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Israeli police surround and destroy the mosque in Umm Al-Hiran, Nov. 14, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

The entire history of Zionism’s injustices, in one Bedouin village

The destruction of Umm Al-Hiran exemplifies the Zionist view of Palestinians as impermanent; moveable chess pieces in a game of demographic engineering.

By Orly Noy November 20, 2024

Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents after an Israeli airstrike hit the Al Aqsa Hospital courtyard in Deir al-Balah, October 14, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘I see my wife and son burning every time I close my eyes’

Families recount the scene of a deadly Israeli airstrike that set tents ablaze at Al-Aqsa Hospital — one of many recent attacks in central Gaza.

By Ibtisam Mahdi October 18, 2024

Marah Mahdi with her niece near her family's tent in Rafah. (Marah Mahdi/Instagram)

A Gaza journalist’s agonizing search for safety

From Gaza City to Rafah, Marah Mahdi and her family have been displaced 11 times since October. Yet surviving each Israeli attack brings little solace.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish and Asmaa Yassin June 4, 2024

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An Israeli tank seen near the Gaza border fence, March 26, 2024. [Chaim Goldberg/Flash90]

Cementing its military footprint, Israel is transforming Gaza’s geography

As Israel expands a buffer zone and erects army bases in the Strip, Palestinians fear the permanent loss of their homes and land.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer May 21, 2024

A Palestinian man inspects the damage caused by an Israeli military assault on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, July 5, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Amid Jenin destruction, Palestinians mobilize with acts of solidarity

Palestinians opened their homes, donated supplies, and volunteered to clean up for families after Israel’s invasion of Jenin refugee camp.

By Vera Sajrawi July 13, 2023

Hadi Tabbal in the New York premiere of The Vagrant Trilogy,
written by Mona Mansour and directed by Mark Wing-Davey, at The Public Theater, March 8, 2022. (Joan Marcus)

Staging exile: A Palestinian refugee epic takes its place in the spotlight

Mona Mansour discusses her play, "The Vagrant Trilogy," about the choices a Palestinian scholar makes in 1967, and the heartbreaks that follow.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 16, 2022

Israelis holding signs of the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael) take part in a Tu Bishvat tradition of planting trees, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Michmash, in the Binyamin District, Jan. 15, 2014. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

The JNF is no innocent charity

The Jewish National Fund presents itself in Germany as a 'green' organization serving all of Israel's residents. That's not what its leaders say in Israel.

By Michael Sappir March 4, 2021

Israeli police arrest an international solidarity activist who had attempted to block a bulldozer brought to prepare for the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, July 5, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Three arrested blocking Israeli bulldozers in Khan al-Ahmar

Israeli forces are preparing to demolish and displace the entire Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar. European diplomats attempt a solidarity visit but aren’t allowed to enter. The demolition is part of Israel’s ‘E-1’ plan to dissect the West Bank, isolate East Jerusalem. By Oren Ziv Israeli police and army officials showed up in the Palestinian…

By Oren Ziv July 5, 2018

Illustrative photo of a Jewish Israeli man inside a sukkah, a temporary structure, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. (Flash90)

Connecting Sukkot and the fight against home demolitions

Around the world, dozens of communities are organizing activities to draw the connection between Sukkot — a holiday in which Jews commemorate the physical insecurities experienced by their ancestors — and the need to protect Palestinian villages in danger of destruction by Israel. By Micah Friedman Israeli demolitions have left 256 Palestinians homeless in the…

By +972 Magazine October 10, 2017

Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Tzai Hanegbi, a close ally of Prime Minister Netanyahu, cropped, December 28, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/Flash90)

Senior Israeli gov’t minister warns Palestinians of ‘third Nakba’

Tzachi Hanegbi, a close ally of Netanyahu, threatens Palestinians with ethnic cleansing in response to the latest round of violence. A senior minister in the Israeli government and a close ally of Prime Minister Netanyahu warned the Palestinian people over the weekend of mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing if they don’t put an end to the…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 24, 2017

A Bedouin woman enters a tin shack in the unrecognized village of Umm el-Hiran, the Negev. November 22, 2016. Residents expected Israeli authorities to demolish the entire village a few hours earlier. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

From Umm el-Hiran, the future of Zionism looks bleak

Israeli authorities delay the demolition of the Bedouin village of Umm el-Hiran. But it’s just a matter of time. A regime that by definition privileges one national group at the expense of another, the indigenous group, has no choice but to destroy Umm el-Hiran for the benefit of the Jews waiting to move in. Despite…

By Orly Noy November 22, 2016

Young Palestinians demonstrate against the Prawer Plan in East Jerusalem, November 30, 2013. (Photo: Activestills.org)

I’m Palestinian and I’ve been incited

Israeli government ministers, ‘Arab affairs’ analysts, and regular citizens incite against us — but they’re also inciting us. And yet, despite it all, we restrain ourselves. By Umar al-Ghubari (translated by Richard Flantz) Yes, you read the headline correctly: I’m an incited Palestinian. Every day they incite me. My most prominent and significant inciters are…

By +972 Magazine January 15, 2016

Two bulldozers and two police officers was all it took, Al Araqib, October 28, 2015. (Aziz Alturi)

Israel demolishes Bedouin village of Al Araqib — for the 90th time

Things have been quiet in the Negev lately. So the authorities decided to take advantage of this period of relative calm and, while everybody’s attention was elsewhere, sent the bulldozers to destroy the unrecognized Bedouin village of Al Araqib — for the 90th time. By Avi Blecherman Bulldozers returned to the Israeli Bedouin village of Al…

By +972 Magazine October 28, 2015