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Raviv Drucker presents HaMakor's investigation into the killing of three Israeli hostages by Israeli soldiers. (Screenshot)

The farce of Israel’s ‘liberal’ investigative journalism

A recent exposé on the killing of three hostages by Israeli soldiers highlights how even critical news programs form part of an architecture of public denial.

By Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown) May 22, 2026

Einav Zangauker, mother of the hostage Matan Zangauker, celebrates the ceasefire agreement at Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, October 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel’s hostage protest movement finally prevails — against its government

As those who fought for their release celebrate, the government seeks to recast itself as the hostages’ savior despite abandoning them for two years.

By Oren Ziv October 14, 2025

Fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel’s unbridled war on Gaza’s underground

Unable to pinpoint Hamas commanders in Gaza’s tunnels, the Israeli army decimated entire residential blocks with bunker-buster bombs to crush the passages below and flood them with lethal fumes, an investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham February 6, 2025

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about the need for Israeli troops to remain in the Philadelphi Corridor during a Hebrew press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Why did a British Jewish newspaper publish fake Israeli intelligence?

Israel’s army suspects fabrications published in the Jewish Chronicle were part of a pro-Bibi influence campaign, while the article’s author is not as he claims.

By Ben Reiff September 11, 2024

People gather in memory of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, September 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hersh is gone, sacrificed on the altar of Israel’s ‘total victory’

The parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin pleaded for their son’s release. But Netanyahu chose to cling to power and spill rivers of blood in Gaza instead.

By Orly Noy September 2, 2024

Demonstrators protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, and for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside the Kirya army base in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘Israelis are frustrated, but do they want to stop the war? Not exactly’

Rallying around the flag, low trust in government, rebounding support for Netanyahu: Dahlia Scheindlin unpacks Israel’s peculiar public opinion trends.

By Dana Mills August 30, 2024

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023. (Flash90)

The ‘mistaken’ killing of three Israeli hostages was a tragedy long foretold

Far from an aberration, the hostages’ deaths are the result of Israel giving its soldiers license to kill innocent Palestinians without repercussions.

By Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown) January 9, 2024

People walk by photographs of Israelis held hostage in Gaza at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, December 12, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

‘The hostages weren’t our top priority’: How Israel’s bombing frenzy endangered captives in Gaza

Contrary to initial claims, the Israeli army carried out relentless strikes with little intelligence of Israeli hostages’ whereabouts or precaution for their safety, a +972 and Local Call investigation shows.

By Yuval Abraham December 17, 2023

Families and friends of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza hold a rally at "Hostage Square," Tel Aviv, November 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘We can’t leave any more behind’: Families of Israeli hostages cling to waning hope

Neglected by their gov’t and learning the horrors of captivity from released hostages, relatives fear for their loved ones under bombardment in Gaza.

By Alice Austin December 13, 2023

Police arrest a Palestinian youth during a protest against a construction site for a new public park near Muslim graves, outside Jerusalem's Old City, October 29, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

What Israelis won’t be asking about the Palestinians released for hostages

The list of Palestinians slated to be exchanged for Israelis should provoke reflection over the role of mass imprisonment in the occupation.

By Orly Noy November 23, 2023

Yaacov Godo (left) and Maoz Inon (center) at a gathering of the hostages' families. (Oren Ziv)

Carrying the pain of loss on October 7, these families are pleading for peace

Against overwhelming calls for revenge in Israel following Hamas' assault, relatives of victims and hostages are among the loudest advocates for a full ceasefire and a new approach with the Palestinians.

By Oren Ziv and Yotam Ronen November 22, 2023

Families and supporters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza and protest for their release at "Hostage Square" outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 26, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli leaders are ignoring our calls for a ceasefire. You shouldn’t

We are being held hostage by politicians who have no plan and only know how to bomb. We need the world to step in — now.

By Noam Shuster-Eliassi November 15, 2023

An Israeli soldier is seen among the destruction caused by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Nir Oz during their October 7 raid, southern Israel, October 30, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

How October 7 has changed us all — and what it signals for our struggle

It can be hard to recognize a historic moment while living through it, but this time in Israel-Palestine, it’s plain for all to see. Here’s what we know, and what we can surmise, one month on.

By Haggai Matar November 8, 2023