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‘It comes with the territory’: How Israel’s archaeologists legitimize annexation
Weaponizing antiquities is part of Israel's colonial legacy, says Rafi Greenberg, whose colleagues have largely remained silent about Gaza's destruction.
By
Dikla Taylor-Sheinman
July 1, 2025
With Iran war as pretext, Israel suffocates the West Bank
After striking Tehran, the army closed hundreds of gates to seal Palestinians inside towns and strand them on roads — proof of annexation in all but name.
By
Shatha Yaish
June 19, 2025
Israeli settler violence is rapidly emptying Jordan Valley of Palestinians
Khirbet Samra is one of the last Palestinian shepherding communities in the West Bank’s eastern flank. State-backed settler militias are driving them out.
By
Dikla Taylor-Sheinman
and
Georgia Gee
March 19, 2025
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Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’
From annexation to UNRWA, Trump’s Israel advisors should be taken at their word — and Democrats won’t stand in their way, says Lara Friedman.
By
Jonathan Adler
November 13, 2024
The Israeli public has embraced the Smotrich doctrine
The internalization of the far-right minister's 'Decisive Plan' is evident in the popular support for a new ultimatum for Gaza: emigration or annihilation.
By
Orly Noy
November 10, 2023
Annexation in the name of archeology
Armed with huge budgets, far-right Israeli ministers are pushing ahead with plans to displace Palestinians under the guise of safeguarding heritage sites.
By
Alon Arad
and
Talya Ezrahi
August 1, 2023
While Israelis were in the streets, Smotrich unveiled his annexation plans
As protests escalated last week over the judicial overhaul, Israel's finance minister declared the end of the Oslo Accords in all but name.
By
Roni Pelli
July 27, 2023
Israel’s justice minister gives away the real aim of the judicial coup’s first law
In a Knesset speech, Yariv Levin listed five gov't decisions that were blocked for being ‘unreasonable.’ All were about Palestinians and the occupation.
By
Ben Reiff
July 25, 2023
Smotrich wants one million West Bank settlers. That’s not so far-fetched
Seeking to double the settler population, Israel's far-right government is expediting infrastructural plans that were — often literally — laid decades ago.
By
Ben Reiff
July 12, 2023
The Israeli government enters its most dangerous phase yet
While the judicial overhaul is widely seen as the central attack on democracy, it is paramount to show how it is directly linked to rising attacks on Palestinians.
By
Haggai Matar
June 3, 2023
Welcome to Simcha Rothman’s vengeful coup
Embodying the rage that drives the Israeli right’s judicial assault, the chair of the Knesset’s Law and Justice Committee is poised to bring his once-fringe ideas to fruition. And, he tells +972, he is just getting started.
By
Nate Orbach
March 9, 2023
This government’s pyromania may be its downfall
Huwara on fire is exactly what leading Israeli ministers wanted. But with the protest movement taking note, the next phase of their plan is no guarantee.
By
Meron Rapoport
March 3, 2023
Why Israel’s opposition won’t talk about the real goal of judicial overhaul
Government officials have explicitly said their legal reforms are about annexation. Opponents won't admit it because they share the same vision.
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
February 21, 2023
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