Israeli police patrol on a boat during the annual crossing of the Kinneret, the Sea of Galilea, September 21, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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Palestinian citizens mobilized to recover a man’s body in Lake Tiberias, showing how popular action can counter Israel's war of attrition.
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Thousands of Palestinians attend Eid prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, July 9, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

An hour and 22 years away: Visiting Jerusalem from the West Bank

Israel's permit regime can make it near-impossible for Palestinians in the West Bank to enter Jerusalem. But I finally made it.
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Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Cyber Conference at Tel Aviv University, July 21, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

At Israel’s Cyber Week, generals and CEOs sell warfare as a techno-utopia

The human cost of weaponry is hard to remember when the business of militarism is dressed up like a Silicon Valley work retreat.
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Two of Doniana Al-Imoor's paintings shared from her Facebook page in July 2021. (Courtesy of the Al-Imoor family)

She was a promising young artist in Gaza. Israel killed her while she painted

Doniana Al-Imoor dreamed of the day she would graduate from art college. After Israel shelled her family's home, that day will never come.
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Palestinian gunmen take part in the funeral of two Palestinians who were shot dead by Israeli security forces, during their funeral in Jenin, in the West Bank, March 31, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
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A resurrected militia is defying Israeli and Palestinian rulers

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades are uniting with other factions to challenge Israel and the PA, as more young Palestinians take up armed resistance.
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Former IDF soldiers reveal how the army authorizes strikes in Gaza knowing civilians will be killed, so long as the number is deemed low enough.
By Yuval Abraham August 11, 2022
A Palestinian woman climbs the fence separating Israel from Gaza, during the 27th "Great March of Return" Friday protest, Gaza Strip, September 28, 2018. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
The siege is only a symptom
To confront Israel’s violence against Palestinians, progressive Jews in Israel and around the world must reckon with the ideology that lies at its root.
By Ben Reiff August 11, 2022
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinian workers from crossing through a damaged section of the separation barrier near the West Bank checkpoint of Meitar, near Hebron, April 3, 2022. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
The line separating Israel and Palestine has been erased. What comes next?
For 55 years, successive Israeli governments have chipped away at both the idea and reality of the Green Line. Its disappearance finally gives us a chance to open our political imagination and envision the land differently.
By Meron Rapoport August 10, 2022
Palestinians climb over the Israeli Separation Wall to attend the Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the town of Al-Ram, West Bank, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, July 3, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
How Palestinian resistance tore down the Green Line long ago
Israel's consolidation of a single regime unwittingly enabled Palestinians to rebuild their national fabric between the river and the sea. Now, despite their physical dispersal, Palestinians have never been more connected.
By Amjad Iraqi August 10, 2022
A Palestinian girl looks at the damage to a house following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, August 8, 2022. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
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Israel bombed a tower meters from our home. My kids are paralyzed by fear. They say the war is against Islamic Jihad, but it is civilians who are harmed.
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Palestinian mourners at a morgue following an Israeli air strike in Gaza, August 5, 2022. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
From my balcony in Gaza, the wailings of war return
I hear ambulance sirens below and drones hovering above. I see families carrying their life's belongings in backpacks. These are our wartime rituals.
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Israeli soldiers confiscate computer equipment and client files in a raid on the offices of Defense for Children International - Palestine, Al-Bireh, West Bank, July 29, 2021. (DCI-P)
Israel raided our office and outlawed our NGO. But we’re still fighting
It has been a year since Israeli forces seized DCI-Palestine’s office equipment and criminalized our work. But our solidarity networks are only growing.
By Khaled Quzmar August 4, 2022
A rally in support of Israel, Marseille, July 27, 2014. (Alain Azria/CC BY 2.0)
Why are French Jews silent on the occupation?
In the world’s third largest Jewish community, a monopolistic establishment and a fraught discourse on antisemitism leaves no space for criticism of Israel.
By Deborah Leter August 3, 2022
View of the Jewish settler outpost of Mitzpe Kramim occupied West Bank, August 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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The ruins of Palestinian stores after they were bulldozed by Israeli settlers, Old City of Hebron, occupied West Bank, July 22, 2022. (Courtesy of Breaking the Silence)
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For two decades, settlers have looted and burned Palestinian shops closed by the Israeli army. Now, they’re knocking them down to expand a settlement.
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