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Noa Sattath (Courtesy)
PODCAST: Israel’s genocidal government is dissolving. Its legacy is here to stay
ACRI head Noa Sattath reflects on four years of far-right rule, and the paradox of defending democratic institutions in an apartheid state.
By +972 Magazine August 17, 2026
Khalil Al-Hayya at the funeral of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, August 1, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-4.0)
As Israel sabotages Gaza talks, Hamas’ new ‘warrior leader’ faces his first challenge
Khalil Al-Hayya is a known pragmatist. But the group’s militant wing aided his election — and it won’t accept Israel’s deliberately unworkable demands.
By Muhammad Shehada August 6, 2026
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
As Iran and the U.S. talk, Israel chooses eternal war
Sidelined from discussions over the region’s future, Netanyahu is telling Israelis they’ll have to go it alone — and they all nod in agreement.
By Ori Goldberg July 3, 2026
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A fragment of an Iranian missile lodged in the ground in the Golan Heights, April 8, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
The beginning of the end of Israel’s ‘permanent security’ doctrine
Israel’s relentless pursuit of ‘total victory’ has entangled it in an unwinnable war with Iran, eroding legitimacy abroad and deepening moral decay within.
By Meron Rapoport and Ameer Fakhoury April 24, 2026
Smoke rises from southern Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes, April 11, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
Why the ceasefire in Lebanon won’t stop Israel’s expansionist ambitions
Israel’s push for buffer zones and ‘natural borders’ suggests the emerging ceasefire is unlikely to halt its ongoing ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon.
By Dimi Reider April 16, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an army base near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, July 4, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
Less Jesus, more Genghis Khan: How Netanyahu sees Israel’s place in the world
The prime minister’s historical analogies betray an appetite for eternal war and barbaric aggression — a worldview now reflected in Israel's regional policy.
By Meron Rapoport March 31, 2026
Anti-missile batteries fire interceptors toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Tel Aviv, March 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
The Iron Dome is intercepting our chances of a normal future
Israel’s missile defense systems have radically reduced the cost of going to war — and a society that does not fear war is doomed to live with it forever.
By Guevara Bader March 25, 2026
Meron Rapoport (Courtesy)
PODCAST: Israel’s Iran paradox
Meron Rapoport argues that so long as the occupation persists, eliminating one enemy only creates the need for another.
By +972 Magazine March 13, 2026
Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, Nov. 5, 1956. (Fleet Air Arm official photographer/Imperial War Museums)
Israel’s last war alongside an imperial power backfired. This one could, too
For the first time since 1956, Israel is fighting with a Western hegemon for regime change in a war whose political repercussions are far from certain.
By Meron Rapoport March 5, 2026
Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel burn a picture of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in support of the Iranian people in the city of Holon, central Israel, January 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Pahlavi? IRGC? What’s next for Iran after Khamenei
The U.S.-Israeli assassination of the supreme leader opens the door to a range of possibilities. A democratic transition seems the least likely of all.
By Lior Sternfeld March 3, 2026
Israeli rescue forces at the scene where an Iranian ballistic missile hit a residential area in central Tel Aviv, February 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
We are at war, therefore we are
Months after proclaiming a 'historic victory,' Israel embarks on another offensive against Iran — and the ritual erasure of political dissent begins anew.
By Orly Noy March 1, 2026
Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel and others protest against the Iranian government in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2026.(Erik Marmor/Flash90)
Israel’s lonely push for war with Iran
Internationally isolated, restrained in Gaza, and unraveling at home, Israel sees another escalation as the only way to maintain its aggressive regional agenda.
By Ori Goldberg February 26, 2026
CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, July 7, 2025. (Daniel Torok/Official White House Photo)
How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire
By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
By Muhammad Shehada January 29, 2026
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