Netanyahu's sixth government

Destroyed houses from the October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, April 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen

I write to Israelis who believe they have no place in their hearts for Gaza, to understand how we got to this terrible war — and how we must get out of it.

By Haggai Matar April 18, 2024

Israeli soldiers from the 8717 Battalion of the Givati Brigade operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during a military operation, December 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The ‘second Nakba’ government seizes its moment

Israeli leaders are explicit about reusing the methods of 1948 in Gaza today. But what didn’t quell the Palestinians then will not do so now.

By Meron Rapoport January 2, 2024

Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and Supreme Court Justices at a court hearing on petitions against the government's "Reasonableness Bill," at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why Israel’s top court is greenlighting a civil rights crackdown

After a year of fierce battles over the judicial coup, Israel’s Supreme Court seems totally subservient to the state’s policies since Oct. 7. What's changed?

By Eyal Lurie-Pardes December 12, 2023

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Workers at the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem, June 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Will Israel shut down Al Jazeera?

The government is advancing regulations to close the network's Israel branch, a move journalists and free press defenders decry as baseless and dangerous.

By Oren Persico and The Seventh Eye November 1, 2023

Palestinians inspect their home after an Israeli airstrike, in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 29, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Expel all Palestinians from Gaza, recommends Israeli gov’t ministry

An Intelligence Ministry document revealed by Local Call and +972 shows how the idea of population transfer to the Sinai is reaching official discussions.

By Yuval Abraham October 30, 2023

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Israeli soldiers at a staging area not far from the Israeli-Gaza border, October 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel’s war cabinet has learned nothing from its failures

The leaders who oversaw Israel's Gaza policy for 15 years are incapable of abandoning the erroneous ideas that collapsed on Oct. 7.

By Menachem Klein October 26, 2023

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

A psychological barrier has just been shattered in Israel-Palestine

Hamas’ bloody assault and the ensuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza have been described as a ‘game changer.’ This isn’t an overstatement.

By Amjad Iraqi October 11, 2023

Palestinians inspect the massive destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City's Al-Rimal district, October 10, 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun)

Israel’s government has nothing to offer but revenge

In this time of dark grief, I cling to the one thing I have left to hold on to: the absolute belief that this hell is not predestined. Not for us, nor for them.

By Orly Noy October 10, 2023

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

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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

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