangs on a building in Amsterdam, Holland, June 20, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Between a revolution and a whisper

For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence the condition of our citizenship. But encountering solidarity abroad, I realized my body forgot what it feels like to speak freely.

By Thawra Abukhdeir October 6, 2025