Gaza

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

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Palestinian women participate in the protest against violence against women organized by the Center for Women's Programs in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

+972’s Story of the Year: Palestinian women rise worldwide

From the streets of Palestine-Israel to the U.S. Congress, 2019 saw Palestinian women not only challenging historical injustices, but fighting to right present-day wrongs. Now they are rewriting the future.

By +972 Magazine December 29, 2019

Illustrative photo of Palestinian women standing in line as they try to pass through Qalandiya checkpoint, which separates the West Bank city of Ramallah from Jerusalem. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

We are all one staters now

The ideological argument over the future of Israel-Palestine disguises the fact that, for the past decade, we have been living in a one-state reality.

By Noam Sheizaf December 27, 2019

Activists protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, November 23, 2019.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

The many faces of Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu has only been so successful because he reflects and represents the many faces of Israel: victor and victim, global citizen and international outcast, pyromaniac and war-shy.

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 22, 2019

An Israeli attack on a U.N. school in Beit Lahiya using white phosphorus, January 17, 2009. (Photo: Muhammad al-Baba)

To understand the violence of Israel’s occupation, know these 30 stories

Violence and whitewashing are the double helix of the occupation's DNA. Here are 30 stories of Palestinians killed or harmed by its brutality, collected by B'Tselem over three decades. And they’re just the tip of the iceberg.

By Hagai El-Ad December 10, 2019

Leader of the Joint List Ayman Odeh (R) and party member Ahmad Tibi arrive for a meeting with party members at the Knesset on September 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

For the Israeli right, Jewish-Arab partnership is the stuff of nightmares

As far as Israel’s right is concerned, the very real possibility that the country will be led by a Jewish-Arab partnership is the greatest threat of all.

By Eli Bitan December 7, 2019

A young Palestinian protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds a Palestinian flag and looks on during clashes with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza City, May 4, 2018. (Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

For Gaza’s youth, Palestinian national identity is under siege

In the minds of many young people in Gaza, Palestine is no longer place. Instead it has become a vestige formed by history books, grandparents' stories, news, photos and old songs.

By Salsabeel H. Hamdan November 28, 2019

Mourners attend the funeral of seven members of the Abu Malhous family killed by an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral, Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, November 14, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

With Gaza behind him, Netanyahu puts Israel’s Palestinians in the crosshairs

With corruption indictments closing in, Netanyahu hopes his scorched earth campaign against Palestinians will give Israelis the sense that they cannot afford change.

By Edo Konrad November 17, 2019

Palestinians survey the destruction following an Israeli air strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 14, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

On the Gaza fence, a call for stability — not vengeance

The latest round of violence in Gaza has already taken the lives of at least 34 Palestinians. Meanwhile, in Israel's southern towns, residents want stability — not more war.

By Oren Ziv November 15, 2019

Palestinians gather around the home of Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu Al-Atta after it was hit overnight by an Israeli strike in Gaza City, November 12, 2019 (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

Why Hamas is staying out of Israel’s fight with Islamic Jihad

Israeli coordination with Hamas has served mutual interests for years. Now Hamas is hoping to stay out of the current fighting to potentially expand its power in the West Bank.

By Menachem Klein November 13, 2019

Palestinians evacuate the wounded from Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on November 12, 2019. Earlier in the day an Israeli air strike killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu Al-Atta. (Fadi Fahd/Flash90)

To save himself, Netanyahu is going to war with Gaza

Even as Israel becomes chronically unable to form a government, the pounding of the Gaza Strip into oblivion persists — and could tip the scales in Netanyahu's favor.

By Edo Konrad November 12, 2019