targeted assassinations

Israeli soldiers close a metal gate at a military checkpoint in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, occupied West Bank, October 19, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

Inside the military-settler siege of Nablus

For three weeks the Palestinian city and nearby towns have been encaged by Israeli settlers and soldiers, targeting an armed resistance group that has inspired mass support in spite of escalating violence and daily hardships.

By Oren Ziv October 25, 2022

A drone on the lookout point on the Mount of Olives close to Jerusalem's Old City, July 12, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Drones terrorized Gaza for years. Now they’ll do the same in the West Bank

Israel's army is promoting drone warfare as a less bloody means of governing the West Bank. Palestinians in Gaza know that won't be the case.

By Sophia Goodfriend October 13, 2022

Palestinians look at a car with bullet holes after Israeli security forces killed three Palestinians who were allegedly behind recent shooting attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, Nablus, occupied West Bank, February 8, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Triple West Bank assassination recalls darkest days of the Intifada

A joint report with The Intercept and Local Call investigates how Israeli forces carried out what appears to be their first assassination in the West Bank in 15 years, after they killed three Palestinian militants in Nablus.

By Jesse Rosenfeld, Oren Ziv and Ahmad Al-Bazz February 15, 2022

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Secretary of State John Kerry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, September 15, 2013 (State Dept. Photo)

Why did Israel reject Kerry’s ceasefire proposal?

Is Israel willing to prolong the fighting and to intensify the killing and bereavement on both sides just so that its ally in Cairo gets the credit, rather than the Hamas-allied Turkey and Qatar? By Elizabeth Tsurkov There is hardly any difference between the draft agreement presented by Kerry and the Egyptian proposal, apart from the question…

By +972 Magazine July 28, 2014

All signs point to Israel’s weak democracy

The assassination of Zuhair al-Qaissi, which sparked the escalation in the south, points to Israel’s weak Supreme Court, a lack of transparency and accountability, and the state’s flip attitude towards its judicial branch–as do some street signs in Tel Aviv The recent escalation between Israel and Gaza began after Israeli forces assassinated Zuhair al-Qaissi, a leader…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat March 14, 2012

Are targeted killings Tikkun Olam? Reply to Rabbi Hartman

By Jerry Haber In an op-ed published yesterday by Rabbi Donniel Hartman, we learn that killing “known terrorist leaders” who have “blood on their hands,” and who have expressed a desire to continue their killing, is not only permitted under Jewish law, is not only commanded as a form of self-defense, but should be praised…

By +972 Magazine March 14, 2012

Anat Kamm, Tel Aviv District Court (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

TIMELINE: The Anat Kamm affair

In the spring of 2010, it emerged that a young journalist had been under house arrest for several months for leaking documents that led to the publication of an investigative report on IDF misconduct. Thanks to an unprecedented media blackout, the case made headlines around the world. Anat Kamm, who was originally sentenced to four-and-a-half…

By Noa Yachot October 28, 2011