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The battle for Jewish votes among Israel’s Palestinian parties The Joint List and Ra’am could prove decisive in Israel's election. But they offer very different answers over to how far to bend in pursuit of Jewish support. By Amos Brison www.972mag.com/joint-list-r...

How Israel’s outgoing government remade the West Bank A special project by +972 and @mekomit.bsky.social documents the transformation of an already fragmented territory, with the occupation intruding into every aspect of Palestinian life. www.972mag.com/israel-gover...

Historian Leena Dallasheh points to desperation. Watch the full episode to hear her analysis of the political choices facing Palestinian citizens of Israel. Listen to the full episode of The +972 Podcast: www.972mag.com/podcast-pale...

50 shades of right: An Israeli election primer While Netanyahu’s bloc adds more extremists to its ranks, his opponents are impeding their own path to power by refusing to work with Arab parties. By Ben Reiff www.972mag.com/israeli-elec...

Israel’s election won’t change the renewed reality of political apartheid Sami Abu Shehadeh’s disqualification sends a clear message: Jewish-majority state institutions will now determine who can represent Palestinian citizens. By Areej Sabbagh-Khoury. www.972mag.com/palestinian-...

PODCAST: What’s at stake for Palestinian citizens in Israel’s election? Leena Dallasheh discusses the echoes of military rule in today's crackdown on Palestinian dissent, and the struggle for a more substantive form of citizenship. www.972mag.com/podcast-pale...

Eisenkot is trying to outflank Netanyahu on the right. It’s a failed strategy The more the opposition leader adopts hawkish positions, the harder it is to explain what alternative he offers — and he’s not the first to make that mistake. By Amos Brison www.972mag.com/eisenkot-net...

Israeli forces detained around 80 Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers and international activists near Nahalin this morning, including U.S. congressional candidate Brad Lander, while they were accompanying Palestinian farmers harvesting olives on their land. 📸: Rabbis for Human Rights

Jewish Israelis must do more than stand together with Palestinians Beyond creating spaces for joint action, meaningful partnership requires challenging Jewish supremacy and strengthening Palestinian political power. www.972mag.com/jewish-israe...

Award-winning American photojournalist Heidi Levine describes being violently attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers while covering the olive harvest in Turmus Ayya near Ramallah this morning. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, injuring several people, including American journalist Heidi Levine, and setting fire to cars and olive trees. Israeli army on the scene shot one Palestinian in the leg. Oren Ziv reports @mekomit.bsky.social

‘We’ve paid the price for war. We haven’t yet reaped the fruits of peace’ One lost a parent, one lost a child, and one was abducted to Gaza. But three years on, these Israelis still believe in a better future with Palestinians. By Samah Salaime @mekomit.bsky.social www.972mag.com/october-7-th...

Dozens have been crushed to death while Israel prevents reconstruction, leaving families with an impossible choice: to live in war-torn structures at risk of caving in, or flimsy tents exposed to the elements. By Ibtisam Mahdi www.972mag.com/gaza-buildin...

Israeli authorities have demolished an entire unrecognized Bedouin village near Rahat in the Naqab/Negev, displacing roughly 400 residents. Despite ongoing negotiations over alternative housing arrangements, bulldozers tore down every home in the community. By Oren Ziv, @mekomit.bsky.social

Israel’s far right has unprecedented power. Why isn’t it satisfied? Having realized many of its once-unthinkable ambitions, the right remains frustrated by what it still can’t achieve — and demands even more violence. Analysis by Meron Rapoport @mekomit.bsky.social www.972mag.com/israel-far-r...

‘I’d rather die than go back’: A Palestinian teen’s 10-month nightmare in Israeli jail At 15, Zaid was separated from his parents, beaten, and starved. He is just one of hundreds of Palestinian children detained amid a post-Oct. 7 surge. www.972mag.com/palestinian-...

Gaza’s lost generation: The students left behind by three years of war For 700,000 children, tent classrooms are now the closest thing to school. But these cannot restore the education, routine, and community they once had. www.972mag.com/gaza-lost-ge...

Israel’s flailing chatbot army No longer able to rely on traditional lobbying, Israel is pouring huge funds into ‘cognitive warfare’ aimed at manipulating the responses of AI platforms. By Aharon Porath www.972mag.com/israel-ai-ch...

Debunking Israel’s latest list of ‘terrorist’ journalists in Gaza The evidence against the 170 media workers named in ‘The Press Files’ includes empty pages, clearly edited documents, and unverifiable snippets. Analysis by Muhammad Shehada www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

PODCAST: ‘We threw ourselves out of Gaza, but never really left’ Three years into the genocide, journalist Mohammed Mhawish reflects on the physical and mental toll of survival, and remembers Gaza as a place of life. Listen now www.972mag.com/podcast-gaza...

‘A race against time’: Israel’s settlement drive is rapidly transforming Jenin New outposts, roads, and military bases are carving up Palestinian communities in an area that saw little settlement activity for two decades. By Shatha Yaish www.972mag.com/israel-settl...

Why ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel’s liberal elite The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide. By Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown) www.972mag.com/why-naza-ter...

On Israeli campuses, Palestinian students are guilty until proven innocent A new report exposes disciplinary apartheid in Israeli academia: Arab students suspended for social media posts, while calls to annihilate Gaza go unpunished. By Gil Gertel www.972mag.com/israeli-acad...

Palestinian MKs in Israel have long faced election bans. This time is different From Ben Gvir to the Democrats, Israeli politicians have called to disqualify the Balad party chair — and the Supreme Court may no longer serve as a backstop. By Samah Watad www.972mag.com/israel-elect...

‘I’d rather die than go back’: A Palestinian teen’s 10-month nightmare in Israeli jail At 15, Zaid was separated from his parents, beaten, and starved. He is just one of hundreds of Palestinian children detained amid a post-Oct. 7 surge. By Jared Hillel www.972mag.com/palestinian-...

Under a court order, Mohammad Tubasi and his family returned to their homes in Jalud, which settlers had vandalized. Minutes later, over 150 settlers attacked. The family was forced to flee for their lives. Soon after, settlers set their homes on fire. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

Under a court order, Mohammad Tubasi and his family returned to their homes in Jalud, which settlers had vandalized. Minutes later, over 150 Israeli settlers attacked. The family was forced to flee for their lives. Soon after, settlers set their homes on fire. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

What happens when the police outsource authority to criminal organizations? Anthropologist Eilat Maoz explains how Israeli authorities devolve power to local strongmen, creating a colonial form of policing. www.972mag.com/podcast-isra...

PODCAST: The making of Israel’s Palestinian mafias Eilat Maoz breaks down how organized crime took over Arab communities — and why it reveals the contradictions of Israeli state power. www.972mag.com/podcast-isra...

‘The Gaza Holocaust won’t be forgotten’: An Israeli musician screams into the void ‘Super Sparta,’ Regev Baruch’s new album, is among the most blunt works of Israeli art since Oct. 7 — using provocation to insist on a different future. By Timna Rose Peretz www.972mag.com/israeli-musi...

The ‘gray arm’ of Israeli annexation A settler-led wing of the army is driving Palestinian displacement on the state's behalf. But as Yagil Levy explains, this devil's bargain comes not without costs. www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

My problem is that I am the mirror. My family is the mirror. Our homes, our schools, our children are the mirror. To some extent, we are the backdrop — or, more accurately, the raw material — through which Israelis look at themselves. www.972mag.com/naza-israeli...

PODCAST: The making of Israel’s Palestinian mafias Eilat Maoz breaks down how organized crime took over Arab communities — and why it reveals the contradictions of Israeli state power. www.972mag.com/podcast-isra...

A restored history of Jewish anti-Zionism — and the loss it cannot repair Benjamin Moser's new book recovers a tradition of dissenters who paid a price for opposing Palestinian dispossession, even as they could not prevent it. By Yahia Lababidi www.972mag.com/jewish-anti-...

The terms of Palestinian participation in Israeli politics haven’t changed in 80 years. While the Joint List remains sidelined, Ra’am has taken the deal that the opposition is offering: budgets in exchange for national submission. By Waseem Hosary. www.972mag.com/israel-elect...

+972 condemns escalating threats against ‘NAZA’ directors A campaign of incitement by government ministers and far-right activists only proves how much Israel fears the truth — whoever is speaking it. www.972mag.com/naza-yuval-a...

In the span of a week, Israeli bulldozers demolished Al-Taban and northern Fakhit, two neighboring Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta. When residents helped each other stay on the land, soldiers came to make arrests. By Basel Adra & Oren Ziv www.972mag.com/al-taban-fak...

In the span of a week, Israeli bulldozers demolished Al-Taban and northern Fakhit, two neighboring Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta. When residents helped each other stay on the land, soldiers came to make arrests. By Basel Adra www.972mag.com/al-taban-fak...

Why Latin America is key to Israel’s diplomatic impunity While alienating traditional allies, Israel is deepening ties with a new wave of right-wing populist leaders who are willing to shield it from accountability. www.972mag.com/latin-americ...

"Traitors": Graffiti in Ashdod directly targets Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of the film "NAZA." This is part of an ongoing wave of incitement against the directors, spanning activists, politicians, opposition leaders, and senior figures in the Israeli government. By Oren Ziv

UK settlement sanctions are an opening gambit. Here’s what should follow After decades of empty rhetoric, Britain and like-minded allies must now push for a comprehensive strategy to end Israel’s occupation. By Hugh Lovatt. www.972mag.com/uk-sanctions...

Congratulations to +972 Magazine’s investigative reporter Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor on winning the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival for their film “NAZA.” NAZA draws in part on investigations published by +972 Magazine, @theguardian.com & @mekomit.bsky.social

The moment a human life becomes ‘collateral damage’ ‘NAZA’ makes visible what we could never see from inside Gaza: that there were people watching, calculating, and deciding how many of us would die. By Mahmoud Mushtaha www.972mag.com/naza-gaza-fi...

"The vast majority of the civilians [in Gaza] were killed by two groups. One is the lawyers that legitimized the attacks, and the other is the pilots. And these groups are loved by Israel." Neve Gordon, Professor of International Law, on The +972 Podcast. www.972mag.com/podcast-gaza...

PODCAST: How Israel wields international law as a license to kill Neve Gordon explains how wartime protections for civilians can be twisted to legitimize genocide — and what that paradox means for Palestinian liberation. www.972mag.com/podcast-gaza...

‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in Gaza Our new film shows how Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians was a calculated and intentional act, through the testimonies of those responsible. By Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor www.972mag.com/naza-exposin...

The Israeli right is rekindling a Zionist classic: Judaizing the Galilee Ministers, NGOs, and news sites are joining forces to portray Palestinian urban growth in northern Israel as an ‘invasion’ and advance Jewish settlement. www.972mag.com/israeli-righ...

Postmortem sperm retrieval has become Israeli state policy, with a quarter of all male soldiers killed since October 7 undergoing the procedure. But by creating a pressure valve for grieving families, it only perpetuates war. Nathalie Rozanes reports. www.972mag.com/israel-postm...