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MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a discussion and a vote on The vote on the "Flag Bill" in the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

The Israeli right is planning to ban Palestinian parties. Here’s how

If the Netanyahu government secures a forever majority, it will bolster the argument that an apartheid regime reigns between the river and the sea.

By Sawsan Zaher March 23, 2023

Yehuda Glick, a prominent Temple Mount activist, visits the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem. (Oren Ziv)

The Temple Mount movement braces for its moment

With its activists now sitting in Israel's government, the once-fringe movement has gained unprecedented influence over the fate of Jerusalem's holiest site. The next weeks could herald even more danger.

By Nate Orbach March 20, 2023

Israeli protesters clash with police on horseback while blocking Ayalon Highway during an anti-government demonstration, March 16, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Israelis, welcome to BDS

Though not named as such, BDS tactics have been central to Israel’s anti-government protests. And the hypocrisy is not lost on Palestinians.

By Amjad Iraqi March 19, 2023

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Left-wing activists protest against a settler attack on Huwara, in Haifa, February 27, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Do Palestinian citizens want a place in Israel’s anti-gov’t protests?

While fully aware of the danger at hand, Palestinians in Israel are conflicted over how to respond to a movement that longs for the Zionist days of yore.

By Samah Salaime March 13, 2023

MK Simcha Rotman, Head of the Knesset's Constitution Committee, poses for a picture at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Welcome to Simcha Rothman’s vengeful coup

Embodying the rage that drives the Israeli right’s judicial assault, the chair of the Knesset’s Law and Justice Committee is poised to bring his once-fringe ideas to fruition. And, he tells +972, he is just getting started.

By Nate Orbach March 9, 2023

Bezalel Smotrich, February 6, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The danger of treating Smotrich as an anomaly

By marking one Israeli politician as unacceptable, U.S. Jews are sidestepping the need to reckon with the wider system that enables his genocidal views.

By Edo Konrad March 9, 2023

Israeli reserve soldiers, veterans and activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, against the government's planned reforms, February 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A mass wave of Israeli army refusal could be a transformative moment

Civil resistance against the government has put the Israeli military in an unparalleled crisis, presenting an opportunity for those fighting apartheid.

By Shimri Zameret March 5, 2023

Left-wing activists demonstrate in central Tel Aviv following Huwara pogrom, February 27, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

This government’s pyromania may be its downfall

Huwara on fire is exactly what leading Israeli ministers wanted. But with the protest movement taking note, the next phase of their plan is no guarantee.

By Meron Rapoport March 3, 2023

Thousands of Israeli protesters rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in Tel Aviv, February 11, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

The settler-colonial origins of Israel’s constitutional crisis

The government’s assault on the judiciary is driven by the same urge as the state’s founders: to protect their power to privilege Jews over Palestinians.

By Yousef Munayyer February 24, 2023

Opposition MKs holding Israeli flags during a discussion and vote on the government's judicial overhaul plans in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why Israel’s opposition won’t talk about the real goal of judicial overhaul

Government officials have explicitly said their legal reforms are about annexation. Opponents won't admit it because they share the same vision.

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 21, 2023

Israelis protest against Israel's far-right government, Tel Aviv, January 7, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

The radicalization of the Israeli elites

In the struggle against the far-right government's plans for total control, Israel's elites could bring the regime to a breaking point.

By Nimrod Flaschenberg February 14, 2023

Israelis protest against the current Israeli government and its planned judicial reform, Tel Aviv, January 28, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Is Israel’s hasbara bubble about to burst?

For decades, Israel's Western allies have nodded along as it professes to be 'the only democracy in the Middle East.' What happens if they stop?

By Meron Rapoport February 13, 2023

Workers from the high-tech sector protest against the Israeli government's proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli high tech’s ‘political awakening’ evades a violent truth

High-tech workers say the new government's plans could harm their sector. But history shows the industry actually thrives off of volatility and violence.

By Sophia Goodfriend February 9, 2023