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

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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)

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By turning a blind eye to armed criminals while constraining Palestinian police, Israel is ‘engineering lawlessness’ to deepen its control.
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Sahar Francis. (Courtesy)
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Sahar Francis has spent decades defending Palestinian detainees. She explains why Israel’s torture and abuse since October 7 is unlike anything she has seen.
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U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.
By Sophia Goodfriend February 12, 2026
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Abdel Rahim Haj Yahya in his home in Tayibe after his release from prison, where he spent 27 months for social media posts. (Oren Ziv)
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Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
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