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Dismantling the occupation — brick by brick, book by book

+972 catches up with American Jewish authors Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon in Susya, a tiny Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, as they promote their new book about 50 years of occupation.

By Edo Konrad July 2, 2017

Jerusalem at the beginning of the 20th century. (Library of Congress)

Remembering the history Israel swept aside in 1948

In the late 19th century, travelers on the long road from Jaffa to Jerusalem could stop at a rest station to relax and have a cup of (overpriced) coffee. This past, and the story of Jerusalem opening itself to the world, has been lost in the Zionist retelling of history. By Yonathan Mizrachi There is…

By Haokets April 21, 2017

A Palestine man holds the key to his former home left behind in front of his house, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, May 15, 2016. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Mapping the Palestinian villages erased and replaced with Jewish towns

A new map seeks to provide new information on the Palestinian cities, towns, and villages that were erased and replaced since the inception of the Zionist movement. By Tom Pessah Immigrants coming to Israel are unlikely to know the name “Mlabes,” but Israelis are more acquainted with it. After all, it is the name of a…

By +972 Magazine January 29, 2017

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Israeli police officers stand guard as the home of Hana al-Nakib and her four children is demolished, in the city of Lod, February 10, 2015. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Home demolitions: A reminder that the Nakba never ended

The destruction of Hanaa’ al-Naqib’s home in Lydd this week is a reminder that Israel’s dispossession of Palestinians didn’t end in 1948 — it has simply taken on new forms. We could hear the wailing all the way from the entrance to the besieged neighborhood. It was a heartbreaking sound. We quietly make our way…

By Rami Younis February 13, 2015

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Shulamit Aloni, 1928-2014: Mother and prophet of the left

The woman who made human rights the central issue of the left’s political agenda has died at 86. Fearless and true to her values, Aloni stood up to Israel’s generals and rabbis until her very last days. Shulamit Aloni, founder of leftist Meretz party, former minister of education and the legendary mother of the Israeli…

By Noam Sheizaf January 24, 2014

Palestinians being expelled from Lydda in 1948 during Operation Danny. (Palmach archive, photographer unknown)

‘Thanks for doing Zionism’s filthy work’: A response to Ari Shavit

Israeli journalist Ari Shavit expresses gratitude for the perpetrators of the Lydda expulsion and massacre — for doing the ‘filthy work,’ explaining that, even ‘the critics of later years enjoyed the fruits of their deed.’ A response to Shavit’s ‘Lydda, 1948‘, published in The New Yorker. By Ami Asher Palestinian historian Nur Massalha wrote that from…

By +972 Magazine November 11, 2013

A Palestinian photographer standing during a minute of silence commemorating the Nakba, during a ceremony held by Palestinian and Israeli students in the entrance to the Tel Aviv University. Rightwing vigil protesting the ceremony and policemen are seen in the background. May 13, 2013 (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills)

Despite efforts to erase it, the Nakba’s memory is more present than ever in Israel

The Israeli Right has been waging a war on history in recent years, using extreme measures to remove evidence of the Nakba from the national discourse. It failed. Yedioth Hakibbutz is the weekly magazine of the United Kibbutz Movement. It is delivered every week to hundreds of Kibbutzim as part of the weekend edition of Yedioth Ahronoth,…

By Noam Sheizaf May 14, 2013

WATCH: Right-wing group posts video of ‘Haganah Castrator’

The supremacist organization Lehava published a video on its website yesterday showing two former Palmach fighters from the Hagana, boasting about how they castrated Arabs upon orders from David Ben-Gurion himself. It’s an old clip taken from a documentary made in 2010 called “Nevelot” (bastards). The movie tells about the lives of two men, Meir Lavetovsky and…

By Ami Kaufman July 23, 2012

Opinion: Extremist Rabbi Dov Lior has widespread support

By Eyal Clyne On Monday 27 June, Rabbi Dov Lior was arrested by the Israeli police for refusing to report for questioning about his religious sponsorship of a book advocating racism and war crimes (i.e. “permitting” the killing of civilians in Gaza, according to Halacha). For decades many Israeli rabbis have often openly promoted violence…

By +972 Magazine July 16, 2011