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Rabbis protest during a sit-in at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2023. (Rachael Warriner)

Palestinians are asking, ‘Are you with us?’ American Jews are showing we are

As a rabbinical student, I am taking action alongside thousands to challenge the idea that Jewish safety must come at the expense of Palestinian liberation.

Hadas Calderon holds photos of her children in the house from which they were kidnapped by Hamas militants, October 30, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Reeling from massacre, a kibbutz pleads for return of hostages

Survivors in Nir Oz, where a quarter of residents were killed or kidnapped, are demanding a ceasefire and the freeing of abductees.

Khalil Abu Yahia at his graduation from the Islamic University of Gaza in 2022. (Instagram)

A tribute to Khalil

Even in his death, Khalil reminds us of our role as activists and freedom fighters: to keep going, so that this won’t happen again to anyone.

Workers at the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem, June 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Will Israel shut down Al Jazeera?

The gov't is advancing regulations to close the network's Israel branch, a move free press defenders decry as baseless and dangerous.

By Oren Persico and The Seventh Eye

French police suppress a demonstration in Paris in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the Israeli assault on Gaza, October 14, 2023. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

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France steps up crackdown on Palestine solidarity amid Gaza war

French authorities have banned demonstrations in support of Gaza, arrested protesters, and moved to dissolve Palestine advocacy groups.

By Deborah Leter

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Israeli protesters demonstrate outside the Israeli army's headquarters in Tel Aviv, calling for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza, October 28, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Risking arrest and assault, Israelis begin protesting Gaza war

Gathering outside the army’s headquarters in central Tel Aviv, dozens of Israelis called for a ceasefire and the release of all hostages.

By Oren Ziv October 31, 2023

Palestinians who fled their homes wait at the Rafah border crossing to Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘My children tell me to pray for them’: The Gazans stranded in Egypt

Thousands of Gaza residents have been stuck on the other side of the border crossing since Oct. 7, unable to return and sick with worry for their families.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer October 31, 2023

Solidarity demonstration in the Palestinians village of Susiya, in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank, June 22, 2012. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills)

Settler-soldier militias threaten Susiya with death and displacement

Like other rural West Bank communities, Susiya is being subjected to escalating Israeli assaults aimed at chasing Palestinians out of their homes.

By Hamdan Mohammed Al-Huraini October 31, 2023

Palestinians leave the Palestinian Bedouin community of Ein al-Rashash, east of Ramallah, following ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers from a nearby illegal outpost, which intensified during the war with Gaza, October 18, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Palestinians recount settler, army torture amid surge in West Bank expulsions

Under the shadow of the Gaza war, Israel is displacing rural Palestinian communities en masse. In Wadi al-Siq, the ordeal was particularly horrifying.

By Oren Ziv October 30, 2023

Palestinians inspect their home after an Israeli airstrike, in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 29, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Expel all Palestinians from Gaza, recommends Israeli gov’t ministry

An Intelligence Ministry document revealed by Local Call and +972 shows how the idea of population transfer to the Sinai is reaching official discussions.

By Yuval Abraham October 30, 2023

A convoy of Israeli tanks at sunset near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, October 12, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

When ‘never again’ becomes a war cry

In an Israeli war that has been retrofitted onto a Holocaust template, it is obscene that a plea to stop further killing is now read as moral failure.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 28, 2023

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Israeli soldiers at a staging area not far from the Israeli-Gaza border, October 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel’s war cabinet has learned nothing from its failures

The leaders who oversaw Israel's Gaza policy for 15 years are incapable of abandoning the erroneous ideas that collapsed on Oct. 7.

By Menachem Klein October 26, 2023

Palestinian walk through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip, October 11, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Gaza’s largest refugee camp has been turned into a ghost town

Israel’s incessant airstrikes and cutting of basic supplies have forced out most of Jabalia camp's residents. Those who remain feel lucky to still be alive.

By Ibrahim Mohammad October 26, 2023

A dedicated section in Yarkonim Cemetery, Petah Tikva, for temporary burial for those who were murdered by Hamas militants during their raid on southern Israel, October 22, 2023. (Gili Yaari/FLASH90)

Listen to Israeli survivors: They don’t want revenge

Against the prevailing public mood, many survivors of the Oct. 7 massacres and relatives of those killed or kidnapped are opposing retribution on Gaza.

By Orly Noy October 25, 2023

Palestinians search a house after an Israeli air strike, in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, October 12 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

If we survive the bombs, what will remain of our lives?

My friend, killed in an Israeli airstrike, dreamed of traveling the world with me. We can’t make plans in Gaza when a soldier can turn our future into rubble.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha October 24, 2023