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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 over the territory.

By Sami Sawalmeh

Mohammed Mutafer, a nurse, is treated by medics after Israeli settlers shot and injured him and two other Palestinians during an attack on the town of Sa'ir, east of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the southern West Bank, August 14, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

What’s behind Israel’s growing assault on West Bank healthcare

Seeking to push Palestinians off their land, Israel is targeting the infrastructure and the institutions long tied to the anti-colonial struggle.

By Ghada Majadli

A first grade classroom at an Israeli school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel is secretly surveilling its teachers. No prizes for guessing which ones

The Education Ministry is monitoring teachers online not only for ‘incitement’ but mere criticism of the state — and 3 out of 4 targeted are Arab.

Members of "Gaza English Corner" meet in a park in Gaza City, August 2026. (Said Alsaloul)

We stitch our future back together in Gaza, one English word at a time

I founded ‘Gaza English Corner’ to help others grow their language skills. But it’s become a place to connect, grieve, and feel human again.

By Said Alsaloul

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Israel’s genocidal government is dissolving. Its legacy is here to stay

ACRI head Noa Sattath reflects on four years of far-right rule, and the paradox of defending democratic institutions in an apartheid state.

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Palestinians carrying luggage walk through the massive destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City's Al-Rimal district, Gaza, October 10, 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun)

To stay or to leave? Gazans in the north torn over which is safer

While thousands flee — some for the second time this week — ahead of Israel's invasion, others are unwilling or unable to abandon their homes.

By Ruwaida Amer and Mahmoud Mushtaha October 15, 2023

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

I’m still in Gaza City, huddling in the safest room with my family, praying

Because I'm a journalist, my family thinks I'm more immune to the violence and cruelty around us in Gaza. But I'm as terrified as they are.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish October 14, 2023

Palestinians fleeing the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army ordered them to evacuate the area within 24 hours, during Israel's assault on the strip, October 13, 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun)

Thousands fleeing, a deadly explosion: My drive through Gaza’s escape route

After Israel ordered Gazans to evacuate the north, I rushed through the strip's main road to rescue family members. It was the most difficult day of my life.

By Mohammed Zaanoun October 14, 2023

Israeli soldiers with Jewish settlers at the entrance to the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, June 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms

Israeli settlers and soldiers have killed 51 Palestinians in the West Bank this past week, with two villages entirely depopulated after attacks.

By Yuval Abraham October 13, 2023

Rockets are fired from the southern part of the Gaza Strip toward Israel, October 10, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

In this war, Palestinians in Israel are trapped between two painful realities

One moment I’m receiving harrowing news of mass death and expulsion from friends in Gaza. The next I’m sick with worry for my kidnapped Israeli friend.

By Samah Salaime October 13, 2023

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house bombed by Israeli warplanes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, October 10, 2023. (Yousef Mohammed/Flash90)

Israel is ordering Gazans to flee south. But they’re bombing us here too

Refugees from the north are already arriving in Khan Younis, where the missiles never stop and we’re running out of food, water, and power.

By Ruwaida Amer October 13, 2023

Israeli troops prepare to take away bodies from Kfar Aza after it was attacked by Hamas militants, October 10, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘Bodies scattered everywhere’: Reporting on a massacre in Israel’s south

I’ve covered every war that Israel has waged on the Gaza Strip. But that first morning, it was clear something different was happening this time.

By Oren Ziv October 12, 2023

Wounded Palestinians from an Israeli airstrike arrive at Al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, May 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

‘The hospital yard is filled with corpses,’ says Gaza medical director

Israel’s bombardment has pushed Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, beyond its capacity, with electricity and water cuts endangering patients’ lives.

By Ibtisam Mahdi October 12, 2023

Palestinians mourn beside the bodies of people killed in Israeli airstrikes, Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, October 11 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

The Qannans, the Shaheens, the Shaabans: Israel is wiping out entire families in Gaza

Palestinians here in the bombarded strip are facing a crisis on a scale we haven't seen before. We fear it could become a genocide.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha October 12, 2023

Families react to Palestinian family members having been killed in Israeli airstrikes during recent fighting between Israel-Gaza. October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Operation ‘A Thousand Eyes for an Eye’ is underway in Gaza

With Israel cutting off food, water, and power supplies, the dehumanization of the strip's population is complete — laying the groundwork for what's to come.

By Amir Rotem October 11, 2023