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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote at a polling station in Jerusalem during Election Day, October 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s election-eve crypto pitch was no offhand remark

Despite his claims, digital currencies won't help Israel avoid sanctions. But their political appeal may matter more than their economic merits.

By Aharon Porath

Wael Shawar Al-Tamimi, a Palestinian resident of the Deir Bahha area, inspects his home, whose contents were damaged during the Israeli army raid of his neighborhood in Hebron, occupied West Bank, November 2, 2026. (Mosab Shawer)

‘Every drawer was opened’: Palestinians report looting amid Israel’s Hebron siege

After Israeli soldiers ordered them to leave their homes and businesses, residents returned to find valuables missing and livelihoods destroyed.

By Basel Adra and Mosab Shawer

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed meets voters at Michigan Technological University. October 22, 2025. (Conlan Houston/Wikimedia Commons)

Michigan’s midterms cemented a new political consensus on Palestine

U.S. progressives have insisted that opposing Israeli abuses is good politics. El-Sayed put that idea to the test outside Democratic strongholds.

Bedouin women protest against the increasing house demolitions in unrecognized villages in the Naqab, outside the Israeli government's "Bedouin Authority" offices in the southern city of Be'er Sheva, June 25, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Palestinian Bedouin women in Israel are leading a quiet revolution

The fierce reaction to racist remarks by an Israeli journalist reflects the growing strength of a feminist movement fighting on two fronts.

By Samah Salaime

PODCAST: Remembering the Nakba of urban Palestine

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Remembering the Nakba of urban Palestine

Abed Abou Shhadeh traces how the catastrophe of 1948 unfolded in his home city of Jaffa — and what it means to resist erasure across generations.

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A Palestinian woman votes in a polling station in Umm al-Fahm, northern Israel, October 27, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Why Israel’s election was a moment of Palestinian unity

Never before have so many people in Gaza and the West Bank called on Palestinian citizens of Israel to vote — a signal of a new political paradigm.

By Abed Abou Shhadeh November 5, 2026

A Star of David is seen spray-painted on a home in the village of At-Tuwani in the aftermath of a settler attack, in the Masafer Yatta region of the southern West Bank, September 16, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

An Israeli professor plotted to massacre Palestinians. Social media rejoiced

The comments on news reports about the planned attack offer a window into how far violence against Palestinians has been normalized among Israelis.

By Fadi Shabita November 4, 2026

Palestinians receive food aid in the Gaza Strip, September 26, 2026. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

In Gaza, the specter of famine is returning

Cuts to the World Food Programme have compounded Israel's aid restrictions, driving up food prices and forcing thousands of families to go hungry.

By Ahmed Dremly November 3, 2026

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor win the Special Jury Prize for "NAZA" during the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, September 12, 2026. (Wikimedia Commons)

The permanence of ‘NAZA’

We already knew about Israel’s mass killing in Gaza. But the film’s box office records are a testament to the power of cinema — and its capacity to endure.

By Saleem Albeik November 2, 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu surrounded by supporters, during an election campaign tour in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

To oust Netanyahu, Israel’s opposition needs to learn this lesson from him

The secret to the prime minister’s political longevity has been abandoning commitments when they get in his way. It’s time his opponents did the same.

By Amos Brison November 1, 2026

Joint List chairman Yousef Jabareen and supporters gather at the party’s election headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth, following the closing of polling stations on Israel’s election night, October 27, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)

Palestinian citizens are the big winners of Israel’s election. It doesn’t matter

The historic result for Arab parties is rendered meaningless by an Israeli opposition that appears unwilling to partner with them to depose Netanyahu.

By Rami Younis October 30, 2026

What remained of the house of the author's sister, Haya, after Israeli forces bombed it in May 2024. (Ahmed Dremly)

In a museum in Naples, I felt the ghosts of Gaza

The relics of Pompeii survived centuries buried under lava and ash. I fear the Gaza I knew will survive only inside me.

By Ahmed Dremly October 29, 2026

Supporters of the United Arab List (Ra’am) party gather following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. Photo (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

How Ben Gvir and Smotrich helped drive historic Arab voter turnout

Israel’s far right brought national politics into every Arab home. On election day, Palestinian citizens proved that fear and despair need not mean silence.

By Baker Zoubi October 28, 2026

Israeli forces demolish homes in the Farsh Al-Hawa area of Hebron, following a deadly attack on a checkpoint nearby, West Bank, October 23, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

In Hebron, Netanyahu is turning displacement into an election spectacle

Israel has expelled 4,000 Palestinians in four days, destroying many of their homes and engineering a new reality that we fear will become permanent.

By Issa Amro October 27, 2026

Joint List chairman Yousef Jabareen and other party members attend the party's Hebrew-langauge campaign launch event, ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The battle for Jewish votes among Israel’s Palestinian parties

The Joint List and Ra’am could prove decisive in Israel's election. But they offer very different answers on how far to bend in pursuit of Jewish support.

By Amos Brison October 27, 2026