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Yuval Abraham and Rachel Zsor (David Levene, The Guardian)

+972 condemns escalating threats against ‘NAZA’ directors

A campaign of incitement by government ministers and far-right activists only proves how much Israel fears the truth — whoever is speaking it.

By +972 Magazine September 18, 2026

Israeli right-wing activists celebrate Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem’s Old City, May 14, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

At Jerusalem’s Flag March, Ben Gvir’s Israel was on full display

On a rampage through the Old City, Jewish supremacists celebrated the occupation with racist chants — as settlers put their words into action.

By Oren Ziv and Charlotte Ritz-Jack May 15, 2026

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during the vote to pass the death penalty law in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘They already shoot us for no reason. Now they have a death penalty’

Under Israel's new law, only Palestinians will face capital punishment. Up next is a tribunal to execute those convicted of participating in the Oct. 7 attacks.

By Jared Hillel March 31, 2026

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Palestinian citizens of Israel, including Hadash party head Ayman Odeh, hold a mass demonstration against the epidemic of criminal violence and state neglect, Sakhnin, northern Israel, January 22, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

What the Joint List’s revival signifies for Palestinian politics in Israel

Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.

By Abed Abou Shhadeh January 28, 2026

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in the arrivals hall of Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, November 8, 2024. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Weaponizing Jewish fear, from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam

Rhetoric about ‘pogroms’ and ‘Jew hunts’ aims to obscure reality by generating mass hysteria — which can then be used to advance a far-right agenda.

By Em Hilton November 15, 2024

An Israeli soldier walks past a wall of photographs of Israelis still held hostage in Gaza, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, March 10, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Netanyahu isn’t the only one interested in prolonging the war

A broad coalition of political forces, from Israel's far right to the Zionist left, have differing motivations for turning the war into the new normal.

By Menachem Klein April 9, 2024

Ministers and MKs dance during the 'Victory Conference' for the resettlement of Gaza at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, January 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Israeli public is dispirited. So why is the right euphoric?

The mantra of national unity has abetted the Israeli right’s sense of historic victory. But much of the public appears to be realizing some hard truths.

By Meron Rapoport March 20, 2024

Far-right Polish demonstrators take part in the annual National Independence Day march, November 11, 2022. (Matthias Berg/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

It’s not just Europe’s far right enabling Israeli apartheid

An antisemitic Romanian party is hardly Israel’s first fascist ally. But mainstream European parties have been just as complicit in Israel’s abuses.

By Eitay Mack September 4, 2023

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on the last day of his official state visit to Israel, July 20, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

How the antisemitic far right fell for Israel

The Israeli right's embrace of Viktor Orbán typifies its convergence with a global far right espousing what scholar Jelena Subotić calls 'pro-Israel antisemitism.' She tells +972 why they have so much in common.

By Natasha Soffer-Roth September 7, 2022

Barak Heymann. (Lorenzo Ferroni)

Why the Polish gov’t has this left-wing Israeli filmmaker in its crosshairs

What happens when a film challenges one of Poland's nationalist myths? Barak Heymann found out the hard way when his latest documentary questioned the number of Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

By Libby Lenkinski July 27, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with the media as he views construction work on the fence between Israel and Jordan in the Arabah valley, southern Israel, February 9, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

The Bibi effect: How Israeli media became a far-right echo chamber

Netanyahu turned much of the Israeli press into his personal fiefdom during his 12 years in power — with drastic consequences that resonate to this day.

By Pnina Pfeuffer November 24, 2021

Adaptation of photo of Israeli soldier wearing a 'Punisher' patch (B'Tselem) and a U.S.-Israel joint exercise (IDF).

Brothers in arms

The Punisher skull — whether worn in the United States or Israel — has become a global icon of grievance, hypermasculinity, and violent efforts to assert supremacy.

By Ben Lorber November 18, 2021

An Israeli soldier carrying a backpack with the Punisher/Star of David insignia near Hebron. (B'Tselem)

The US far right hijacked this symbol. Now Israeli soldiers have too

The logo of the Punisher, which was appropriated by U.S. security forces and the far right for years, has become a common sight in the Israeli army.

By Oren Ziv October 19, 2021