Israeli Police

Right-wing Israeli activists gather near the Gaza perimeter fence, during the "March of the Thousands," July 19, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Nearly half of Israel’s government joins march vowing Gaza settlements

Thousands of right-wing activists walked through a closed military zone to the Gaza fence, singing genocidal anthems as soldiers handed out bottled water.

By Oren Ziv July 20, 2026

Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Northern Branch of the islamic Movement, and Mohammad Barakeh, chairman of High Follow Up Committee, arrive for a visit at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 19, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

First Israel silenced Palestinian citizens. Now it turns to their leaders

Recent cases involving prominent Arab officials reveal the state's strategy: digging up old statements and seeking severe punishment in Israeli courts.

By Baker Zoubi July 6, 2026

Palestinians use a rope to climb over the separation barrier from the al-Ram village into East Jerusalem, January 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Palestinians dying for work

Israel shut its borders to West Bank laborers after Oct. 7. But desperation means thousands are finding a way in — and Israeli police keep shooting them.

By Charlotte Ritz-Jack June 12, 2026

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Alex Sinclair's kippah, returned to him by police after they cut out the Palestinian flag sewn into it. (Alex Sinclair)

Israel’s crackdown on the Palestinian flag veers into the surreal

A mutilated kippah and a confiscated Hungarian flag betray the deep sense of insecurity underlying Israel’s delusions of military grandeur.

By Amos Brison May 1, 2026

Police officers at the scene where a Palestinian man was killed in a car bomb in Lod, central Israel, February 15, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

On TikTok, Palestinians in Israel are a scroll away from organized crime

Videos of luxury cars, cash, masked motorcyclists, and veiled threats have drawn over 100 million views, amplifying criminal power far beyond the street.

By Samah Watad April 7, 2026

Police officers arrest a demonstrator at a rally against Israel's war with Iran, at Habima Square, Tel Aviv, March 28, 2026. (Flash90)

Israeli police are violently suppressing our growing anti-war protests

As dissent over the Iran war spreads to the political center, demonstrators face crackdowns while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen.

By Iddo Elam April 1, 2026

Israeli rescue and emergency forces at the scene where shrapnel from a ballistic missile fired from Iran fell in Yehud, March 9, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘Our coverage is not truthful’: How Israel is censoring reporting on the war

Barred from publishing details of Iranian missile impacts or interceptions, local and international journalists are struggling to tell the full story.

By Oren Ziv March 13, 2026

Israeli forces stand guard as Palestinians pass through the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, February 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel warns of a Ramadan escalation — while doing everything to provoke one

Eroding the status quo at Al-Aqsa, backing settler pogroms, ignoring violent crime: If there is an eruption, it will have been engineered by Israel alone.

By Baker Zoubi February 24, 2026

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen with security forces during a tour of the Bedouin village of Tarabin Al-Sana, southern Israel, December 31, 2025. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Israel is ‘restoring governance’ to the Negev — by terrorizing Palestinians

With the pretext of a stolen horse, police have turned the Bedouin village of Tarabin Al-Sana into a war zone. A fatal shooting was only a matter of time.

By Oren Ziv January 9, 2026

A Palestinian man accused of taking part in a lynching during a 2021 riot in Akka, at a court hearing in Haifa, July 28, 2022. (Flash90)

When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens

The outcome of two recent murder cases — one of a Jewish-Israeli, the other a Palestinian — has reaffirmed the shallow liberties of second-class citizenship.

By Vera Sajrawi November 19, 2025

Israeli security forces at the scene of an explosion in Ramle, Sept. 12, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Why Palestinians in Israel believe crime is a ‘strategic project of the state’

Amid an epidemic of gang violence, activists and experts see Israel's deliberate inaction as part of a campaign to dismantle Palestinian society from within.

By Baker Zoubi May 27, 2025

Portraits of fascism: a special photography project

Since Oct. 7, Israeli police have arrested hundreds for opposing the Gaza war and published degrading photos of several detainees. Seven agreed to be photographed again — this time on their own terms.

By Oren Ziv May 9, 2025

A promotional poster for Nidal Baderneh's show "Iron Kibbeh."

A Palestinian comedian walks into an Israeli interrogation room

Nidal Badarneh was arrested for joking about Israeli hostages. Yet when Israeli comedians joke about the war, or even killing Palestinians, no one bats an eye.

By Noam Shuster-Eliassi March 12, 2025