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Remembering Walid Daqqa, a prisoner with a ‘heretical belief in life’
Walid and I shared a political, personal, and philosophical correspondence for two decades. Even in death, he accompanies me on the path of truth.
By
Anat Matar
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Armenian Jerusalemites fight to keep their musical legacy alive
Generations of Armenian musicians have thrived in Jerusalem. But Israeli attacks threaten the community’s future.
By
Christina Hazboun
Palestinian artists stifled as Israel ‘weaponizes fear and fame’
Death threats, arrests, and self-censorship are creating a repressive environment for Palestinian cultural figures and institutions in Israel.
By
Mariam Farah
I got out of Gaza. But I’m still trapped by the war
I left my family, crossed an Israeli checkpoint, and spent weeks in a tent in Rafah in order to leave the Strip. The decision still haunts me.
By
Mahmoud Mushtaha
REPORT
‘The soldiers opened the way for the settlers’: Pogroms surge across West Bank
Armed settlers raided more than a dozen Palestinian communities under the army’s guard, leaving a trail of death and destruction.
By
Oren Ziv
Latest
In Masafer Yatta, our camera can be stronger than the bulldozer
At a screening in At-Tuwani, we realized our film isn’t just sharing our story with the world, but showing our people how we are fighting for change.
By
Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini
March 29, 2024
Why do Israelis feel so threatened by a ceasefire?
Halting the Gaza war means recognizing that Israel’s military goals were unrealistic — and that it cannot escape a political process with the Palestinians.
By
Meron Rapoport
March 29, 2024
At overburdened Gaza hospital, Palestinians try to instill Ramadan spirit
Displaced families have decorated Gaza’s European Hospital to mark the holy month, though the war’s devastating impact makes it hard to be festive.
By
Ruwaida Kamal Amer
March 27, 2024
Hebrew University’s Faculty of Repressive Science
The suspension of Palestinian professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian empties all meaning from the university’s proclaimed values of pluralism and equality.
By
Orly Noy
March 23, 2024
The spiraling absurdity of Germany’s pro-Israel fanaticism
As repression of Palestine solidarity penetrates every sector of life, the state's liberal self-image is fast becoming a story Germans can only tell themselves.
By
Michael Sappir
March 21, 2024
The Israeli public is dispirited. So why is the right euphoric?
The mantra of national unity has abetted the Israeli right’s sense of historic victory. But much of the public appears to be realizing some hard truths.
By
Meron Rapoport
March 20, 2024
The first step toward disintegrating Israel’s settler machine
Despite their narrow focus, recent international sanctions against settlers are laying the foundations to turn verbal condemnations into tangible action.
By
Ori Kol
March 19, 2024
‘Armchair humanitarianism’: The problem with Gaza’s maritime aid corridor
While aid is desperately needed, critics warn the U.S.-led plan evades the fundamental cause of Gaza’s starvation: Israel’s total control of the Strip.
By
Samer Badawi
March 16, 2024
‘We scream, starve, and die alone’: Life in the ruins of Shuja’iya
Israel’s month-long invasion of the Gaza City neighborhood left behind a trail of devastation. Still under siege, its Palestinian residents are risking death to get their hands on a bag of flour.
By
Mahmoud Mushtaha
March 16, 2024
With no safety in Rafah, Palestinians are fleeing back to Gaza’s decimated center
Escalating attacks, unlivable conditions in tents, and a looming Israeli invasion are forcing many Palestinians to abandon the Strip's last refuge.
By
Ruwaida Kamal Amer
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Ibtisam Mahdi
March 14, 2024
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