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Thousands of Palestinians take part in a Return March in 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

A just future demands the decolonization of Palestine – and a democratic state for all

Understanding the 'conflict' as a settler colonial struggle allows us to build a holistic path toward a liberated society for Palestinians and Israelis.

By Awad Abdelfattah and Jeff Halper

An Israeli attack on a U.N. school in Beit Lahiya using white phosphorus, January 17, 2009. (Photo: Muhammad al-Baba)

To understand the violence of Israel’s occupation, know these 30 stories

Violence and whitewashing are the double helix of the occupation's DNA. And these stories by Palestinians are just the tip of the iceberg.

British Jewish activists with anti-occupation group Na'amod protest a U.K. Lawyers for Israel event featuring the head of Regavim, London, December 1, 2019. (Na'amod)

For left-wing British Jews, UK election is a moment of reckoning

With the U.K. at its most divided in years, progressive British Jews face a difficult political choice while battling communal divisions.

By Mia Rafalowicz-Campbell and Leeor Ohayon

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WATCH: Naomi Klein talks climate justice, Palestine, and white supremacy

'If we look to Israel-Palestine, we see a really terrifying example of how to lose your humanity.'

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Adla Ayad, a worker at the 'Mevashlim Bishvilech' factory in the industrial zone of the West Bank settlement of Mishor Adumim, seen during a workers solidarity meeting, December 5, 2019. (Activestills.org)

Exploited and underpaid, Palestinian women are fighting back in the workplace

Subject to below minimum wage jobs, no pay slips, and arbitrary layoffs in Israeli settlements, Palestinian women under occupation are learning more about their rights and are beginning to unionize.

By Judith Sudilovsky December 8, 2019

Leader of the Joint List Ayman Odeh (R) and party member Ahmad Tibi arrive for a meeting with party members at the Knesset on September 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

For the Israeli right, Jewish-Arab partnership is the stuff of nightmares

As far as Israel’s right is concerned, the very real possibility that the country will be led by a Jewish-Arab partnership is the greatest threat of all.

By Eli Bitan December 7, 2019

Israelis settlers and right wing activists attend a march in E1 from the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim on February 13, 2014, protesting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision to block construction there. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Why are British Jews opening their doors to far-right settler groups?

Settler NGO Regavim’s racist legal actions and fear-inducing public relations invert the facts of Israel's occupation and incite against Palestinians.

By Eliot Cohen December 5, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plants an olive tree at the Netiv Ha'avot neighborhood in Gush Etzion, West Bank, January 28, 2019. (Marc Israel Selem/Flash90)

Netanyahu wants to turn annexation into his lasting legacy

Nothing would make Netanyahu happier than watching his successor continue to thwart a Palestinian state — even if Bibi has to watch it from the window of his prison cell.

By Meron Rapoport December 5, 2019

A Palestinian youth points to logos of Facebook and WhatsApp on his computer in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip February 22, 2014. (Photo Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

‘Incitement’ and ‘indecency’: How Palestinian dissent is repressed online

Censorship of Palestinian content by Israel, the PA, and Hamas is escalating at an unprecedented and dangerous speed.

By Marwa Fatafta December 4, 2019

Shimon Peres seen with Nicolae Ceaușescu during a visit to Bucharest, in 1985. (Moshe Milner/GPO)

Israel embraced Romanian dictator’s support — knowing he was anti-Semitic

Nicolae Ceausescu believed in racist conspiracy theories about Jewish power and extorted Romania's Jews. That didn't stop Israel from keeping warm relations with his regime.

By Eitay Mack December 3, 2019

Likud parliament member Gideon Sa'ar with Likud supporters during an event in Hod Hasharon, November 25, 2019. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Meet Gideon Sa’ar, the right-wing ideologue embraced by the Israeli left

Likud member Gideon Sa'ar is the new face of the left-wing and centrist anti-Netanyahu coalition. But as his track record shows, he's a staunch right-wing ideologue.

By Naomi Niddam December 2, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files on Iran's nuclear program in a press conference at the Kirya government headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s entitlement is a product of Israel’s social hierarchy

A democracy would ensure that a prime minister charged with corruption should step down. But under Israel’s ethnic and class-based regime, what he did is less important than who he is.

By Shoshana Gabay December 1, 2019

Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir parts with friends and supporters at Ben-Gurion Airport ahead of his deportation from Israel, November 25, 2019 (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org).

PODCAST: Who will Israel deport next?

Attorney Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man explains how, in deporting Human Rights Watch's Omar Shakir, Israel is now policing the speech and political opinions of human rights advocates.

By Henriette Chacar November 29, 2019

Einat Weitzman's 'Prisoners of the Occupation' tells the story of daily life in prison for Palestinians, with the actors reenacting interrogations, hunger strikes, family visits, and solitary confinement cells. (Oren Ziv)

Palestinian political prisoners tell their stories in new Israeli play

Actress Einat Weitzman’s documentary play about Palestinian political prisoners finally hits the stage, more than two years after its cancellation at a prominent theater festival caused an uproar.

By Oren Ziv November 28, 2019