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After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals.

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Israel locked down its prisons at the start of the Iran war, barring almost all lawyer visits and leaving my client without a voice beyond her cell.

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By dropping all charges against the soldiers filmed abusing a Palestinian detainee, Israel has abandoned the whole masquerade of accountability.

The post From Sde Teiman, the truth about Israel’s military justice system has been set free appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Decades of neglect have left Palestinian citizens unprotected from missile fire, while police are carrying out arrests for expressions of dissent.

The post Exposed from above, silenced from within: Palestinians in wartime Israel appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Settlers tied up and beat Palestinians and activists in the herding community of Humsa while sexually assaulting one man, amid a wave of attacks in the area.

The post ‘I thought we were going to be raped’: A night of settler terror in the Jordan Valley appeared first on +972 Magazine.

‘Sohab Al-Ard’ has brought the genocide in Gaza to millions of living rooms across the Arab world. But does it achieve what it set out to?

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Meron Rapoport argues that so long as the occupation persists, eliminating one enemy only creates the need for another.

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Barred from publishing details of Iranian missile impacts or interceptions, local and international journalists are struggling to tell the full story.

The post ‘Our coverage is not truthful’: How Israel is censoring reporting on the war appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Facing the consequences of U.S. military dependence, the GCC is still reluctant to criticize Washington — but public anger will not be easily contained.

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After violating the ‘ceasefire’ 10,000 times, Israel is once again pounding Lebanon as its enduring thirst for war drives ever expanding ambitions.

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After closures of Gaza’s crossings drove up food costs and stalled medical evacuations, ongoing Israeli strikes raise fears of a renewed large-scale assault.

The post ‘The war is between Israel and Iran. Why should people in Gaza pay the price?’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Settler gunfire killed Palestinians in two West Bank villages as they tried to defend their land, while soldiers’ tear gas induced a cardiac arrest in another.

The post Four dead in 24 hours: Israeli settler terror intensifies amid Iran war appeared first on +972 Magazine.

For the first time since 1956, Israel is openly fighting alongside a Western imperial power in a war whose political repercussions are far from certain.

The post Israel’s last regime-change war backfired. This one could, too appeared first on +972 Magazine.

From October 7 to Iran, the Israeli government has used successive states of emergency to render individual thinking redundant, explains Dr. Dana Amir.

The post ‘Compulsive repetition’: How permanent war shapes the Israeli psyche appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Israeli settlers have killed two Palestinians and raided countless villages amid the war with Iran, as the army restricts movement and backs up the attackers.

The post With West Bank under total Israeli closure, settlers are seizing the moment appeared first on +972 Magazine.

The U.S.-Israeli assassination of the supreme leader opens the door to a range of possibilities. A democratic transition seems the least likely of all.

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Months after proclaiming a 'historic victory,' Israel embarks on another offensive against Iran — and the ritual erasure of political dissent begins anew.

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Dalia Hatuqa unpacks the bureaucratic transformation of Israel’s control over the occupied territory, and the Palestinian Authority’s inability to confront it.

The post PODCAST: Where is the PA as Israel annexes the West Bank? appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Internationally isolated, restrained in Gaza, and unraveling at home, Israel sees another escalation as the only way to maintain its aggressive regional agenda.

The post Israel’s lonely push for war with Iran appeared first on +972 Magazine.

A spiraling economic crisis, shrinking job prospects, and Israeli movement restrictions are putting a strain on relationships and destabilizing families.

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