armed struggle

Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 6, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Two years after October 7, Palestine has become a graveyard of failed strategies

Even if Trump’s plan ends the Gaza war, Palestinians will face a deep, enduring void: of language, hope, and politics that proved futile in the face of genocide.

By Muhammad Shehada October 7, 2025

Israeli military forces seen during an operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, September 2, 2024. (Flash90)

Inside the brutal siege of Jenin

The Israeli army is destroying civilian infrastructure, blocking medical access, and conducting mass arrests in its largest West Bank operation in years.

By Mariam Barghouti September 4, 2024

Palestinian mourners and gunmen attend the funeral of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli military raid in Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarem, October 20, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israel’s war on Palestinian armed resistance is failing

With army incursions and airstrikes deepening Palestinian resentment, Israel’s violent campaign in the West Bank is driving recruitment for militant groups.

By Fatima AbdulKarim August 14, 2024

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Walid Daqqa at a hearing at Be'er Sheva District Court, January 23, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

Remembering Walid Daqqa, a prisoner with a ‘heretical belief in life’

Walid and I shared a political, personal, and philosophical correspondence for two decades. Even in death, he accompanies me on the path of truth.

By Anat Matar April 24, 2024

Palestinian gunmen clash with Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, November 9, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin, brazen Israeli raids fuel fiercer Palestinian resistance

Incessant Israeli incursions into Jenin refugee camp since October 7 have killed nearly 100 Palestinians, including many civilians. But as repression surges, the children of the Second Intifada are taking up arms.

By Mariam Barghouti February 27, 2024

An Israeli soldier is seen among the destruction caused by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Nir Oz during their October 7 raid, southern Israel, October 30, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

How October 7 has changed us all — and what it signals for our struggle

It can be hard to recognize a historic moment while living through it, but this time in Israel-Palestine, it’s plain for all to see. Here’s what we know, and what we can surmise, one month on.

By Haggai Matar November 8, 2023

Firefighters try to put out burning cars at the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza landed in a residential area in Rishon LeZion, October 7, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Gaza shatters the facade of ‘calm’

Palestinians have long warned that Israel's blockade and repeated aggressions would eventually lead to an explosion. But few of us in Gaza expected this.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish October 8, 2023

An Israeli military jeep seen in front of the Jenin refugee camp during a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in the city, July 4, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Shut out and under fire, Palestinian journalists struggle to cover Jenin assault

After Israeli snipers fire directly at Palestinian camera crews, journalists fear entering the refugee camp on the second day of Israel's invasion.

By Vera Sajrawi July 4, 2023

Rabbi Leo Dee at the funeral of his daughters Maia and Rina at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion on April 9, 2023. The sisters were killed in a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley; their mother, Lucy, later died of her wounds sustained in the same attack. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

A British-Israeli tragedy, born out of the occupation

To omit the violent context in which the Dee family killings occurred is to condemn countless more Palestinians and Israelis to the same fate.

By Ben Reiff April 11, 2023

Palestinians hold a vigil in memory of Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza City, May 11, 2022. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)

What 2022 taught Palestinians

The past year proved that Israel's impunity on the international stage knows no bounds. But looking ahead to 2023, there are still reasons to be hopeful.

By George Zeidan January 1, 2023

Israeli soldiers close a metal gate at a military checkpoint in Beit Furik, east of Nablus, occupied West Bank, October 19, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

Inside the military-settler siege of Nablus

For three weeks the Palestinian city and nearby towns have been encaged by Israeli settlers and soldiers, targeting an armed resistance group that has inspired mass support in spite of escalating violence and daily hardships.

By Oren Ziv October 25, 2022

Palestinian gunmen from Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades seen during a military parade in Balata Refugee Camp, West Bank, September 21, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

The northern West Bank is taking up arms. Will the south join?

Armed resistance against Israeli incursions is mostly concentrated in Jenin and Nablus. But Palestinians on the ground say that could quickly change.

By Basel Adra October 12, 2022

Palestinian mourners attend the funeral one a fighter killed by Israeli forces in Jenin, occupied West Bank, September 28, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin and Nablus, resistance and despair go hand in hand

Palestinian youths are taking up arms amid unrelenting Israeli incursions into refugee camps, with the pervasiveness of death ensuring more will follow.

By Yuval Abraham October 5, 2022