Netanyahu's sixth government

All 15 justices of Israel's High Court sit for a hearing on petitions against the government's amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary, Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Will Israel’s High Court defy the far-right government?

As the Court hears petitions against the first judicial overhaul bill, Palestinian human rights lawyer Hassan Jabareen assesses the state of play.

By Ghousoon Bisharat September 15, 2023

Edo Konrad. (Oren Ziv)

My last letter: Speak the words we were taught to fear

+972’s outgoing editor-in-chief reflects on the changes to the site and on the ground during his tenure, and calls for courage to confront reality head-on.

By Edo Konrad September 15, 2023

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 30, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

‘Sorry Mohammad’: What’s behind Ben Gvir’s apartheid honesty?

The national security minister’s brazen remarks are simply an expression of what this government was elected to do: rip the mask off Jewish supremacy.

By Edo Konrad August 25, 2023

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Israeli protesters during an anti-government demonstration, Tel Aviv, July 20, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘We’re shattered and fed up’: The youth on the frontlines of Israel’s protests

Before this year, many of these teens and twentysomethings had never been to a protest. Now they’re taking to the streets not just to fight the Israeli government, but to change the old order.

By Oren Ziv August 24, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with the media during a security tour of the Palmachim Air Force base, on October 27, 2019. (Marc iIrael Sellem/POOL)

Bibi is unmoved by air force refusers — the occupation doesn’t need them

The prime minister's indifference to threats by over 1,000 reserve pilots shows that when it comes to Israel’s security, he’s been bluffing the whole time.

By Meron Rapoport August 22, 2023

Yehiel Indore, who is suspected of shooting and killing 19-year-old Palestinian Qosai Jammal Mi'atan in the West Bank village of Burqa, arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, August 15, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Jewish terrorism: Like father, like son

Israel's terrorists of the '80s faced no real consequences. Now, their children can be found in gov't and media — and committing their own acts of terror.

By Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown) August 22, 2023

Israeli soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade are sworn into the army, Ammunition Hill, Jerusalem, November 11, 2021. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

How mass army refusal is forcing Israelis to rethink their red lines

The dissent of thousands of reserve soldiers offers a rare opening for Israelis to question the army’s primary function: maintaining the occupation.

By Ariel Bernstein August 13, 2023

Members of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and Arab parliament members hold a press conference at a protest tent in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem regarding violence in their community, November 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘The government’s goal is to leave Palestinians in Israel without leadership’

Despite criticisms of the body, Palestinian citizens view efforts to outlaw the High Follow-Up Committee as a dangerous attack on their political rights.

By Baker Zoubi August 10, 2023

Palestinian men read Al Quds Arabic newspaper in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 28, 2006. (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)

The Arabic media on Israel’s crisis: Don’t interfere with its implosion

Across the Arab world, journalists are debating the implications of Israel's anti-government protests on the state's stability and regional relations.

By Baker Zoubi August 3, 2023

Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin addresses the Knesset ahead of a vote to abolish the reasonableness standard, Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s justice minister gives away the real aim of the judicial coup’s first law

In a Knesset speech, Yariv Levin listed five gov't decisions that were blocked for being ‘unreasonable.’ All were about Palestinians and the occupation.

By Ben Reiff July 25, 2023

Netanyahu supporters hold a counter-protest to the mass demonstrations against the far-right government and its judicial overhaul, Tel Aviv, March 18, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

In the looming civil war, the Israeli right has the upper hand

While the government can rely on national-religious identity to mobilize supporters, the opposition’s counternarrative suffers a serious weakness.

By Menachem Klein July 24, 2023

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a dinner at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The waning days of the ‘special relationship’

The White House will not cut aid to Israel or stop cooperation overnight, but the day America treats Israel like any other country is nearer than we think.

By Meron Rapoport July 20, 2023

Settlers of the Nachala Settlement Movement set up tents near Kiryat Arba, with the intention to establish illegal outposts in the West Bank, July 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smotrich wants one million West Bank settlers. That’s not so far-fetched

Seeking to double the settler population, Israel's far-right government is expediting infrastructural plans that were — often literally — laid decades ago.

By Ben Reiff July 12, 2023