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Security and rescue forces are seen at the scene where an ultra-Orthodox teenager was killed and three others were wounded after being hit by a bus during a mass demonstration against the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews to the Israeli army, Jerusalem, January 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinian bus drivers are on the front lines of Israeli racial violence

From Jerusalem to Haifa, bus drivers and ticket inspectors are facing an unprecedented surge in attacks — be it from ultra-Orthodox youth or soccer hooligans — forcing many to choose between livelihood and safety.

By Charlotte Ritz-Jack January 15, 2026

Fadi Aneq, Sari Mansur, and Ashraf Mitanis of Daraq Crew. (Courtesy)

‘Here we can be free’: The community revolutionizing Palestinian club culture

A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.

By Alice Austin January 12, 2026

A Palestinian flag hangs on a building in Amsterdam, Holland, June 20, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Between a revolution and a whisper

For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence the condition of our citizenship. But encountering solidarity abroad, I realized my body forgot what it feels like to speak freely.

By Thawra Abukhdeir October 6, 2025

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Protesters march through the streets of Haifa calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza, May 31, 2025. (Yahel Gazit)

In Haifa, where ‘coexistence’ requires silence about Israel’s war crimes

Last Saturday, I joined thousands in the streets to protest the genocide. But the ensuing backlash has made me question whether I'm welcome in my own city.

By Ghousoon Bisharat June 6, 2025

University of Haifa (Wikimedia Commons)

How Haifa University’s Students’ Union conspired against Palestinians

Palestinian students arrived at the union’s office to submit their candidacy for elections. The administration slammed the door in their faces.

By Baker Zoubi September 13, 2024

Israeli activists protest against the arrest of members of the Arab High Follow-Up Committee earlier in the day, Tel Aviv District Police Station, November 9, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Israeli police repressing anti-war protests with ‘iron fist,’ say activists

Since October 7, Israel's police have systematically banned, restricted, and attacked protests against the army's assault on Gaza, instilling a sense of fear among Jewish and Palestinian citizens alike.

By Oren Ziv January 24, 2024

A discussion held during the Jerusalem Arab Film Festival at Yabous Cultural Center, occupied East Jerusalem. (Samir Shareef)

At local festivals, Palestinian cinema steps out of its comfort zone

Two film festivals in Haifa and Jerusalem showcased an appetite for a Palestinian cinema scene that is thriving despite many obstacles.

By Vera Sajrawi August 16, 2023

Maya Odeh. (Anan Odeh)

The yoga teacher guiding Palestinians to reclaim their bodies

Maya Odeh craved a yoga space that would understand her experience as a Palestinian woman living under Israeli apartheid. So she created it.

By Vera Sajrawi July 18, 2023

Baladna youth activists. (Maria Zreiq)

The Palestinian group building power through youth

Baladna head Nidaa Nassar explains how the Haifa-based NGO is raising a generation of Palestinians to overcome their fragmentation and erasure.

By Vera Sajrawi June 21, 2023

Suleiman and Sharifa, maternal grandparents of +972 editor Vera Sajrawi. (Courtesy)

Sharifa’s Nakba: Retracing my family’s escape from Haifa

+972 editor Vera Sajrawi sets out to uncover the hidden story of her grandparents' expulsion in 1948, walking the streets on which they used to live before being made refugees in their own homeland.

By Vera Sajrawi May 15, 2023

Rasha Nahas performing in a show for her new album 'Amrat' at Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, January 2023. (Laura Müller)

‘What is this place I long for?’ A Palestinian musician’s healing journey

Rasha Nahas speaks to +972 about opening emotional wounds on her new Arabic album, the 'disarming' power of music, and navigating her identity between Haifa and Berlin.

By Vera Sajrawi February 2, 2023

View of Haifa lower town and Mt. Carmel with Dan Carmel Hotel on top, June 3, 1963. (Fritz Cohen/GPO)

Haifa’s lost Palestinian bourgeoisie

The story of the Boutagy family exemplifies how urban, middle-class Palestinians struggled to maintain their status in Israel after the Nakba.

By Himmat Zoubi January 6, 2022

Hundreds of Palestinians protested against LGBT violence in Haifa following the stabbing of an Arab transgender teen in Tel Aviv last week. August 1, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘A queer cry for freedom’: Meet the LGBTQ Palestinians demanding liberation

Hundreds of queer Palestinians protested last week following a tumultuous year for the community, which is forced to navigate between homophobia and anti-Palestinian racism.

By Lilach Ben David August 2, 2020