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Residents of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in Gaza huddle around Walid Hattab's cauldron of soup for iftar, April 25, 2020. (Mohammed Zaanoun)

PHOTOS: Gaza makes the most of Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown

With large gatherings prohibited and mosques closed for prayer, the strip’s residents are doing everything they can to feel the spirit of the holiday.

By Mohammed Zaanoun May 8, 2020

Egyptians seen on a public bus in Cairo during the coronavirus pandemic, April 6, 2020. (Mohamed Hozyen)

‘I want to be seen’: Coronavirus lockdown stories from across the Middle East

With a computer, Zoom, and a list of questions, I spoke to young people across the region about how their lives are being affected by COVID-19.

By Yuval Abraham May 6, 2020

Ali and Narmeen Abu Seif on their wedding day, Gaza City, April 10, 2020. (Mohammed Zaanoun)

PHOTOS: A Gaza wedding under the coronavirus lockdown

'Nothing I’ve ever dreamed of has come true, except for this: I’m getting married today.'

By Mohammed Zaanoun April 23, 2020

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People wear protective face masks as they shop for food at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 7, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Quarantine Diary: Part One

The coronavirus may be an equal threat to all, but it is far from affecting all communities equally. This is the first installment of personal stories on how the pandemic is impacting people across Israel-Palestine.

By +972 Magazine April 9, 2020

“It is not about profit, but about protecting people from grave danger,” says factory owner Alaa Qreiqea in Gaza City, March 28, 2020. (Mohammed Zaanoun)

This Gaza factory once made kids’ clothes. Now it makes protective suits

The workshop produces about 400 suits a day to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

By Mohammed Zaanoun April 8, 2020

Israeli Border Police officers wear face masks during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Jabal Al-Arma, near the town of Beita, West Bank, March 11, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israel’s real coronavirus test lies in freeing Palestinians from its grip

The solidarity we demonstrate with Palestinians today will determine what kind of country we live in when the pandemic is over.

By Avner Gvaryahu April 5, 2020

A Palestinian man wounded by an Israeli airstrike arrives at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 14, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Under siege, medical advice will do little to fight coronavirus in Gaza

Instructions like hand-washing, wearing masks, and consulting doctors online are a dark joke when Israel is trying to send Gaza 'back to the Stone Age.'

By Osama Tanous March 25, 2020

Palestinian Health workers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus in the Al-Omari Mosque in Gaza City. March 15, 2020. (Ail Ahmed/Flash90)

Israel’s caging of Gaza is a recipe for coronavirus disaster

The pandemic's arrival threatens to make Gaza even more unlivable under Israeli siege. Humanitarian aid is not enough — Palestinians need freedom.

By Jehad Abusalim March 22, 2020

A billboard put up by the far-right Israel Victory Project in Tel Aviv shows blindfolded Palestinian leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud Abbas. The caption reads: 'Peace is made with defeated enemies.' (Oren Ziv)

Yes, Israel wants peace — after it gets rid of the Palestinians

Billboards posted across Tel Aviv showing Palestinian leaders blindfolded and on their knees reveals what many Israelis think.

By Orly Noy February 17, 2020

President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu stop to talk with reporters on Monday, January 27, 2020, along the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, prior to their meeting in the Oval Office. (White House Photo/Joyce N. Boghosian)

For Trump, Palestine is just another ‘shithole country’

Were it not for his racism, the president could have taken inspiration from the Palestinian people's ability to survive Israeli oppression.

By Eitay Mack January 29, 2020

A young Palestinian girl is seen recovering with her mother by her side after going through a cardiac catheterization at the Wolfson Medical Center in the central Israeli city of Holon, on April 11, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The trauma of sending children from Gaza to fight illness alone

In 2019, more parents from Gaza were able to travel with their children for treatment outside the strip. But the numbers leave out a crucial part of the story.

By Ghada Majadle January 9, 2020

Palestinian demonstrators stand alongside the Gaza border fence during a protest, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 6, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Palestinians in Gaza are bringing their stories of siege to Israelis

A new site aims to bring the experiences of Palestinians under siege in Gaza into Israelis' homes — by translating their stories into Hebrew.

By Orly Noy January 6, 2020

View of a destroyed house after Israeli air strikes targeted a nearby Hamas site on Monday, in Gaza City, on March 26, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

The UN predicted Gaza would be unlivable by 2020. They were right.

Israel is trying to keep Gaza 'quiet' by applying new calculations to make life survivable — without allowing the people to truly live.

By Tania Hary December 31, 2019