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Israel’s right to tyranny
In justifying the violent unraveling of Gaza as ‘self-defense,’ Western capitals have once again signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots.
By
Amjad Iraqi
January 17, 2024
The ‘second Nakba’ government seizes its moment
Israeli leaders are explicit about reusing the methods of 1948 in Gaza today. But what didn’t quell the Palestinians then will not do so now.
By
Meron Rapoport
January 2, 2024
Why is Gaza so central to the Palestinian struggle?
The history of Gaza illuminates how the tiny enclave has long encapsulated Palestinian identity — and why it is now the focal point of a regional crisis.
By
Anne Irfan
January 2, 2024
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Why we Palestinians see ourselves in Khader Adnan
Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against.
By
Amjad Iraqi
May 5, 2023
‘Everyone should be alarmed’: Berlin police ban Palestinian demo for prisoners
A year after police in the German capital banned all Nakba Day protests, Palestinian activists have again been barred from assembling.
By
Hebh Jamal
May 4, 2023
The Palestinian intellectual who loved Hebrew and fought Zionism
Ribhi Kamal was one of a handful of Palestinian elites who mastered Hebrew before 1948. After his exile to Syria, he deployed it as a weapon against Israel.
By
Caroline Kahlenberg
April 21, 2023
‘A foundational moment for Palestinians’: Remembering the first Land Day
Said Zeedani, who was part of the 1976 strike by Palestinian citizens in which Israel killed six protesters, recalls the build-up to 'a political earthquake.'
By
Said Zeedani
March 30, 2023
This government’s pyromania may be its downfall
Huwara on fire is exactly what leading Israeli ministers wanted. But with the protest movement taking note, the next phase of their plan is no guarantee.
By
Meron Rapoport
March 3, 2023
What can a new generation of Palestinian filmmakers learn from ‘Farha’?
The desire to direct a film about the Nakba is a powerful call to action. But to fully convey what we lost, it must be carefully rooted in historical reality.
By
Samah Bsoul
January 25, 2023
The Tantura massacre’s perpetrators confessed. Its survivors have this to say
Decades after Israeli soldiers killed over 100 Palestinians in a northern village during the Nakba, a new film is spurring demands for historical redress.
By
Baker Zoubi
December 13, 2022
‘Palestinians handle trauma better when we struggle together to survive’
During the May 2021 uprising, Asrar Kayyal was part of a network of psychologists supporting Palestinian victims of Israeli violence and their families. She talks with +972 about the myriad traumas Palestinians endure.
By
Vera Sajrawi
August 25, 2022
Confession without consequence
A film about a 1982 war crime in Lebanon shows Israeli soldiers are more open to divulging their violent actions. But their search for exoneration without accountability says much about Israeli society's moral decay.
By
Seth Anziska
July 26, 2022
How threats of a second Nakba went mainstream
With the death of the Green Line and the growing political influence of Palestinian citizens of Israel, prominent right-wing figures are now openly advocating mass expulsion to preserve Jewish supremacy.
By
Meron Rapoport
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Ameer Fakhoury
June 23, 2022
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