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By blocking a civil government from replacing Hamas, Israel has created a power vacuum in Gaza — and left Palestinians with nowhere to turn.

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Driven by international pressure that lets Israel off the hook, the upcoming vote still gives Palestinian a rare chance to confront an obstinate leadership.

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A night-time pogrom by dozens of settlers left residents wounded, houses burned, and solar panels destroyed in the isolated West Bank village of Tuba.

The post ‘Darkness, flames, screaming’: Palestinian village terrorized by Israeli settlers appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Khalil Al-Hayya is a known pragmatist. But the group’s militant wing aided his election — and it won’t accept Israel’s deliberately unworkable demands.

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Borrowing heavily from Holocaust memorialization, the mobile exhibit wants visitors to identify with Israeli festivalgoers and forget everything else.

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Pregnancy losses more than tripled in the first half of this year, as conditions continue to deteriorate amid Israel's bombardment and siege.

The post ‘Lives cut short’: Gaza’s surging miscarriage crisis appeared first on +972 Magazine.

A new book documents efforts to preserve millennia of culture, refusing to surrender to the enclave’s destruction while laying foundations for its future.

The post Archiving as resistance: The battle to save Gaza’s cultural heritage appeared first on +972 Magazine.

From Shin Bet recruitment to military training programs, Israel’s defense establishment is becoming increasingly embedded in academic life.

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A new report by 7amleh examined over 3,500 cases of digital censorship relating to Palestine. Nadim Nashif explains what they discovered.

The post PODCAST: Inside Meta’s war on Palestinian content appeared first on +972 Magazine.

The community is facing violent settler expansion and the looming threat of demolition, while the Israeli who shot the beloved activist remains free.

The post A year after Awdah’s killing, Umm Al-Khair struggles for its own survival appeared first on +972 Magazine.

An analysis of four clips capturing different angles of the shooting incident in the West Bank village of Tel calls into question Israel’s version of events.

The post Palestinian who snatched settler’s weapon was killed while unarmed, videos show appeared first on +972 Magazine.

For the first time in my life, I found myself completely helpless. My car was engulfed in flames, but all that mattered to me was my family's survival.

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Core disputes over how to utilize political power may not be resolved in time to form a new Joint List — and competing parties are ready to capitalize.

The post Palestinians could decide Israel’s election. But their parties are at a stalemate appeared first on +972 Magazine.

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

The post Israel seizing West Bank heritage sites ‘piece by piece’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.

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

The post ‘In Germany, Jews who reject Zionism are seen as not really Jewish’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.

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

The post ‘Our role is to hold on’: Palestinian artists in Israel after October 7 appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Thousands of right-wing activists walked through a closed military zone to the Gaza fence, singing genocidal anthems as soldiers handed out bottled water.

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

The post The World Cup tested the limits of Egypt’s pro-Palestine solidarity appeared first on +972 Magazine.

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

The post PODCAST: Israel stole Rashid Khalidi’s land. The U.S. is building an embassy on it appeared first on +972 Magazine.

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

The post Rima Hassan is breaking Europe’s Palestine taboos. France put her on trial appeared first on +972 Magazine.