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A Palestinian family sits in their destroyed home in a quarter in At-Tuffah district of Gaza city, which was heavily attacked during last Israeli offensive, Gaza city, September 21, 2014. During the seven-week Israeli military offensive, 2,131 Palestinians were killed, including 501 children, and an estimated 18,000 housing units have been either destroyed or severely damaged, leaving more than 108,000 people homeless. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
I survived the Gaza violence that Benny Gantz brags about
‘As a Palestinian expelled from Jaffa to Gaza, as someone whose family and friends have repeatedly been on the receiving end of Israel’s brute force, like all Palestinians, I know that the more violence Israel uses, the more it destroys the very legitimacy it seeks.’ By Hanine Hassan Freedom is hard-won, but it should never be the…
By +972 Magazine February 6, 2019
Israeli tanks standing on the Israel-Gaza border while smoke billows from Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, January 14, 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
10 years since ‘Cast Lead’: How Israel first declared total war on Gaza
The firepower, scale of destruction, and numbers of Palestinians killed during Operation Cast Lead were unprecedented in the brutal history of the conflict. Since then, the tactics used have become part of the IDF’s arsenal in its wars on Gaza.  By Avihai Stollar Ten years have passed since the Israeli army changed the way it wages war,…
By +972 Magazine February 5, 2019
Israeli Border Police officers take positions during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 14, 2018. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
The IDF doesn’t investigate Palestinian deaths — it whitewashes them
The Israeli army says it would like to conduct thorough investigations of the Palestinians it kills or wounds. The only problem? It is unable to do so honestly. By Hagai El-Ad A little over a year ago, on the last day of October 2017, Muhammad Musa and his sister Latifah drove to Ramallah to run…
By +972 Magazine January 1, 2019
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Avi Benayahu. (photo: IDF Spokesperson Unit)
‘For the first time in history, Jews can take part in war from home’
Avi Benayahu, who served as IDF Spokesperson during both Operation Cast Lead and the Mavi Marmara incident, explains his worldview and tactics in a lecture obtained by +972 Magazine, including how he sent army officers pretending to be civilians onto foreign television news.  Until Brigadier-General (ret.) Avi Benayahu was appointed to be the IDF Spokesperson…
By Noam Sheizaf July 21, 2015
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