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Israeli tanks seen during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, February 19, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In first since Oslo, Israel seizing land for army base inside West Bank city

The seizure order, near Jenin refugee camp, is the latest move aimed at expanding military and settler presence in the north of the occupied territory.

By Shatha Yaish May 27, 2026

Israeli forces operating in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near Tulkarem, January 12, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps

A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.

By Majd Jawad January 19, 2026

Filmmaker and actor Mohammad Bakri at the Supreme Court, in Jerusalem, May 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Until his final day, Mohammad Bakri would not be crushed

Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.

By Michael Sfard January 6, 2026

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Israeli soldiers operate with their armored vehicles in the West Bank city of Jenin, March 4, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israel’s designs for Jenin refugee camp are about more than just destruction

After being expelled from their homes, residents watch from afar as the army re-engineers the camp to inhibit resistance and undermine the right of return.

By Majd Jawad April 16, 2025

Smokes rises above Jenin refugee camp during an Israeli military operation to crack down on armed resistance, January 24, 2025. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Activestills)

‘Worse than the Second Intifada’: West Bank refugees reel from Israeli offensive

Displaced from Jenin and Tulkarem, Palestinian residents say Israel is waging a deliberate campaign to make the northern refugee camps unlivable.

By Hanno Hauenstein February 21, 2025

Israeli soldiers forcibly displace Palestinians along a dirt road through Nur Shams refugee camp on February 10, 2025. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh)

PHOTOS: Israel ravages West Bank refugee camps

Israeli forces have displaced 40,000 Palestinians from four refugee camps in the largest military operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada.

By Wahaj Bani Moufleh February 12, 2025

Bassam Assous holds the body of his granddaughter, Laila Al-Khatib, after she was killed in her home by Israeli forces, Jan. 26, 2025. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Activestills)

After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank

Two-year-old Laila Al-Khatib is the youngest victim of Israel's military campaign in Jenin, while road closures suffocate the entire territory.

By Basel Adra January 28, 2025

Israeli military forces seen during an operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, September 2, 2024. (Flash90)

Inside the brutal siege of Jenin

The Israeli army is destroying civilian infrastructure, blocking medical access, and conducting mass arrests in its largest West Bank operation in years.

By Mariam Barghouti September 4, 2024

Palestinian mourners and gunmen attend the funeral of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli military raid in Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarem, October 20, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israel’s war on Palestinian armed resistance is failing

With army incursions and airstrikes deepening Palestinian resentment, Israel’s violent campaign in the West Bank is driving recruitment for militant groups.

By Fatima AbdulKarim August 14, 2024

Palestinian gunmen clash with Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, November 9, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin, brazen Israeli raids fuel fiercer Palestinian resistance

Incessant Israeli incursions into Jenin refugee camp since October 7 have killed nearly 100 Palestinians, including many civilians. But as repression surges, the children of the Second Intifada are taking up arms.

By Mariam Barghouti February 27, 2024

Rally in solidarity with Jenin's Freedom Theatre in New York, January 15, 2024. (Ken Schles)

Art world takes the stage to defend a Palestinian theater

After an unprecedented response to Israel’s latest raid on Jenin's Freedom Theatre, there will be no going back to show business as usual.

By Dana Mills February 15, 2024

Palestinians inspect the remains of a house that was the target of a drone strike by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, September 4, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israel’s armed drones are heralding an era of automated killing

The army's use of UAVs has led to soaring exports and a mounting Palestinian death toll, yet there is no public debate over their legality or morality.

By Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown) September 19, 2023

Rubble on the streets of the West Bank city of Jenin, following a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in Jenin, in one of Israel's biggest military operations in the Palestinian territory in years, July 4, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israel’s war on refugee camps seeks to correct its mistake of 1948

Refugee camps have long been a nexus of Israeli oppression and Palestinian resistance. The Jenin invasion reveals a new stage in that battle.

By Ameer Makhoul August 1, 2023