Welcome to +972’s Sunday Recap! Here’s your wrap-up of the latest articles from our contributors.

On May 19, the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for large swathes of southern Gaza — including Ruwaida Amer’s hometown of Al-Fukhari, reducing a vibrant agricultural community of 7,000 people into a number on a military grid. She and her family stayed in Al-Fukhari as long as they could, until an airstrike near their home left them no choice but to flee.

Dikla Taylor-Sheiman reported from the sixth annual Joint Israeli-Palestinian Nakba Remembrance Ceremony, organized by Combatants for Peace and held in the West Bank town of Beit Jala. Around 300 Israelis and Palestinians gathered in person, along with thousands alone, not only to mark the catastrophe of 1948 but also to elevate living Palestinian testimonies amid an ongoing genocide.

Ten years ago, Israel’s four Palestinian-majority parties achieved an unprecedented breakthrough by forming the Joint List, an electoral alliance that aimed to bridge the ideological gaps and interpersonal rivalries dividing the community’s fragmented leadership. Rida Abu Rass argued that this experiment in Palestinian unity inside Israel — and its ultimate collapse — shows the need for carefully cultivated alliances.

And “Severed” — a new film produced by Donkeysaddle Projects, +972, and The Nation, in partnership with Just Vision — tells the story of 18-year-old Mohamad Saleh, who has survived five wars on Gaza, lost his leg to an Israeli sniper, and endured several additional surgeries. Director Jen Marlowe wrote about her friendship with Mohamad, the harrowing months he spent in Gaza with his family after October 7, his narrow escape to Cairo, and the story behind the making of the film.

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