Apartheid

The writer among residents of Umm al-Khair, in the southern West Bank, December 2024. (Khadija Toufik)

How six months in the West Bank undid a lifetime of Zionist indoctrination

Like many American Jews, I was brought up to see Israel as infallible. Living among Palestinians taught me vital truths about the reality of the occupation.

By Sam Stein May 30, 2025

Israelis and Palestinians rally for an end to the war in Gaza, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 24, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

What is the role of Israelis in the Palestinian liberation movement?

The history of anti-colonial organizing shows there is room for joint struggle — but only if the partnership aims to promote true equality and justice.

By Fadi Shabita April 25, 2025

Demonstrators call for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, January 18, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

The war will only end when Israelis understand this simple truth

Most Israelis now support a Gaza ceasefire. But they still fail to realize that where there is oppression there will always be resistance.

By Orly Noy January 24, 2025

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Palestinians and Israelis protest against Netanyahu's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, Tel Aviv, June 6, 2020. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

Grappling with Jewish fears in a just Palestinian struggle

Recognizing Zionism’s settler-colonial nature shouldn’t prevent us from reimagining a collective Jewish existence in this land, or taking seriously the fears that are weaponized to justify Palestinian subjugation.

By Haggai Matar November 26, 2024

Israeli soldiers operating in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 31, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)

Is this Israel’s first apartheid war?

Far from lacking a political strategy, Israel is fighting to reinforce the supremacist project it has built for decades between the river and the sea.

By Oren Yiftachel October 15, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Deceive, defy, and defer: Netanyahu’s time-tested strategy to outmaneuver Biden

For 15 years, the Israeli prime minister has proven his ability to scuttle political agreements — while never losing the United States’ backing.

By Lev Grinberg July 16, 2024

Mourners attend the funeral of four Palestinians killed by Israeli drone strikes in the Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarm, occupied West Bank, March 21, 2024. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Activestills)

From the river to the sea, Israel is waging the same war

The Gaza assault cannot be understood separately from Israel’s divide-and-conquer strategy against Palestinians in Jenin, Jerusalem, and Nazareth.

By Orly Noy April 26, 2024

Screening of ‘No Other Land’ in At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, March 14, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

In Masafer Yatta, our camera can be stronger than the bulldozer

At a screening in At-Tuwani, we realized our film isn’t just sharing our story with the world, but showing our people how we are fighting for change.

By Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini March 29, 2024

Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham holding the Best Documentary Award for their film 'No Other Land' at the Berlinale film festival, February 24, 2024 (Ali Ghandtschi/Berlinale 2024)

+972 and Local Call stand with colleagues Basel and Yuval

The attacks on Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham illustrate the repressive forces working to silence those who speak hard truths about Israeli apartheid.

By +972 Magazine February 28, 2024

Police arrest a Palestinian youth during a protest against a construction site for a new public park near Muslim graves, outside Jerusalem's Old City, October 29, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

What Israelis won’t be asking about the Palestinians released for hostages

The list of Palestinians slated to be exchanged for Israelis should provoke reflection over the role of mass imprisonment in the occupation.

By Orly Noy November 23, 2023

A large billboard thanking US President Joe Biden for his support for Israel is seen above the Ayalon Highway in Ramat Gan, October 11, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The world is complicit in a broken Gaza paradigm

The policy of separation and containment has been central to Israeli apartheid. It cannot be allowed to dictate Palestinians’ reality when the smoke clears.

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 18, 2023

Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak seen in the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, arrested as part of unprecedented legal campaign by Ad Kan, January 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Want to fight for real equality? Look to Jonathan Pollak

For Israeli and U.S. activists, demanding equality tends to mean raising others to our level of privilege. But how many are willing to relinquish that privilege?

By Libby Lenkinski October 5, 2023

Edo Konrad. (Oren Ziv)

My last letter: Speak the words we were taught to fear

+972’s outgoing editor-in-chief reflects on the changes to the site and on the ground during his tenure, and calls for courage to confront reality head-on.

By Edo Konrad September 15, 2023