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Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a police station in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, January 31, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

Everyone is planning Gaza’s future. But the governance crisis is now

By blocking a civil government from replacing Hamas, Israel has created a power vacuum in Gaza — and left Palestinians with nowhere to turn.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha August 11, 2026

Khalil Al-Hayya at the funeral of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, August 1, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-4.0)

As Israel sabotages Gaza talks, Hamas’ new ‘warrior leader’ faces his first challenge

Khalil Al-Hayya is a known pragmatist. But the group’s militant wing aided his election — and it won’t accept Israel’s deliberately unworkable demands.

By Muhammad Shehada August 6, 2026

The Nova Exhibition in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2025. (Ted Eytan/CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Nova Exhibition aims to return the world to October 7 — and keep us there

Borrowing heavily from Holocaust memorialization, the mobile exhibit wants visitors to identify with Israeli festivalgoers and forget everything else.

By Em Hilton August 4, 2026

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Displaced Palestinians protest against the severe water shortage threatening the lives of thousands amid warnings of worsening health conditions and the spread of skin diseases, Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 25, 2026. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

‘Freedom, dignity, and a future’: Why Gazans are planning a mass mobilization

The ‘June 26 movement’ may bring thousands to the streets. But threats and manipulations are distorting its message — as has happened before.

By Muhammad Shehada June 25, 2026

Omar Rahman. (Courtesy)

PODCAST: The cost of a failed Palestinian leadership

As Palestinians face existential threats but also maintain unprecedented global support, Omar Rahman examines why their politics are more broken than ever.

By +972 Magazine June 11, 2026

Palestinians inspect the damage to their homes following an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, May 26, 2026. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

After living through Gaza’s carnage, now it consumes me from outside

Moments after speaking to a friend, I received news of Israeli airstrikes in his location. From my newfound safety in Europe, all I could offer were prayers.

By Ahmed Dremly May 28, 2026

The first meeting of the National Gathering of Palestinian Tribes, Clans, and Families, May 16. (Mohamed Solaimane)

How clans are organizing to fill Gaza’s leadership void

Extended families across the Strip are holding elections to ensure they are accounted for by aid groups — and, for some, to consolidate political ambitions.

By Mohamed Solaimane May 26, 2026

Hamas militants show force during the handing over of hostage bodies to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, February 20, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Gaza’s disarmament trap

Israel’s continued attacks and aid restrictions made a mockery of the ceasefire. Now it is conditioning withdrawal on Hamas giving up every last weapon.

By Muhammad Shehada April 29, 2026

A Palestinian man casts his ballot during local elections, on the outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, January 23, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

What’s at stake as Palestinians go to the polls for the first time in years

With local elections set to take place across the West Bank and one city in Gaza, residents are split as to the vote's legitimacy and potential for change.

By Shatha Yaish and Ibtisam Mahdi April 24, 2026

CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, July 7, 2025. (Daniel Torok/Official White House Photo)

How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire

By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.

By Muhammad Shehada January 29, 2026

Hamas militants show force during the handing over of hostage bodies to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, February 20, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

‘Steadfastness’ without substance: How Hamas narrates the Gaza war today

In an updated text, the group is unapologetic for its conduct, taking credit for the damage Israel’s genocide did to itself while offering no political horizon.

By Menachem Klein January 14, 2026

An activist waves a Palestinian flag at the front a feminist march in Paris, March 7, 2025. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

The Gaza genocide radicalized the world — and there’s no going back

People can't unsee a live-streamed annihilation defended under the banner of liberal democracy. They know the Israeli apartheid regime can no longer exist.

By Tareq Baconi December 24, 2025

Yasser Abu Shabab (Popular Forces/Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel’s Gaza proxy strategy is collapsing

The killing of gang leader Yasser Abu Shabab, a known felon and druglord, by one of his own men has exposed the bankruptcy of Israel’s vision for the Strip.

By Muhammad Shehada December 12, 2025