Genocide

From the cover of "Daybreak in Gaza." (Courtesy)

Bearing witness to Gaza as a place of life

A new book shows a side of the enclave rarely seen in news reports — its vibrant history, culture, and people — to insist that Gaza speak for itself.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish March 13, 2025

An aerial view of destroyed residential buildings in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood, following the withdrawal of Israeli army in Rafah, January 19, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Gazans dreamed of returning to Rafah. The reality is a nightmare

Few have gone back to Gaza’s southern city, where Israeli forces on the border are still firing at civilians. Those who have barely recognize their own homes.

By Ruwaida Amer February 4, 2025

Demonstrators call for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, January 18, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

The war will only end when Israelis understand this simple truth

Most Israelis now support a Gaza ceasefire. But they still fail to realize that where there is oppression there will always be resistance.

By Orly Noy January 24, 2025

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Palestinians returning to Jabalia amid the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in northern Gaza, January 19, 2025. (Omar El Qataa)

‘My neighborhood was one of the most beautiful in Gaza. All that’s left is rubble’

Rushing north after the ceasefire to see what remains of their former lives, Gazans find flattened homes, bulldozed graves, and missing bodies.

By Ahmed Ahmed January 23, 2025

Palestinians mourn the death of journalist Ahmed Al-Shayyah after he was killed by an Israeli airstrike following the announcement that a ceasefire deal had been agreed, Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)

A ceasefire won’t stop Israel’s genocidal agenda

The agreement may reduce the intensity of Israel’s killing spree, but it is likely to usher in a grueling new phase of ethnic cleansing with Trump’s full support.

By Tariq Kenney-Shawa January 16, 2025

Yahya Al-Batran holds the body of his days-old son, who died from exposure in the family tent on the beach in Gaza, December 28, 2024. (Ruwaida Amer)

‘Every moment I fear losing another child’: Newborns freeze to death in Gaza tents

As displaced Palestinians endure a second winter in makeshift shelters, the death of at least six infants from exposure has sent parents into a panic.

By Ruwaida Amer January 9, 2025

Left wing activists protest against the war, calling to end the war in Gaza and Lebanon, outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, November 20, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

What is the duty of the Israeli left in a time of genocide?

Israeli leftists have been more divided and marginalized than ever since the October 7 assault, with joint Palestinian-Jewish struggle at a breaking point. Yet their sights remain set on long-term political change.

By Hadas Binyamini January 3, 2025

Displaced Palestinians living in tents shelter in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 4, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

The daily battles to survive the Gaza genocide

Making tents out of aid parachutes, waiting days for a tin of beans, re-digging graves to bury more martyrs: here's what Palestinians have to overcome.

By Yousef Aljamal August 14, 2024

The ruins of the Great Omari Mosque, the largest and oldest mosque in northern Gaza. (Omar El Qattaa)

The obliteration of Gaza’s multi-civilizational treasures

Israel’s war has brought ruin to thousands of years of rich heritage in Gaza, with Palestinian experts decrying the destruction as a cultural genocide.

By Ibtisam Mahdi February 17, 2024

Palestinians collect drinking water in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 23, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

In Gaza, Israel has turned water into a weapon of mass destruction

By denying Palestinians safe water since the war began, Israel has created an unparalleled health crisis and risks causing irreversible ecological damage.

By Nancy Murray and Amahl Bishara January 16, 2024

Palestinians wait to receive the bodies of their relatives who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, at Al-Najjar Hospital, southern Gaza Strip, December 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Will the ICJ find Israel guilty of genocide?

Attorney Michael Sfard outlines what could play out as the world’s top court decides if and how to intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza.

By Meron Rapoport January 11, 2024

Former Supreme Court President Barak at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

At The Hague, Aharon Barak will play Dr. Jekyll to Israel’s Mr. Hyde

As Supreme Court president, Barak provided legal armor for Israel's occupation and façade of democracy. Now he’s back to continue the job.

By Orly Noy January 10, 2024

A convoy of Israeli tanks at sunset near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, October 12, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

When ‘never again’ becomes a war cry

In an Israeli war that has been retrofitted onto a Holocaust template, it is obscene that a plea to stop further killing is now read as moral failure.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 28, 2023