Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, Jerusalem, July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ‘total victory’ vow kept him in power. Now it may be his undoing

With the coalition trailing in the polls, it seems the severe costs and unattainable goals of Israel’s ever-expanding wars are coming back to bite.
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Sliman Mansour in his studio in Al-Bireh, occupied West Bank, July 25, 2024. (Thomas Dallal)

Farewell to the artist who connected Palestinians to themselves

Sliman Mansour created the visual language through which we learned to imagine our land, history, and peoplehood.
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Israeli settlers march to celebrate Israel's 71st Independence Day, near the Havat Gilad settlement, in the northern West Bank, May 9, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

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A spate of recent killings have resulted from settlers trekking under military escort, expanding Jewish presence at Palestinians’ expense.
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Israeli soldiers inspect a Palestinian car in the West Bank city of Hebron, August 13, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Under Israel’s watch, Palestinian gangs are sowing chaos in the West Bank

By turning a blind eye to armed criminals while constraining Palestinian police, Israel is ‘engineering lawlessness’ to deepen its control.
By Sami Sawalmeh
Sahar Francis. (Courtesy)
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Palestinians take part in a mass wedding ceremony in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2018. (Flash90)
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Palestinians gather between destroyed houses to break their fast together during the holy month of Ramadan in the northern Gaza Strip, February 20, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)
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Eroding the status quo at Al-Aqsa, backing settler pogroms, ignoring violent crime: If there is an eruption, it will have been engineered by Israel alone.
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Attendees at the Defense Tech Expo in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2026. (Oren Ziv)
Israel’s arms sales are surging. So why are its weapons expos smaller than ever?
Bypassing public exhibits, Israeli weapons firms are using subsidiaries to sell to European states — even those pledging an arms embargo due to the genocide.
By Sahar Vardi February 23, 2026
Shadmot Mehola Solar Field, in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. (Sofia Fani Gutman)
With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid
Israel’s self-branding as a pioneer in sustainability obscures how its ‘green development’ is fueling the takeover of Palestinian land and resources — and international corporations are helping to bankroll it.
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A billboard reads "A time for war, a time for settlement. Now is the time for the "Abrahamic Covenant," with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed standing next to U.S President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
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Saudi accusations that Abu Dhabi acts as Israel’s proxy have ignited a media firestorm. But similar anti-Israel sentiments circulate within the UAE itself.
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Israeli soldiers block the path of international activists in Hebron's Old City, occupied West Bank, November 22, 2025. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)
No explanation, no appeal: Israel revoking entry authorization of foreign activists
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with Israeli settler leaders, at the Finiance Ministry, in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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