+972 Magazine - Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Zsor (David Levene, The Guardian)

+972 condemns escalating threats against ‘NAZA’ directors

A campaign of incitement by government ministers and far-right activists only proves how much Israel fears the truth — whoever is speaking it.

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Israeli settlers seen at a new outpost next to the Palestinian town of Majd Al-Krum in the Galilee, northern Israel, September 13, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

A West Bank-style settler outpost comes to northern Israel

Palestinians fear the encampment, now temporarily evacuated, is only the start of efforts by the Israeli right to further ‘Judaize’ the Galilee.

By Oren Ziv and Baker Zoubi

Palestinian residents inspect the damage several hours after Israeli forces demolished northern Fakhit in Masafer Yatta, in the southern West Bank, September 8, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Everything necessary for human life was erased’

Within a week, Israeli bulldozers demolished Al-Taban and northern Fakhit, two neighboring Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta.

Argentinian President Javier Milei laughs alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a special Knesset session in Milei's honor, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why Latin America is key to Israel’s diplomatic impunity

Alienating traditional allies, Israel is deepening ties with a new wave of right-wing populist leaders willing to shield it from accountability.

By Xavier Abu Eid

Neve Gordon (courtesy)

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How Israel wields international law as a license to kill

Neve Gordon explains how wartime protections for civilians can be twisted to legitimize genocide — and what that paradox means for Palestinian liberation.

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New buildings under construction in the Israeli settlement of Aliyah, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, May 21, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

UK settlement sanctions are an opening gambit. Here’s what should follow

After decades of empty rhetoric, Britain and like-minded allies must now push for a comprehensive strategy to end Israel’s occupation.

By Hugh Lovatt September 14, 2026

Family members bid farewell to loved ones killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza City, at Al-Shifa Hospital, August 31, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

The moment a human life becomes ‘collateral damage’

‘NAZA’ makes visible what we could never see from inside Gaza: that there were people watching, calculating, and deciding how many of us would die.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha September 11, 2026

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‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in Gaza

Our new film shows how Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians was a calculated and intentional act, through the testimonies of those responsible.

By Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor September 10, 2026

Tawfiq Hajj Qassem, a resident of the Palestinian village of Atuf in the northern Jordan Valley, August 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Israel’s new West Bank separation wall closes in on Palestinian communities

While the army damages water pipes and confiscates cars, settlers from Jordan Valley outposts terrorize shepherding families — forcing dozens to flee.

By Oren Ziv September 9, 2026

Jewish Israeli attends an event marking the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the Ramat Arbel settlement in the Lower Galilee, northern Israel, July 26, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

The Israeli right is rekindling a Zionist classic: Judaizing the Galilee

Ministers, NGOs, and news sites are joining forces to portray Palestinian urban growth in northern Israel as an ‘invasion’ and advance Jewish settlement.

By Baker Zoubi September 7, 2026

Anat Meir and her baby mourn her husband David Meir, an Israeli soldier killed on October 7 at Kibbutz Be'eri, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, November 8, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘Survival of the nation’: Israel’s obsession with dead soldiers’ sperm

Postmortem sperm retrieval has become state policy, with a quarter of all male soldiers killed since October 7 undergoing the procedure. But by creating a pressure valve for grieving families, it only perpetuates war.

By Nathalie Rozanes September 4, 2026

Israeli soldiers seen near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2025. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel’s military ‘justice’ system is working exactly as intended

A handful of probes into high-profile massacres in Gaza are a smokescreen: Israel has convicted only two soldiers for harming Palestinians since Oct. 7.

By Dan Owen September 3, 2026

Residents of Bil’in and Kafr Nimah survey the proposed route of the new military road that will run through their lands, with the settlement of Modi'in Illit in the background, Aug. 17, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

‘It’s déjà vu’: Israel moves to seize land in Bil’in — once again

The army issued a confiscation order for a new ‘security road,’ which experts say will help cement a settlement corridor in the heart of the West Bank.

By Oren Ziv September 2, 2026

Palestinian taxi drivers gather at a gas station amid a fuel shortage in the West Bank city of Nablus, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

How Israel manufactured a fuel shortage in the West Bank

Long gas station lines are a symptom of deeper structural problems: banking restrictions, total dependence on Israeli supply, and a PA in financial crisis.

By Sami Sawalmeh September 1, 2026

Medical staff at the underground level of Rambam Hospital in Haifa, September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The myth of Israel’s Arab doctors

Celebrated as proof of Israeli liberalism and vilified by the right, Palestinian physicians are in fact being quietly shut out of the profession.

By Baker Zoubi August 31, 2026