Benjamin Netanyahu surrounded by supporters, during an election campaign tour in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

To oust Netanyahu, Israel’s opposition needs to learn this lesson from him

The secret to the prime minister’s political longevity has been abandoning commitments when they get in his way. It’s time his opponents did the same.
By Amos Brison
Joint List chairman Yousef Jabareen and supporters gather at the party’s election headquarters in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth, following the closing of polling stations on Israel’s election night, October 27, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)

Palestinian citizens are the big winners of Israel’s election. It doesn’t matter

The historic result for Arab parties is rendered meaningless by an Israeli opposition that appears unwilling to partner with them to depose Netanyahu.
By Rami Younis
What remained of the house of the author's sister, Haya, after Israeli forces bombed it in May 2024. (Ahmed Dremly)

In a museum in Naples, I felt the ghosts of Gaza

The relics of Pompeii survived centuries buried under lava and ash. I fear the Gaza I knew will survive only inside me.
By Ahmed Dremly
Supporters of the United Arab List (Ra’am) party gather following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. Photo (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

How Ben Gvir and Smotrich helped drive historic Arab voter turnout

Israel’s far right brought national politics into every Arab home. Palestinian citizens proved that fear and despair need not mean silence.
By Baker Zoubi
Leena Dallasheh (courtesy)
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What’s at stake for Palestinian citizens in Israel’s election?

Leena Dallasheh discusses the echoes of military rule in today’s crackdown on Palestinian dissent, and the struggle for a more substantive form of citizenship.
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By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat October 19, 2015
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By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 19, 2015
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By Noam Sheizaf October 19, 2015
Israeli border police shoot tear gas at an anti-war protest organized by Palestinian citizens of Israel, Nazareth. At least 10 were arrested. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
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By Amjad Iraqi October 19, 2015
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Today I am afraid
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By +972 Magazine October 18, 2015
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New Jewish network launches worldwide initiative against occupation
Group seeks to ‘reclaim Jewish identity,’ raise a global Jewish voice to ‘challenge Israel’s destructive policies.’ A new international network of Jewish groups and individuals committed to justice in Palestine released a statement over the weekend calling for an end to the killing and an end the occupation. The network, which first met over the summer…
By Mairav Zonszein October 18, 2015
Israeli police stand at a roadblock meant to stop vehicular traffic going in and out of the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood of East Jerusalem, October 15, 2015. Following a spate of over a dozen stabbing attacks carried out by Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, Israel blocked off and erected checkpoints at the entrances and exits of most Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Many of the checkpoints are meant to stop cars from entering or exiting the neighborhoods. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
How Palestinians can prevent a new permit regime in Jerusalem
The history of Israel’s permit regime in the West Bank should serve as a warning that even temporary closures on Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem can have in serious, long-term political consequences. By Yael Berda After a violent couple of weeks in Jerusalem, the Israeli government gave police discretion to impose a closure on certain East…
By +972 Magazine October 18, 2015
Illustrative photo of Israelis taking a shooting class in a Jerusalem gun shop, October 15, 2015. A number of Israeli leaders have called on citizens to arm themselves in response to a wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks, and the owner of this shop reported an increase in demand for personal weapons. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Poll: Most Jewish Israelis think Arab citizens support terrorism
A new poll suggests regular people are now viewing everyone in the ‘other’ ethnic-national group as a violent threat. Is that an indication of the national conflict becoming an ethnic one? Over three-quarters of Israeli Jews believe that either some (37 percent), most (33 percent)  or all (8 percent) Arab Israelis support the terror of…
By Dahlia Scheindlin October 17, 2015
Israeli police at the scene of a stabbing attack near a Police station in East Jerusalem, October 12, 2015. A Palestinian teenager was shot and seriously injured after she allegedly carried out an attack that wounded two Israelis. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
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The chances I will be harmed in a terror attack are very low. A tiny fraction of one percent of Palestinians are involved in recent terror attacks against Israelis, and hardly any are citizens of Israel. Walking past Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv recently on a crowded sidewalk full of jostling youngsters, I found myself imagining someone attacking…
By Dahlia Scheindlin October 17, 2015
Zizo Abul Hawa and the tenant's notice (courtesy, Zizo Abul Hawa)
An unwilling symbol of Israel’s identity complex
A Palestinian resident of the Tel Aviv city-state publishes a nasty racist letter from an anonymous neighbor, and becomes a local celebrity. Ziad “Zizo” Abul Hawa was thrust into the local media spotlight this week when he discovered that one of his neighbors wanted to get him evicted from his Tel Aviv apartment because she didn’t…
By Lisa Goldman October 17, 2015
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