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...

Palestinian MKs in Israel have long faced election bans. This time is different

From Ben Gvir to the Zionist left, Israeli politicians have called to disqualify the Balad party chair — and the Supreme Court may no longer serve as a backstop.

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‘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...

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.

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‘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 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.

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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...

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.

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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...

‘NAZA’ is forcing Israelis to reflect. But we Palestinians are not your mirror

Our suffering cannot be the backdrop for an internal Israeli morality tale: Confronting Israel’s crimes in Gaza means taking action to stop them.

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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...

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.

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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-...

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.

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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...

Budgets for submission: What Israel's opposition offers Palestinian citizens

The terms of Arab participation in Israeli politics haven’t changed in 80 years. While the Joint List remains sidelined, Ra’am has taken the deal.

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+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...

+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.

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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...

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.

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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 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.

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"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...

PODCAST: How Israel wields international law as a license to kill

Neve Gordon explains how laws meant to protect civilians can be twisted to legitimize genocide — and what that paradox means for Palestinian liberation.

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‘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...

‘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.

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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...

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.

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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...

‘Survival of the nation’: Israel’s obsession with dead soldiers’ sperm

Postmortem sperm retrieval has become state policy, with a quarter of all male soldiers killed since Oct. 7 undergoing the procedure. But by creating a pressure valve for grieving families, it only pe...

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‘It’s déjà vu’: Israel moves to seize land in Bil’in — once again The army issued a confiscation order for a new ‘security road,' which experts say will help cement a settlement corridor in the heart of the West Bank. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social www.972mag.com/bilin-israel...

'It's déjà vu': Israel moves to seize land in Bil’in — once again

The army issued a confiscation order for a new ‘security road,' which experts say will help cement a settlement corridor in the heart of the West Bank.

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Israel’s military ‘justice’ system is working exactly as intended A handful of probes into high-profile massacres in Gaza are a smokescreen: Israel has convicted only two soldiers for harming Palestinians since October 7. By Dan Owen. www.972mag.com/israel-milit...

Israel’s military ‘justice’ system is working exactly as intended - +972 Magazine

A handful of probes into high-profile massacres in Gaza are a smokescreen: Israel has convicted only two soldiers for harming Palestinians since Oct. 7.

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16-year-old Khalil Abu Alia and 19-year-old Omar Na’san were shot and killed during a coordinated settler and military attack on the village of al-Mughayyir near Ramallah. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

How Israel manufactured a fuel shortage in the West Bank Long gas station lines are a symptom of deeper structural problems: banking restrictions, total dependence on Israeli supply, and a PA in financial crisis. Sami Sawalmeh reports @mekomit.bsky.social www.972mag.com/west-bank-fu...

How Israel manufactured a fuel shortage in the West Bank

Long gas station lines are a symptom of deeper structural problems: Banking restrictions, total dependence on Israeli supply, and a PA in financial crisis.

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How is the push by Israel and the United States against the ICC and human rights organizations going to affect international law? Listen to The +972 Podcast: www.972mag.com/podcast-pale...