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‘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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Palestinians fear the encampment, which has been temporarily evacuated, is only the start of efforts by the Israeli right to further ‘Judaize’ the Galilee.

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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.

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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.

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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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‘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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Neve Gordon explains how wartime protections for civilians can be twisted to legitimize genocide — and what that paradox means for Palestinian liberation.

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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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While the army damages water pipes and confiscates cars, settlers from Jordan Valley outposts terrorize shepherding families — forcing dozens to flee.

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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 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.

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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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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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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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