Palestinians

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

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor win the Special Jury Prize for "NAZA" during the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, September 12, 2026. (Wikimedia Commons)

The permanence of ‘NAZA’

We already knew about Israel’s mass killing in Gaza. But the film’s box office records are a testament to the power of cinema — and its capacity to endure.

By Saleem Albeik November 2, 2026

Palestinian children attend class at Al-Amal Kindergarten, at a cemetery in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 22, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gaza’s lost generation: The students left behind by three years of war

For 700,000 children, tent classrooms are now the closest thing to school. But these cannot restore the education, routine, and community they once had.

By Ruwaida Amer October 8, 2026

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Family members bid farewell to loved ones killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza City, at Al-Shifa Hospital, August 31, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

The moment a human life becomes ‘collateral damage’

‘NAZA’ makes visible what we could never see from inside Gaza: that there were people watching, calculating, and deciding how many of us would die.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha September 11, 2026

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‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in Gaza

Our new film shows how Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians was a calculated and intentional act, through the testimonies of those responsible.

By Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor September 10, 2026

Dialysis patient Basel Al-Dahdouh in his family's tent on Al-Shuhada Street in central Gaza City, August 13, 2026. (Hussain Al-Jerjawi)

Gaza’s sick wait for treatment that may never come

As medicine runs out under Israel's blockade and care is routinely disrupted, dialysis and cancer patients in the enclave are left to die slowly.

By Ahmed Dremly August 14, 2026

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

Pope Leo XIV during his inauguration, in Vatican City, the Holy See, May 18, 2025. (Mazur/cbcew.org.uk)

What Pope Leo won’t say about Gaza is testing the Catholic Church

Leo XIV has embraced his predecessor’s ethic of empathy. But across the Church, many are demanding he speak out more clearly against Israel's crimes.

By Paola Caridi July 10, 2026

Young Palestinians march from Sakhnin to Deir Hanna during a Land Day rally, northern Israel, March 30, 1983. (GPO)

Fifty years on, does Land Day still matter for Palestinians in Israel?

Sociologist Nabih Bashir reflects on the enduring legacy of the 1976 uprising against land confiscation, at a time of war, fragmentation, and political impasse.

By Noor Dadosh March 30, 2026

Funeral for three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces west of Gaza City, at Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, March 8, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

‘The war is between Israel and Iran. Why should people in Gaza pay the price?’

After closures of Gaza’s crossings drove up food costs and stalled medical evacuations, ongoing Israeli strikes raise fears of a renewed large-scale assault.

By Ahmed Dremly and Ibtisam Mahdi March 10, 2026

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with Israeli settler leaders, at the Finiance Ministry, in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?

Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.

By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman February 18, 2026

Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel attend a protest against rising violent crime in Palestinian society, in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity

A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long as it is stripped of any political meaning.

By Samah Watad February 4, 2026

The author at Maynooth University, Ireland. (Courtesy)

Diary of a homesick Gazan abroad

In Ireland, I am alive and safe. But survival feels hollow without the people, places, and routines that once sustained me.

By Abdallah Aljazzar December 26, 2025