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Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a police station in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, January 31, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

Everyone is planning Gaza’s future. But the governance crisis is now

By blocking a civil government from replacing Hamas, Israel has created a power vacuum in Gaza — and left Palestinians with nowhere to turn.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha August 11, 2026

Rashid Khalidi. (Alex Levac)

PODCAST: Israel stole Rashid Khalidi’s land. The U.S. is building an embassy on it

The Palestinian-American historian recounts the 30-year fight against the plan, and reflects on the generational shifts transforming U.S.-Israel ties.

By +972 Magazine July 17, 2026

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

As Iran and the U.S. talk, Israel chooses eternal war

Sidelined from discussions over the region’s future, Netanyahu is telling Israelis they’ll have to go it alone — and they all nod in agreement.

By Ori Goldberg July 3, 2026

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Israeli and Lebanese flags at the South Lebanon Army (SLA) Memorial near Metula, following the signing of an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, June 28, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Lebanon walks into Israel’s trap

The latest agreement only confirms what Hezbollah has warned: Negotiations that fail to secure Israel’s full military withdrawal will prove a fatal mistake.

By Elia Ayoub July 1, 2026

President Donald J. Trump signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America at the Palace of Versailles, France, June 17, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The only logical outcome of a completely irrational war

Israel and the U.S. vowed to crush the Islamic Republic and its proxies. Yet despite its losses, the regime is stronger and has more leverage than before.

By Lior Sternfeld June 26, 2026

Hamas militants show force during the handing over of hostage bodies to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, February 20, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Gaza’s disarmament trap

Israel’s continued attacks and aid restrictions made a mockery of the ceasefire. Now it is conditioning withdrawal on Hamas giving up every last weapon.

By Muhammad Shehada April 29, 2026

Smoke rises from southern Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes, April 11, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Why the ceasefire in Lebanon won’t stop Israel’s expansionist ambitions

Israel’s push for buffer zones and ‘natural borders’ suggests the emerging ceasefire is unlikely to halt its ongoing ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon.

By Dimi Reider April 16, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump poses with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, at the Ritz Carlton Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Official White House Photo/Daniel Torok)

Why the Iran war has caught Gulf states in a bind

Facing the consequences of U.S. military dependence, the GCC is still reluctant to criticize Washington — but public anger will not be easily contained.

By Hind Al Ansari March 12, 2026

Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, Nov. 5, 1956. (Fleet Air Arm official photographer/Imperial War Museums)

Israel’s last war alongside an imperial power backfired. This one could, too

For the first time since 1956, Israel is fighting with a Western hegemon for regime change in a war whose political repercussions are far from certain.

By Meron Rapoport March 5, 2026

Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel burn a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in support of the Iranian people in the city of Holon, central Israel, January 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Pahlavi? IRGC? What’s next for Iran after Khamenei

The U.S.-Israeli assassination of the supreme leader opens the door to a range of possibilities. A democratic transition seems the least likely of all.

By Lior Sternfeld March 3, 2026

Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel and others protest against the Iranian government in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2026.(Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Israel’s lonely push for war with Iran

Internationally isolated, restrained in Gaza, and unraveling at home, Israel sees another escalation as the only way to maintain its aggressive regional agenda.

By Ori Goldberg February 26, 2026

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with Israeli settler leaders, at the Finiance Ministry, in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?

Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.

By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman February 18, 2026

An officer from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), one of the primary arms of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seen during an operation in Minneapolis, January 6, 2026. (Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security Photo)

ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence

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