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  • The plot against Palestine Action

    British courts have upheld the government’s proscription of Palestine Action and sentenced four of its activists as terrorists. A series of abuses of the legal process ensured these outcomes were all but predetermined. The post The plot against Palestine Action appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • The Palestine movement must seek power over purity

    To confront a genocidal regime, we need to translate global attention into measurable achievements and build coalitions in every arena of influence. The post The Palestine movement must seek power over purity appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • ‘His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor’

    Fourteen Gazan physicians remain in Israeli prisons without charge, where they say they have been singled out for particularly severe abuse. The post ‘His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • The Israeli right is marching under a new flag

    Once confined to the margins, a movement seeking Jewish sovereignty over Al-Aqsa and an openly theocratic regime is going mainstream. The post The Israeli right is marching under a new flag appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • The Palestinians dying for work

    ​​Israel shut its borders to West Bank laborers after Oct. 7. But desperation means thousands are finding a way in — and Israeli police keep shooting them. The post The Palestinians dying for work appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • PODCAST: The cost of a failed Palestinian leadership

    As Palestinians face existential threats but also maintain unprecedented global support, Omar Rahman examines why their politics are more broken than ever. The post PODCAST: The cost of a failed Palestinian leadership appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • ‘If we go there, we’ll be killed’: Inside Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon

    During the nearly two-month 'ceasefire,' Israel has continued besieging villages, razing farmland, attacking journalists and rescue workers, and disappearing civilians. Those who remain describe their quest to survive. The post ‘If we go there, we’ll be killed’: Inside Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • On boycott strategy and publishing Sally Rooney in Hebrew

    Boycott exists for one reason: Palestine's liberation from Zionism. Translating novels for Israelis lacks a clear theory of action to help deliver that goal. The post On boycott strategy and publishing Sally Rooney in Hebrew appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • PODCAST: How Israeli classrooms indoctrinate Jewish supremacy

    Education scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan unpacks the ways children learn to view domination as necessary and Palestinians as ‘a problem to be solved.’ The post PODCAST: How Israeli classrooms indoctrinate Jewish supremacy appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • After living through Gaza’s carnage, now it consumes me from outside

    Moments after speaking to a friend, I received news of Israeli airstrikes in his location. From my newfound safety in Europe, all I could offer were prayers. The post After living through Gaza’s carnage, now it consumes me from outside appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • How clans are organizing to fill Gaza’s leadership void

    Extended families across the Strip are holding elections to ensure they are accounted for by aid groups — and, for some, to consolidate political ambitions. The post How clans are organizing to fill Gaza’s leadership void appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • The farce of Israel’s ‘liberal’ investigative journalism

    A recent exposé on the killing of three hostages by Israeli soldiers highlights how even critical news programs form part of an architecture of public denial. The post The farce of Israel’s ‘liberal’ investigative journalism appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • ‘How do you curate a genocide?’

    Marred by protests over Israel’s inclusion, the Venice Biennale is hosting an exhibit with 100 works of Palestinian embroidery based on harrowing images from Gaza. Curator Faisal Saleh discusses how it came to life. The post ‘How do you curate a genocide?’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • In first, Israel convicts Palestinian citizens for chanting slogans

    A Haifa court found two men guilty of ‘indirect incitement to terrorism’ after they joined an anti-war protest. Lawyers warn it sets a dangerous precedent. The post In first, Israel convicts Palestinian citizens for chanting slogans appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Reviving Gaza’s cultural scene from beneath the rubble

    After Israel destroyed the Strip’s literary and arts institutions, Palestinians are launching new initiatives to preserve knowledge and insist on a right to life. The post Reviving Gaza’s cultural scene from beneath the rubble appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • ‘As doctors, we are effectively blinded’: Inside Gaza’s MRI crisis

    With all machines destroyed or rendered useless by Israel's siege, we cannot diagnose our patients, forced instead to practice a desperate form of triage. The post ‘As doctors, we are effectively blinded’: Inside Gaza’s MRI crisis appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • PODCAST: Remembering the Nakba of urban Palestine

    Abed Abou Shhadeh traces how the catastrophe of 1948 unfolded in his home city of Jaffa — and what it means to resist erasure across generations. The post PODCAST: Remembering the Nakba of urban Palestine appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • A Palestinian photographer’s ‘search for what remained’ from 1948

    When Nablus-based journalist Ahmad Al-Bazz received an Israeli travel permit, he rushed to visit nearly 200 villages depopulated in the Nakba. Five years later, his new book offers a powerful visual archive of erasure. The post A Palestinian photographer’s ‘search for what remained’ from 1948 appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • The Israeli left is speaking only to itself

    Another peace conference at a time of genocide and ethnic cleansing exposes this shrinking movement’s inability to influence our reality. The post The Israeli left is speaking only to itself appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Something is shifting in Israel’s peace camp

    At the ‘People’s Peace Summit’ in Tel Aviv, Israel’s embattled left showed signs of abandoning old formulas and embracing a politics of resistance. The post Something is shifting in Israel’s peace camp appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses

    In Jayyous and neighboring villages, Palestinian farmers have been served dozens of new demolition orders intended to push them off their land. The post Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Palestinians out, foreign workers in: How Israel is remaking its labor force

    Long a cornerstone of Israel’s low-wage economy, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have been frozen out since October 7 — replaced by an influx of migrant workers in highly precarious conditions. The post Palestinians out, foreign workers in: How Israel is remaking its labor force appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Palestinians out, foreign workers in: How Israel is remaking its labor force

    Long a cornerstone of Israel’s low-wage economy, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have been frozen out since October 7 — replaced by an influx of migrant workers in highly precarious conditions. The post Palestinians out, foreign workers in: How Israel is remaking its labor force appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Gaza’s disarmament trap

    Israel’s continued attacks and aid restrictions made a mockery of the ceasefire. Now it is conditioning withdrawal on Hamas giving up every last weapon. The post Gaza’s disarmament trap appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • The beginning of the end of Israel’s ‘permanent security’ doctrine

    Israel’s relentless pursuit of ‘total victory’ has entangled it in an unwinnable war with Iran, eroding legitimacy abroad and deepening moral decay within. The post The beginning of the end of Israel’s ‘permanent security’ doctrine appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Is Israel trying to foment civil war in Lebanon?

    Amid U.S.-brokered talks to extend the ‘ceasefire,’ Israel’s ongoing attacks are weakening the Lebanese government — and Hezbollah seeks to capitalize. The post Is Israel trying to foment civil war in Lebanon? appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • What a real ‘day after’ for Gaza could look like

    Many of those displaced by the genocide are already Nakba refugees. Activists are mapping out how they could return to their original homes from pre-1948. The post What a real ‘day after’ for Gaza could look like appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • Why the ceasefire in Lebanon won’t stop Israel’s expansionist ambitions

    Israel’s push for buffer zones and ‘natural borders’ suggests the emerging ceasefire is unlikely to halt its ongoing ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon. The post Why the ceasefire in Lebanon won’t stop Israel’s expansionist ambitions appeared first on +972 Magazine.

  • PODCAST: The disappeared of Gaza

    In his new investigation, Gazan journalist Mahmoud Mushtaha traces how thousands disappeared — and what that means for their families. The post PODCAST: The disappeared of Gaza appeared first on +972 Magazine.