Ahmad Jabari

Palestinians retrieve belongings from their destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, August 12, 2014. According to OCHA, 16,800 homes in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or severely damaged, leaving 370,000 displaced. (photo: Activestills)

Netanyahu’s zero-sum war in Gaza

As evidence of Israeli war crimes mounts in Gaza, Netanyahu’s latest escalation will only add to his country’s increasing international pariah status. Just over 24 hours after reports emerged that Israel and the Palestinians – with American urging – had reached a deal to gradually end the Gaza blockade, Israel began targeting the very people…

By Samer Badawi August 20, 2014

Screenshot from IDF Spokesperson Unit's blog.

Israel’s social media campaign: The first war lost on Twitter?

By Anna Momigliano It has been noted that this is the first war declared on Twitter. At this point I find myself wondering if this might be as well the first war lost on Twitter. Don’t get me wrong, I am well aware that there are thousands of people on both sides in fear of…

By +972 Magazine November 18, 2012

A girl holds a candle next to a photo of 3-year-old Ranan Yousef Arafat, who was killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, as Palestinians gathered in Bethlehem's Manger Square to mourn the victims of Israeli military strikes and to call for an end to the escalation of violence, November 17, 2012 (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

PHOTO ESSAY: Death, fear and protest as attacks on Gaza, Israel intensify

By +972 and Activestills At least 23 people, among them 14 women and children, were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Sunday, November 18th, bringing the total number of Palestinian casualties since the assassination of Ahmad Jabari to 69. Three Israelis were killed last week when a rocket hit a house in the southern town of…

By +972 Magazine November 18, 2012

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Palestinian women mourning the death of Mahmoud Raed Saddllah, a 4-year-old child, killed in an explosion in Jabaliya, Gaza strip, November 16, 2012. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Teaching the Palestinians a lesson

The Israeli government’s insistence on maintaining the political and diplomatic status quo in Gaza and the West Bank guarantees many more years of violence and suffering – especially for the Palestinians. Three days into the Israeli attack on Gaza, it seems that a political window for a ceasefire could have emerged. Israeli casualties are still limited, and unlike in…

By Noam Sheizaf November 17, 2012

Omar Jihad Mashrawi holding his one-year-old son, who died from his injuries following an Israeli air strike, Shifa Hospital, Gaza City. (photo: Anne Paq / Activestills)

Gaza operation will be declared a success, until the next war

No. Not again. This can’t be happening again. But there it is. Once again, just like it was four years ago, it is winter. Reports on tension, violence, the regular exchange of rockets on southern Israeli towns, and assassinations and airstrikes on Gaza dominate the media once more. Calls for revenge and a more resilient…

By Haggai Matar November 14, 2012

Assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed Al-Jabari, November 14 2012 (video: IDF Spokesperson)

Politicians line up behind Israeli assault on Gaza

Israel launches a fresh operation on the Gaza Strip, killing Hamas leader Ahmed Jabari and several civilians. In the meanwhile, the opposition has never seemed so haggard. The assassination of Ahmad Jabari, the architect of both the recent Gilad Shalit prisoner swap and, more importantly, the détente that prevailed between Israel and Hamas for the…

By Dimi Reider November 14, 2012