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A fragment of an Iranian missile lodged in the ground in the Golan Heights, April 8, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

The beginning of the end of Israel’s ‘permanent security’ doctrine

Israel’s relentless pursuit of ‘total victory’ has entangled it in an unwinnable war with Iran, eroding legitimacy abroad and deepening moral decay within.

By Meron Rapoport and Ameer Fakhoury April 24, 2026

A mural in Tel Aviv shows a young girl embracing an Israeli soldier, July 21, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

PHOTOS: How hypermilitarism pervades everyday life in Israel

From the sacred to the mundane, military imagery suffuses the Israeli public sphere — shaping our imagination, desires, and collective identity.

By Nissi Peli April 10, 2026

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PODCAST: How Israel sells militarism at home and abroad

Sahar Vardi discusses the human and political costs of Israel's flourishing arms industry, and the deep societal shifts demilitarization would require.

By +972 Magazine March 27, 2026

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Friends and family take cover during sirens at the funeral of Ronit Elmalich and her mother Sara Elmalich, who were killed in an Iranian ballistic missile strike in Beit Shemesh, at the cemetery in Beit Shemesh, March 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Compulsive repetition’: How permanent war shapes the Israeli psyche

From October 7 to Iran, the Israeli government has used successive states of emergency to render individual thinking redundant, explains Dr. Dana Amir.

By Dana Mills March 4, 2026

Israeli rescue forces at the scene where an Iranian ballistic missile hit a residential area in central Tel Aviv, February 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

We are at war, therefore we are

Months after proclaiming a 'historic victory,' Israel embarks on another offensive against Iran — and the ritual erasure of political dissent begins anew.

By Orly Noy March 1, 2026

Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel and others protest against the Iranian government in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2026.(Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Israel’s lonely push for war with Iran

Internationally isolated, restrained in Gaza, and unraveling at home, Israel sees another escalation as the only way to maintain its aggressive regional agenda.

By Ori Goldberg February 26, 2026

Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel attend a protest against rising violent crime in Palestinian society, in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity

A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long as it is stripped of any political meaning.

By Samah Watad February 4, 2026

Memorial stickers at HaShalom railway station, Tel Aviv, September 2025. (Nissi Peli)

How a sticker campaign fueled Israel’s war machine

From lampposts to café windows, portraits of fallen soldiers have saturated public space, binding personal loss to a drive for ‘total victory’ in Gaza.

By Nissi Peli November 12, 2025

Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip, July 22, 2025. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)

One target at a time: The logic that helped Israeli liberals commit genocide

By attaching a military goal to each act of killing, Israelis of all stripes could partake in the slaughter without questioning the morality of their actions.

By Yuval Abraham October 20, 2025

Right-wing Israelis protest near the Gaza border in support of the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Strip, in southern Israel, July 30, 2025. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy

The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. It must be confronted at its root.

By Orly Noy September 18, 2025

Israeli rescue crews clear the debris and search for the missing in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva after an Iranian missile strike hit a seven-story building, claiming the lives of at least four people, June 24, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

12 days that brought the war home to Israelis

Iran’s missiles caused many Israelis to feel existential fear for the first time. Even if the ceasefire holds, their shattered sense of immunity will linger.

By Oren Ziv June 24, 2025

Activists protest against the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in central Jerusalem, May 20, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

For more Israelis, calling out war crimes is no longer taboo

Recognition of the army’s atrocities in Gaza has moved into mainstream Israeli discourse. This alone cannot end the war — but it's a profound shift.

By Meron Rapoport May 29, 2025

Sapir Sluzker Amran and Carmen Elmakiyes Amos, 2023. (Shiraz Grinbaum)

Why this Mizrahi feminist movement is disbanding — but not disappearing

Shovrot Kirot aimed to bring together marginalized communities in Israel to build a new political force. But facing funding shortfalls and internal divisions after Oct. 7, its leaders have been forced to rethink their strategy.

By Nathalie Rozanes February 28, 2025