ethnic cleansing

A pamphlet from students at the University of Applied Arts Vienna calling to boycott Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, which forms part of the exhibition "The Splinter" at Bezalel, Jerusalem. (Hadas Hay)

Can an exhibition be ‘explicitly political’ at Israel’s preeminent art school?

‘The Splinter’ at Bezalel Academy was born out of calls to boycott the institution. The result was a fraught collaboration between student unions.

By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman July 9, 2026

Hacham Salim in his greenhouse in the village of Jayyous, West Bank, April 7, 2026 (Timna Rose Peretz)

Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses

In Jayyous and neighboring villages, Palestinian farmers have been served dozens of new demolition orders intended to push them off their land.

By Meron Rapoport May 7, 2026

Fakhri Abu Diab, beside the rubble of his house that the Jerusalem Municipality demolished in 2024, Al-Bustan, Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh)

In East Jerusalem, ‘a whole Palestinian community is about to be expelled’

Israel is forcing out Al-Bustan’s 1,500 residents to build a biblical theme park. To avoid paying huge fines, families are demolishing their own homes.

By Shatha Yaish May 1, 2026

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A report about the shooting at the Israeli Embassy in Paraguay, in the local newspaper La Tarde, May 4, 1970.

The Paraguay Scheme: Israel’s secret plan to deport Gazans in the ‘70s

A new podcast series lifts the veil on the Mossad’s failed attempt to expel 60,000 Palestinians soon after occupying the Gaza Strip. Almost six decades later, Israel’s methods and objectives remain eerily similar.

By Ben Reiff March 26, 2026

Israeli settlers fly an Israeli flag on the house of Ahed Khatib, inside Area B near Aqarba, in the West Bank, February 2026. (Oren Ziv)

‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank

After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals.

By Oren Ziv and Ariel Caine March 24, 2026

Workers seen at a vineyard in the Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, occupied West Bank, September 3, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

The theft at the heart of Israel’s booming wine industry

After seizing Palestinian land, settlers are replanting it with vineyards — then exporting their wine as ‘Made in Israel’ to obscure its origins.

By Marta Vidal and Meriem Laribi January 30, 2026

Ayman Ghrayeb. (Avishai Mohar/Activestills)

At settlers’ bidding, Israel arrests prominent Palestinian activist

Relatives say the detention of Ayman Ghrayeb, known for documenting forcible displacement across the West Bank, is intended to quell his activism.

By Oren Ziv November 24, 2025

Palestinians line up to receive meals from a World Central Kitchen distribution point in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 16, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Collaborate or leave: Israel’s cruel ultimatum to humanitarian groups in Gaza

Under the guise of re-registration, Israel seeks to force all international NGOs to comply with the GHF model, turning aid into a vehicle for ethnic cleansing.

By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma September 24, 2025

Palestinians fleeing Gaza City arrive in central Gaza, September 8, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

I’m in Gaza City, my bag is packed, but I refuse to leave my home

Israel’s devastating assault on my city is forcing thousands to flee in search of ‘safety’ that we know doesn't exist, at the cost of losing our homes forever.

By Ahmed Dremly September 9, 2025

Palestinians walking near an aid distribution point in the Netzarim Corridor, in the central Gaza Strip, June 9, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

The planned expulsion of Gaza’s population is already underway

Israel is conditioning aid delivery to force Gazans south into 'concentration zones.' This plan has begun to stall, but that only portends greater brutality.

By Gadi Algazi June 13, 2025

Palestinian boy holding a leaflet dropped by the Israeli army ordering residents to evacuate the Bani Suhaila and Abasan areas in eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Days of terror in Gaza’s ‘Block 76’

My family clung to our hometown of Al-Fukhari for as long as we could, until Israel's evacuation orders and new assault left us with no choice.

By Ruwaida Amer May 21, 2025

An Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in Rafah, April 2025.

‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction

While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

By Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv May 15, 2025

Palestinians mourn the death of those killed in an Israeli airstrike outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel’s return to war is a prelude to mass expulsion

With Trump’s green light for ethnic cleansing, Israel’s renewed attack on Gaza threatens to become an all-out effort to empty the enclave of Palestinians.

By Ben Reiff March 18, 2025