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As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings.

By Basel Adra.

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Inside a multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfol...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire

By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.

By Muhammad Shehada

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How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire
By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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What the Joint List’s revival signifies for Palestinian politics in Israel

Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.

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What the Joint List's revival signifies for Palestinian politics in Israel
Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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‘I cannot help my clients’: The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees

With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.

By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma

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The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees
With Israel running its prisons as 'torture facilities,' lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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‘Wet tent syndrome’ is killing Gaza’s infants

Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.

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'Wet tent syndrome' is killing Gaza's infants
Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Israel’s new national consensus: Returning to October 6

Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.

Analysis by Meron Rapoport, @mekomit.bsky.social

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Israel's new national consensus: Returning to October 6
Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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PODCAST: MK Aida Touma-Suleiman reflects on a decade inside the Knesset, and the limits of trying to fight from within a system built to exclude Palestinians.

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January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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‘Impunity won’t last forever’: What gives Francesca Albanese hope

The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.

Interview by Samah Salaime

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‘Impunity won't last forever’: What gives Francesca Albanese hope
The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Arab Barghouti explains why advocating for his father’s release is not about appointing a leader—but about letting the Palestinian people choose for themselves.

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January 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide

A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.

By Hanno Hauenstein

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Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide
A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps

A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.

Majd Jawad reports.

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Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps
A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Since January 2023, around 4,000 Palestinians have been driven from their homes in the West Bank by state-backed settler violence.

Today, the community of Ras Ein Al-Auja stands on the brink of erasure.

By Oren Ziv. @mekomit.bsky.social

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The calculated erasure of Ras Ein Al-Auja
Israeli state-backed settler violence is displacing the southern Jordan Valley’s last herding community, advancing efforts to empty Area C of Palestinians.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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On Iran’s protests, Israeli hypocrisy knows no limits

Only moments ago, Israelis were cheering on a holocaust in Gaza — and now they dare to celebrate the valiant uprising of the Iranian people, writes Orly Noy.

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On Iran’s protests, Israeli hypocrisy knows no limits
Only moments ago, Israelis were cheering on a holocaust in Gaza — and now they dare to celebrate the valiant uprising of the Iranian people.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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From Jerusalem to Haifa, Palestinian bus drivers and ticket inspectors are facing an unprecedented surge in racist attacks — be it from ultra-Orthodox youth or soccer hooligans — forcing many to choose between livelihood and safety.

Charlotte Ritz-Jack reports.

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Palestinian bus drivers are on the front lines of Israeli racial violence
In Jerusalem and Haifa, bus workers are facing an unprecedented surge in attacks, forcing many to choose between their livelihood and their safety.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Israel’s Somaliland gambit reflects a doctrine of endless escalation

By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.

By Omar H. Rahman

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Israel’s Somaliland gambit reflects a doctrine of endless escalation
By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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‘Here we can be free’: The artists revolutionizing Palestinian club culture

A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.

Alice Austin reports.

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The community revolutionizing Palestinian club culture
A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?

The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.

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Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Israel is ‘restoring governance’ to the Negev — by terrorizing Palestinians

With the pretext of a stolen horse, police have turned the Bedouin village of Tarabin Al-Sana into a war zone. A fatal shooting was only a matter of time.

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Israel is ‘restoring governance’ to the Negev — by terrorizing Palestinians
With the pretext of a stolen horse, police have turned the Bedouin village of Tarabin Al-Sana into a war zone. A fatal shooting was only a matter of time.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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PODCAST: Marwan Barghouti’s long walk to Palestine’s freedom

Arab Barghouti discusses the agony of not knowing if his father would be freed in the ceasefire or killed in his cell, and why Israel still sees him as such a threat.

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PODCAST: Marwan Barghouti's long walk to Palestine's freedom
Arab Barghouti discusses the agony of not knowing if his father would be freed in the ceasefire or killed in his cell, and why Israel still sees him as such a threat.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Until his final day, Mohammad Bakri would not be crushed

Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor and filmmaker for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.

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Until his final day, Mohammad Bakri would not be crushed
Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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In Nazareth, holiday festivities mask a ‘deep rot’

Facing rampant crime and corruption, a steep deficit, and a lack of municipal services, can the Palestinian ‘capital city’ inside Israel make a recovery?

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In Nazareth, holiday festivities mask a 'deep rot'
Facing rampant crime and corruption, a steep deficit, and a lack of municipal services, can the Palestinian ‘capital city’ inside Israel make a recovery?
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January 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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“You are alone,” says a voice in my head. “No one cares about you.” It is always nagging at me — whether I am in class, with a group of other students, or today, on a crowded bus from Dublin back to Maynooth University, my new home in Ireland.

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Diary of a homesick Gazan abroad - +972 Magazine
In Ireland, I am alive and safe. But survival feels hollow without the people, places, and routines that once sustained me.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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A year in +972: Editors’ picks for 2025

From nearly 250 pieces published this year, we’ve chosen eight stories that resonated most with our team.

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A year in +972: Editors’ picks for 2025
From nearly 250 pieces published this year, we’ve chosen eight stories that resonated most with our team.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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