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.
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.
It’s been three weeks since settlers fenced off my students’ path to school, trying to show that Umm Al-Khair has no future. We refuse to let them win. The post Despite global outrage, Israel is still blockading our children’s education appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Israel is forcing out Al-Bustan’s 1,500 residents to build a biblical theme park. To avoid paying huge fines, families are demolishing their own homes. The post In East Jerusalem, ‘a whole Palestinian community is about to be expelled’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.
A mutilated kippah and a confiscated Hungarian flag betray the deep sense of insecurity underlying Israel’s delusions of military grandeur. The post Israel’s crackdown on the Palestinian flag veers into the surreal appeared first on +972 Magazine.
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 ‘Ulm 5’ are facing prison time over a break-in at an Israeli weapons firm, in a case experts warn could set a precedent for criminalizing direct action. The post ‘Extraordinarily far-reaching’ Palestine Action trial gets underway in Germany appeared first on +972 Magazine.
After police prevented the main procession, families returned to depopulated villages across the country, keeping alive the memory of what was lost in 1948. The post Israel blocked the March of Return. Palestinians marked the Nakba anyway appeared first on +972 Magazine.
With local elections set to take place across the West Bank and one city in Gaza, residents are split as to the vote's legitimacy and potential for change. The post What’s at stake as Palestinians go to the polls for the first time in years appeared first on +972 Magazine.
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.
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.
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.
In a secret location due to right-wing attacks in previous years, bereaved families recognized each other's grief and called for a shared future. The post ‘Here is where hope lies’: Palestinians and Israelis mourn losses in joint ceremony appeared first on +972 Magazine.
In a secret location due to right-wing attacks in previous years, bereaved families recognized each other's grief and called for a shared future. The post ‘Here is where hope lies’: Palestinians and Israelis mourn losses in joint ceremony appeared first on +972 Magazine.
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.
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.
In recent months, soldiers have arrested dozens of West Bank Palestinians — many blindfolded, beaten, and then released without explanation. The post Brief, arbitrary abductions: A new tool of Israeli intimidation in Masafer Yatta appeared first on +972 Magazine.
The leaders of Israel’s four Arab parties say they agree on the importance of a unified electoral alliance. Yet they remain divided on the terms of the pact. The post Can a renewed Joint List survive until Israel’s elections? appeared first on +972 Magazine.
A state that commits genocide cannot claim to honor the Holocaust. Each ceremony it holds in its name defiles the memory of the victims. The post Why I will not stand for Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day siren appeared first on +972 Magazine.
From the sacred to the mundane, military imagery suffuses the Israeli public sphere — shaping our imagination, desires, and collective identity. The post PHOTOS: How hypermilitarism pervades everyday life in Israel appeared first on +972 Magazine.
As Israel embraces the death penalty, government ministers can look to what they call the ‘Iranian terror regime’ for inspiration — and caution. The post What Israelis can learn from the nightmares of an Iranian hangman appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Psy-op campaigns, selective leaks, exclusive reporter access: Soldiers and journalists reveal how the IDF Spokesperson's Unit controls public discourse and promotes Israel's narrative abroad. The post Inside the Israeli army’s propaganda wing appeared first on +972 Magazine.
When Israel closed Allenby Bridge without warning, my journey to Istanbul turned into 36 hours of missed flights, uncertainty, and endless waiting. The post The humiliating ordeal of traveling abroad as a West Bank Palestinian appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Videos of luxury cars, cash, masked motorcyclists, and veiled threats have drawn over 100 million views, amplifying criminal power far beyond the street. The post On TikTok, Palestinians in Israel are a scroll away from organized crime appeared first on +972 Magazine.
The recent wave of denunciations from ministers, army chiefs, and right-wing pundits aims to obscure the fact that settler violence is state policy. The post Israeli leaders are condemning settler attacks. It’s a smokescreen appeared first on +972 Magazine.
As dissent over the Iran war spreads to the political center, demonstrators face crackdowns while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen. The post Israeli police are violently suppressing our growing anti-war protests appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Under Israel's new law, only Palestinians will face capital punishment. Up next is a tribunal to execute those convicted of participating in the Oct. 7 attacks. The post ‘They already shoot us for no reason. Now they have a death penalty’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.
The prime minister’s historical analogies betray an appetite for eternal war and barbaric aggression — a worldview now reflected in Israel's regional policy. The post Less Jesus, more Genghis Khan: How Netanyahu sees Israel’s place in the world appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Sociologist Nabih Bashir reflects on the enduring legacy of the 1976 uprising against land confiscation, at a time of war, fragmentation, and political impasse. The post Fifty years on, does Land Day still matter for Palestinians in Israel? appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Sahar Vardi discusses the human and political costs of Israel's flourishing arms industry, and the deep societal shifts demilitarization would require. The post PODCAST: How Israel sells militarism at home and abroad appeared first on +972 Magazine.
For decades, Israeli and international activists have put their bodies on the line to prevent the expulsion of Palestinian communities. But if they no longer deter violent settlers and soldiers, can they still make a difference? The post In the West Bank, ‘protective presence is not protecting anyone anymore’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.
A new podcast series lifts the veil on the Mossad’s failed attempt to expel 60,000 Palestinians soon after occupying the Gaza Strip. Almost six decades later, Israel’s methods and objectives remain eerily similar. The post The Paraguay Scheme: Israel’s secret plan to deport Gazans in the ‘70s appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Israel’s missile defense systems have radically reduced the cost of going to war — and a society that does not fear war is doomed to live with it forever. The post The Iron Dome is intercepting our chances of a normal future appeared first on +972 Magazine.
After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals. The post ‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Israel locked down its prisons at the start of the Iran war, barring almost all lawyer visits and leaving my client without a voice beyond her cell. The post I represent a Palestinian woman in Israeli prison. Now I can’t reach her appeared first on +972 Magazine.
By dropping all charges against the soldiers filmed abusing a Palestinian detainee, Israel has abandoned the whole masquerade of accountability. The post From Sde Teiman, the truth about Israel’s military justice system has been set free appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Decades of neglect have left Palestinian citizens unprotected from missile fire, while police are carrying out arrests for expressions of dissent. The post Exposed from above, silenced from within: Palestinians in wartime Israel appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Settlers tied up and beat Palestinians and activists in the herding community of Humsa while sexually assaulting one man, amid a wave of attacks in the area. The post ‘I thought we were going to be raped’: A night of settler terror in the Jordan Valley appeared first on +972 Magazine.
‘Sohab Al-Ard’ has brought the genocide in Gaza to millions of living rooms across the Arab world. But does it achieve what it set out to? The post Israel lambasted this Ramadan TV drama. Reception in Gaza has been mixed appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Meron Rapoport argues that so long as the occupation persists, eliminating one enemy only creates the need for another. The post PODCAST: Israel’s Iran paradox appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Meron Rapoport argues that so long as the occupation persists, eliminating one enemy only creates the need for another. The post PODCAST: Israel’s Iran paradox appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Barred from publishing details of Iranian missile impacts or interceptions, local and international journalists are struggling to tell the full story. The post ‘Our coverage is not truthful’: How Israel is censoring reporting on the war appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Facing the consequences of U.S. military dependence, the GCC is still reluctant to criticize Washington — but public anger will not be easily contained. The post Why the Iran war has caught Gulf states in a bind appeared first on +972 Magazine.
After violating the ‘ceasefire’ 10,000 times, Israel is once again pounding Lebanon as its enduring thirst for war drives ever expanding ambitions. The post Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon is about more than just Hezbollah appeared first on +972 Magazine.
After closures of Gaza’s crossings drove up food costs and stalled medical evacuations, ongoing Israeli strikes raise fears of a renewed large-scale assault. The post ‘The war is between Israel and Iran. Why should people in Gaza pay the price?’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Settler gunfire killed Palestinians in two West Bank villages as they tried to defend their land. In the aftermath, soldiers’ tear gas induced a cardiac arrest. The post Four dead in 24 hours: Israeli settler terror intensifies amid Iran war appeared first on +972 Magazine.
For the first time since 1956, Israel is fighting with a Western hegemon for regime change in a war whose political repercussions are far from certain. The post Israel’s last war alongside an imperial power backfired. This one could, too appeared first on +972 Magazine.
From October 7 to Iran, the Israeli government has used successive states of emergency to render individual thinking redundant, explains Dr. Dana Amir. The post ‘Compulsive repetition’: How permanent war shapes the Israeli psyche appeared first on +972 Magazine.
Israeli settlers have killed two Palestinians and raided dozens of villages amid the war with Iran, as the army restricts movement and backs up the attackers. The post With West Bank under total Israeli closure, settlers are seizing the moment appeared first on +972 Magazine.
The U.S.-Israeli assassination of the supreme leader opens the door to a range of possibilities. A democratic transition seems the least likely of all. The post Pahlavi? IRGC? What’s next for Iran after Khamenei appeared first on +972 Magazine.