Iron Dome

Anti-missile batteries fire interceptors toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Tel Aviv, March 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Iron Dome is intercepting our chances of a normal future

Israel’s missile defense systems have radically reduced the cost of going to war — and a society that does not fear war is doomed to live with it forever.

By Guevara Bader March 25, 2026

The scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon landed and caused damage in the Palestinian town of Majd Al-Krum, northern Israel, October 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinians in Israel’s north ‘abandoned’ by authorities as rocket deaths soar

Palestinian citizens are disproportionately bearing the brunt of Hezbollah’s missiles due to their lack of shelters and proximity to Iron Dome batteries.

By Suha Arraf November 22, 2024

Noam Shuster.

WATCH: Why don’t Israelis ever hear about Republican antisemitism?

A Republican lawmaker can call for teaching 'both sides' of the Holocaust, yet Israeli anchors will still direct their rage at Democrats critical of Israel.

By Noam Shuster-Eliassi July 24, 2022

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Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets fired from the Gaza Strip over the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, May 16, 2021. (Avi Roccah/Flash90)

Iron Domegate is a victory in disguise for Palestine advocates

The dramatic vote in Congress over extra funding for Iron Dome has widened a public debate on the occupation that Israel and its allies would prefer to avoid.

By Mitchell Plitnick October 6, 2021

Israeli soldiers discover a tunnel in the Gaza Strip during ‘Operation Protective Edge,’ July 20, 2014. (Photo by IDF Spokesperson)

Space for perpetuating the conflict: Tunnels, deterrence and profits

Israeli leaders cannot escape the idea that Palestinians must be controlled, all the time and in all areas of life. Indeed, if controlling the Palestinians is everything we want, then the separation wall and the ‘Iron Dome’ are excellent solutions. The longer this snowball rolls, however, any non-military option is ruled out more aggressively, and…

By +972 Magazine September 20, 2014

An Israeli artillery fires a shell towards the Gaza Strip from a position near Israel's border with the Gaza. (photo: Activestills.org)

Gaza truce ends as Cairo negotiations hit deadlock

A 3-day truce between Israel and Palestinian factions comes to an end after negotiating parties fail to reach a deal in Cairo ceasefire talks. UPDATE: At about 10:30 a.m. Friday morning, the Israeli Air Force began striking targets in the Gaza Strip, following rockets fired by Palestinian militants into Israel from the Strip. The rocket barrage…

By +972 Magazine August 8, 2014

A Bedouin woman after authorities demolished her village of Al Araqib, January 16, 2011 (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Israel’s Bedouin: Civilians in death alone

Israel denies Bedouin citizens basic services in life but claims them as civilians when they die. Over 400 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its current military operation in Gaza. According to the United Nations, approximately three-quarters of Gaza’s dead are civilians; many are children. In Israel, two civilians have been killed. One was…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat July 20, 2014

Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Live blog: Escalation in Gaza – July 2014

Following almost a month of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket launches in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army declared that it had launched ‘Operation Protective Edge.’ The Israeli cabinet on Tuesday authorized the call-up of 40,000 reservist soldiers after a night in which the Israeli Air Force launched dozens of air strikes inside the Gaza…

By +972 Magazine July 8, 2014

Palestinians in Gaza celebrate the ceasefire reached between Hamas and Israel. November 21, 2012 (Photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Ceasefire declared, but conditions that led to escalation remain

As attacks from both sides come to a halt, Hamas claims victory while Prime Minister Netanyahu faces criticism at home. The Palestinian Authority seems more irrelevant than at any other point since the Oslo Accords. An agreement over a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect at around 9:00 p.m. local time today (Wednesday).…

By Noam Sheizaf November 21, 2012

Israeli soldiers raid the west bank village of Kfer Qaddum during the weekly demonstration against the occupation, October 5, 2012. (photo: Yotam Ronen/ Activestills.org)

A week in photos: October 4-10

By Activestills October 11, 2012

Will Israel’s rocket defense system help or hurt the conflict?

By David Lehrer Those of us who grew up in the United States in the 1960s may remember that period as one of naïve optimism overshadowed by apocalyptic terror. We were terrified of the possibility that nuclear missiles from the USSR would be launched at us but naïvely believed that if we just crouched down…

By +972 Magazine March 19, 2012