Itamar Ben Gvir

Right-wing Israeli activists gather near the Gaza perimeter fence, during the "March of the Thousands," July 19, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Nearly half of Israel’s government joins march vowing Gaza settlements

Thousands of right-wing activists walked through a closed military zone to the Gaza fence, singing genocidal anthems as soldiers handed out bottled water.

By Oren Ziv July 20, 2026

Israeli right-wing activists celebrate Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City, May 14, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

At Jerusalem’s Flag March, Ben Gvir’s Israel was on full display

On a rampage through the Old City, Jewish supremacists celebrated the occupation with racist chants — as settlers put their words into action.

By Oren Ziv and Charlotte Ritz-Jack May 15, 2026

A public execution in Fayyam Square, Shiraz, November 21, 2018. (Students' News Agency)

What Israelis can learn from the nightmares of an Iranian hangman

As Israel embraces the death penalty, government ministers can look to what they call the ‘Iranian terror regime’ for inspiration — and caution.

By Orly Noy April 9, 2026

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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during the vote to pass the death penalty law in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘They already shoot us for no reason. Now they have a death penalty’

Under Israel's new law, only Palestinians will face capital punishment. Up next is a tribunal to execute those convicted of participating in the Oct. 7 attacks.

By Jared Hillel March 31, 2026

Israeli forces stand guard as Palestinians pass through the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, February 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel warns of a Ramadan escalation — while doing everything to provoke one

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.

By Baker Zoubi February 24, 2026

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen with security forces during a tour of the Bedouin village of Tarabin Al-Sana, southern Israel, December 31, 2025. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Israel is ‘restoring governance’ to the Negev — by terrorizing Palestinians

With the pretext of a stolen horse, police have turned the Bedouin village of Tarabin Al-Sana into a war zone. A fatal shooting was only a matter of time.

By Oren Ziv January 9, 2026

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits a prison in central Israel, where suspected Hamas and Hezbollah militants are held, January 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Why the death penalty would cement the Israeli radical right’s ascendancy

A bill to legalize the execution of Palestinians represents an effort to institutionalize revenge and erase all remaining limits on state violence.

By Ron Dudai November 26, 2025

Former Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen and right-wing activists stage a counter demonstration while Palestinian students and activists protest against the Israeli army operation in Jenin, at Tel Aviv University, January 30, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

On Israeli campuses, the state marks another enemy within

As the occupation's mechanisms of control seep into the civilian sphere, Jewish dissidents are next in line — and academic freedom offers no protection.

By Yael Berda November 21, 2025

Naftali Bennett poses for pictures with supporters while awaiting the arrival of Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage freed from Hamas captivity, outside David’s home in Kfar Saba, October 26, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Naftali Bennett wants to be Israel’s next PM. First stop: incite against Bedouins

By taking aim at Palestinian communities in Israel's south, Bennett proves he offers little change from the most racist figures in the current government.

By Samah Salaime November 13, 2025

Israeli security forces at the scene of an explosion in Ramle, Sept. 12, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Why Palestinians in Israel believe crime is a ‘strategic project of the state’

Amid an epidemic of gang violence, activists and experts see Israel's deliberate inaction as part of a campaign to dismantle Palestinian society from within.

By Baker Zoubi May 27, 2025

Right-wing activists attend a ceremony honoring late Jewish extremist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane in Jerusalem, Nov. 17, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

How Kahanism found its way into the Israeli political mainstream

Genocidal rhetoric is not new to Israeli politics. But Gaza's destruction mirrors the apocalyptic language pouring out of the Knesset — where the establishment has gradually absorbed members of a former terrorist group.

By Natasha Soffer-Roth May 14, 2025

Portraits of fascism: a special photography project

Since Oct. 7, Israeli police have arrested hundreds for opposing the Gaza war and published degrading photos of several detainees. Seven agreed to be photographed again — this time on their own terms.

By Oren Ziv May 9, 2025

Daniella Weiss (left) at the settlement event near Gaza, October 21, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

‘Copy-paste the West Bank to Gaza’: Hundreds join Gaza resettlement event

In a closed military zone near Gaza, Israeli settlers, ministers, and MKs called to ethnically cleanse and annex the Strip — an idea that is growing mainstream.

By Oren Ziv October 22, 2024