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Palestinian taxi drivers gather at a gas station amid a fuel shortage in the West Bank city of Nablus, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

How Israel manufactured a fuel shortage in the West Bank

Long gas station lines are a symptom of deeper structural problems: banking restrictions, total dependence on Israeli supply, and a PA in financial crisis.

By Sami Sawalmeh September 1, 2026

Israeli soldiers inspect a Palestinian car in the West Bank city of Hebron, August 13, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Under Israel’s watch, Palestinian gangs are sowing chaos in the West Bank

By turning a blind eye to armed criminals while constraining Palestinian police, Israel is ‘engineering lawlessness’ to deepen its control over the territory.

By Sami Sawalmeh August 25, 2026

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a police station in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, January 31, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

Everyone is planning Gaza’s future. But the governance crisis is now

By blocking a civil government from replacing Hamas, Israel has created a power vacuum in Gaza — and left Palestinians with nowhere to turn.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha August 11, 2026

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Palestinians vote during the Palestinian local elections, in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, April 25, 2026. (Flash90)

A dubious PA election could be the political opening Palestine needs

Driven by international pressure that lets Israel off the hook, the upcoming vote still gives Palestinians a rare chance to confront an obstinate leadership.

By Omar H. Rahman August 10, 2026

Omar Rahman. (Courtesy)

PODCAST: The cost of a failed Palestinian leadership

As Palestinians face existential threats but also maintain unprecedented global support, Omar Rahman examines why their politics are more broken than ever.

By +972 Magazine June 11, 2026

The first meeting of the National Gathering of Palestinian Tribes, Clans, and Families, May 16. (Mohamed Solaimane)

How clans are organizing to fill Gaza’s leadership void

Extended families across the Strip are holding elections to ensure they are accounted for by aid groups — and, for some, to consolidate political ambitions.

By Mohamed Solaimane May 26, 2026

A Palestinian man casts his ballot during local elections, on the outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, January 23, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

What’s at stake as Palestinians go to the polls for the first time in years

With local elections set to take place across the West Bank and one city in Gaza, residents are split as to the vote's legitimacy and potential for change.

By Shatha Yaish and Ibtisam Mahdi April 24, 2026

View of the road leading to the Allenby Bridge (King Hussein) crossing, September 24, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

The humiliating ordeal of traveling abroad as a West Bank Palestinian

When Israel closed Allenby Bridge without warning, my journey to Istanbul turned into 36 hours of missed flights, uncertainty, and endless waiting.

By Ghaith J. April 7, 2026

Dalia Hatuqa. (Courtesy)

PODCAST: Where is the PA as Israel annexes the West Bank?

Dalia Hatuqa unpacks the bureaucratic transformation of Israel’s control over the occupied territory, and the Palestinian Authority’s inability to confront it.

By +972 Magazine February 27, 2026

Yasser Abu Shabab (Popular Forces/Facebook; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel’s Gaza proxy strategy is collapsing

The killing of gang leader Yasser Abu Shabab, a known felon and druglord, by one of his own men has exposed the bankruptcy of Israel’s vision for the Strip.

By Muhammad Shehada December 12, 2025

Palestinians watch as other families return from the southern parts of the Gaza Strip to the north, along Al-Rashid Street, October 10, 2025. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

Gaza must decide its own political future — before the world does for us

We cannot repeat the slow death of Oslo nor replace Hamas with another detached faction, but instead rethink the foundations of our political culture.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha October 16, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The not-so-secret history of Netanyahu’s support for Hamas

From sabotaging Oslo to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict. Even after Oct. 7, argues historian Adam Raz, he's still advancing the same strategy.

By Ghousoon Bisharat November 11, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a state ceremony marking the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on October 7, October 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

With or without Sinwar, Netanyahu has no interest in ending the war

The Hamas leader’s death could make the return of Palestinian governance in Gaza more likely. For Israel's government, that scenario must be thwarted.

By Meron Rapoport October 30, 2024