Welcome to +972’s Sunday Recap! Here’s your wrap-up of the latest articles from our contributors, including our colleagues at Local Call.

Since the start of October, when the Israeli army encircled northern Gaza and began subjecting it to a campaign of expulsion and extermination, no goods — including humanitarian supplies — have entered the area. Ruwaida Kamal Amer spoke to Palestinians across the Strip, who detailed how Israel’s siege of the north and ‘benevolence’ toward gangs looting aid trucks has led to severe food shortages, skyrocketing prices, and famine throughout Gaza.

Oren Ziv reported from the West Bank, where a dramatic process of ethnic cleansing has accelerated exponentially over the past 14 months of war: over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment by Israeli settlers — almost always with the backing of the army and police.

In Gaza, the news of a ceasefire in Lebanon evoked a bittersweet response: while happy and relieved for their neighbors to the north, Palestinians described to Mahmoud Mushtaha how successful diplomacy in Lebanon has deepened their sense of isolation — and with Hezbollah out of the way, they fear Israel’s assault will only intensify.

On Sunday, Dec. 1, Israel’s Channel 12 hosted a conversation with former Israeli Defense Minster Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, who insisted on defining Israel’s actions in Gaza as “ethnic cleansing.”  Meron Rapoport argued that Ya’alon’s statements reflect less of a concern about the plight of Palestinians — and more about the impact on the defense establishment of Netanyahu’s anti-democratic revolution.

And Edo Konrad and Oren Ziv profiled Ayala Metzger, a leader of the hostage families who has become one of the loudest anti-war voices in Israel. After her relatives were kidnapped from Nir Oz and abandoned by the government, she described how she had no choice but to become an ‘anti-regime dissident’ — and insist on a shared future for Israelis and Palestinians.

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