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“He has the kindest, most generous heart you’ll ever know in your life. He’s a person who served his community greatly — more than anyone else. Every single day he worked for our rights. He paid for that service with his blood, and now with his life." www.972mag.com/awdah-hathal...

Umm Al-Khair mourns activist slain by Israeli settler

Contrary to the settler’s account, eyewitness testimony and analysis of video footage shows that Awdah Hathaleen was gunned down in cold blood.

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Israel seizing West Bank heritage sites ‘piece by piece’ The army is expropriating thousands of dunams in Sebastia and Nabi Samwil, using archaeology as a pretext to further isolate Palestinian communities. Shatha Yaish reports www.972mag.com/israel-west-...

Israel seizing West Bank heritage sites ‘piece by piece’

The army is expropriating thousands of dunams in Sebastia and Nabi Samwil, using archaeology as a pretext to further isolate Palestinian communities.

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‘In Germany, Jews who reject Zionism are seen as not really Jewish’ For violinist Michael Barenboim, Germany’s memory culture has become a tool for upholding complicity in Israel's crimes and rendering Palestinians invisible. www.972mag.com/michael-bare...

‘In Germany, Jews who reject Zionism are seen as not really Jewish’

For violinist Michael Barenboim, Germany’s memory culture has become a tool for upholding complicity in Israel's crimes and rendering Palestinians invisible.

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‘Our role is to hold on’: Palestinian artists in Israel after October 7 Three Palestinian creatives grapple with their responsibility to make art that meets the moment while Israeli authorities stifle free expression. By Tamer Nafar www.972mag.com/palestinian-... @mekomit.bsky.social

Palestinian artists in Israel after October 7

Three Palestinian creatives grapple with their responsibility to make art that meets the moment while Israeli authorities stifle free expression.

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Rima Hassan is breaking Europe’s Palestine taboos. France put her on trial Prosecuted for defending Palestinians’ right to resist, the MEP says Gaza has exposed a ‘complete divorce’ between governments and their publics. Interview by Liam Syed. www.972mag.com/europe-pales...

Rima Hassan is breaking Europe's Palestine taboos. France put her on trial

Prosecuted for defending Palestinians’ right to resist, the MEP says Gaza has exposed a 'complete divorce' between governments and their publics.

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The World Cup tested the limits of Egypt’s pro-Palestine solidarity Coach Hossam Hassan and his team have become a vehicle for expressing a popular sentiment that is either repressed or carefully contained at home. Shaimaa Ahmed reports. www.972mag.com/egypt-palest...

The World Cup tested the limits of Egypt’s pro-Palestine solidarity

Coach Hossam Hassan and his team have become a vehicle for expressing a sentiment that is either repressed or carefully contained at home.

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PODCAST: Israel stole Rashid Khalidi’s land. The U.S. is building an embassy on it The Palestinian-American historian recounts the 30-year fight against the plan, and reflects on the generational shifts transforming U.S.-Israel ties. Listen now 🎧 www.972mag.com/podcast-rash...

PODCAST: Israel stole Rashid Khalidi's land. The U.S. is building an embassy on it

The Palestinian-American historian recounts the 30-year fight against the plan, and reflects on the generational shifts transforming U.S.-Israel ties.

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Calculated chaos: Inside Israel’s transfer of Palestinian bodies to Gaza Humanitarian workers describe a deliberately opaque system for returning dead and living Gazans in the genocide’s early months, helping to explain why thousands are still missing. www.972mag.com/gaza-palesti...

Calculated chaos: Inside Israel’s transfer of Palestinian bodies to Gaza

Humanitarian workers describe a haphazard and deliberately opaque system for returning dead and living Gazans during the first months of the genocide — one that helps explain why thousands are still m...

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‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City. By Basel Adra www.972mag.com/israel-hebro...

‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron

By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.

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What Pope Leo won’t say about Gaza is testing the Catholic Church Leo XIV has embraced his predecessor’s ethic of empathy. But across the Church, many are demanding he speak out more clearly against Israel's crimes. By Paola Caridi www.972mag.com/pope-leo-gaz...

What Pope Leo won’t say about Gaza is testing the Church

Leo XIV has embraced his predecessor’s ethic of empathy. But across the Church, many are demanding he speak out more clearly against Israel's crimes.

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Palestinians in Gaza City gathered to watch the Egypt-Argentina World Cup match. Despite widespread destruction and severe electricity shortages, local community initiatives are coming together to ensure people can still experience the tournament. 📸:Omar El Qattaa

First Israel silenced Palestinian citizens. Now it turns to their leaders Recent cases involving prominent Arab officials reveal the state’s strategy: digging up old statements and seeking severe punishment in Israel’s courts. www.972mag.com/israel-pales...

First Israel silenced Palestinian citizens. Now it turns to their leaders

Recent cases involving prominent Arab officials reveal the state's strategy: digging up old statements and seeking severe punishment in Israeli courts.

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Naji Abbas of PHR-Israel spoke to +972 about mounting fears for the life of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, former director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. Transferred to a notorious underground facility, his lawyer reports signs of torture and extreme fatigue.

Armed Israeli settlers, some wearing masks and carrying clubs and gas canisters, attacked Palestinian farmers alongside international and Israeli activists in the occupied West Bank village of Khirbet Abu Falah, near Ramallah. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

Can Hebrew be decolonized? For many, the language is indelibly linked to Zionism and now forever tainted by genocide. But it was not always so — and a growing movement of Palestinians and anti-Zionist Jews are attempting to reclaim it. www.972mag.com/hebrew-israe...

Can Hebrew be decolonized?

For many, the language is indelibly linked to Zionism and now forever tainted by genocide. But it was not always so — and a growing movement of Palestinians and anti-Zionist Jews are attempting to rec...

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The divestment drive that could shake Israel’s economic foundations To fund perpetual war, Israel has grown ever more reliant on issuing bonds. Relinquishing these holdings, which are often invested passively, disrupts that equation. www.972mag.com/israel-bonds...

The divestment drive that could shake Israel’s economic foundations

To fund perpetual war, Israel has grown ever more reliant on issuing bonds. Relinquishing these holdings, often invested passively, disrupts that equation.

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High school final exam season is stressful. In Gaza, it’s nearly impossible With the Tawjihi moved online, students are struggling with unstable internet and constant distraction — all while Israeli attacks threaten their lives. By Ruwaida Amer www.972mag.com/gaza-tawjihi...

High school final exam season is stressful. In Gaza, it’s nearly impossible

With the Tawjihi moved online, students are struggling with unstable internet and constant distraction — all while Israeli attacks threaten their lives.

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