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Palestinian protesters in Gaza demonstrate near the border with Israel, during the eighth day of the 'Gaza Return March,' April 6, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli snipers open fire on Gaza protests second week in a row

Israeli snipers kill at least seven Palestinians, wound over 300 others during the eighth day of the ‘Gaza Return March.’ Protesters attempt to block soldiers’ line of sight by burning tires. By +972 Magazine Staff Israeli snipers shot dead at least six Palestinian protesters, including a 14-year-old boy, and wounded at least 300 others near the Gaza border…

By +972 Magazine April 6, 2018

A press photographer kicks away a tear gas canister that Israeli troops fired toward a group of journalists, Bil’in, February 19, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Why the struggle for free media in Israel-Palestine matters

We are witnessing the emergence of a new kind of media in Israel and Palestine — the kind that truly has the potential to transform how we see this place. We are in the midst of an immense transformation in the media landscape. The way people communicate and consume information and knowledge is being fundamentally altered.…

By Roi Maor December 21, 2017

Bloggers and editors from +972 Magazine and Local Call at the Anna LouLou Bar in Jaffa. (photo: Activestills.org)

Building an alternative reality means building community

In an era when settlements are a given, when criticizing the occupation is tantamount to treason, and when there is no viable alternative to the Right, building a community is one way to create a new reality. On Thursday night, bloggers, editors, photographers, designers, readers, journalists and supporters of +972 Magazine and its Hebrew sister site,…

By Mairav Zonszein January 30, 2016

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'Haaretz' journalist Gideon Levy (Photo by Yossi Gurvitz)

Dissent in Israel: On the margins, yes, in the mainstream, no

Regarding the controversy over Mairav Zonszein’s ‘New York Times’ op-ed: An ongoing climate of fear and suspicion is not conducive to ‘vibrant democracy.’ It is unfriendly to left-wing protest over security matters. Since my colleague Mairav Zonszein published her ballbuster op-ed “How Israel Silences Dissent” in the New York Times several days ago, there’s…

By Larry Derfner October 2, 2014

Freed Palestinian prisoners are greeted as they arrive at the Mukata Presidential Compound in the early hours on December 31, 2013 in Ramallah, West Bank. (Activestills.org)

The release of killers is not a cause for celebration

An objection to a +972 post. I looked at the photo essay published in +972 Magazine yesterday, about the West Bank celebrations for the 26 released Palestinian prisoners, and I thought: are we celebrating these killers’ release, too? Are we cheering them as heroes too? +972 practices what’s called engaged journalism – the writers, editors…

By Larry Derfner January 1, 2014

A personal message from the +972 team

Dear Reader, After Operation Cast Lead, it became impossible to read the news. The gap between conversations my friends and colleagues were having and the story being told by mainstream news outlets was unbridgeable. People around the world were getting one sliver of the story, while the most critical elements were missing. Something had…

By +972 Magazine September 10, 2013

Israel Social TV (Screenshot)

Announcing a new partnership with Israel Social TV

+972 Magazine and Israel Social TV are happy to announce the beginning of a new partnership in which Social TV’s grassroots, independent video reporting and content will be published and presented in English on +972 Magazine. Like +972, Social TV is an independent media organization working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and…

By Social TV January 30, 2013

Change of editors at +972 Magazine

Dear Readers, Noa Yachot, who has been our managing editor for the last year and a half, is leaving her position at +972 Magazine and going to work for the American Civil Liberties Union. During her time with us, Noa helped bring the site to a new level of professionalism, introduce new fields of coverage,…

By +972 Magazine January 11, 2013

Welcome to +972’s new website!

Dear Readers, We are pleased to introduce +972’s new and improved website. +972 Magazine has been around for two years now. We started as a small group blog operated by several volunteers; today, we are a group of more than 20 writers and editors, covering news and developments in the region on a daily basis.…

By +972 Magazine August 19, 2012

+972 team at 1st year toast. standing (left to right): Mairav Zonszein, Dahlia Scheindlin, Joseph Dana, Roi Maor, Aziz abu-Sarah, Dimi Reider, Shir Harel, Noa Yachot, Yuval Ben-Ami & 972's friend Issa Edward Bourseh. kneeling: Noam Sheizaf, Ami Kaufman, Yossi Gurvitz (photo: Shalom Boguslavsky)

+972 Magazine celebrates its first birthday!

It’s been a bit more than a year since we started working on +972 Magazine, and the site was officially launched last summer. To mark this event, we gathered for a toast in the presence of friends and colleagues on the rooftop of the space belonging to the HaYarkon 70 collective in Tel Aviv (overlooking the US…

By +972 Magazine June 7, 2011