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Palestinians use a rope to climb over the separation barrier from the al-Ram village into East Jerusalem, January 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Palestinians dying for work

Israel shut its borders to West Bank laborers after Oct. 7. But desperation means thousands are finding a way in — and Israeli police keep shooting them.

By Charlotte Ritz-Jack June 12, 2026

Hacham Salim in his greenhouse in the village of Jayyous, West Bank, April 7, 2026 (Timna Rose Peretz)

Israel’s war on the West Bank comes for Palestinian greenhouses

In Jayyous and neighboring villages, Palestinian farmers have been served dozens of new demolition orders intended to push them off their land.

By Meron Rapoport May 7, 2026

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

A psychological barrier has just been shattered in Israel-Palestine

Hamas’ bloody assault and the ensuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza have been described as a ‘game changer.’ This isn’t an overstatement.

By Amjad Iraqi October 11, 2023

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Palestinian women take photos of each other at the beach in Jaffa during the Eid al-Adha holiday, July 11, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

PHOTOS: A Muslim holiday exposes the farce of Israel’s separation regime

When tens of thousands of Palestinians crossed from the West Bank into Israel to celebrate Eid al-Adha this week, they demonstrated how arbitrary Israel's regime of segregation truly is.

By Oren Ziv July 12, 2022

Palestinian youth open a gate of the separation wall during a demonstration marking 12 years of the struggle against the occupation in the West Bank village of Bil'in, February 17, 2017. (Oren Ziv)

The Green Line is dead. What comes next?

As the tenets of Israel's separation regime crumble away, Israelis face a choice: mass expulsion, formalized apartheid — or full equality for all.

By Meron Rapoport April 1, 2022

A Palestinian laborer crosses into Israel through a breach in the separation barrier, near the Metar checkpoint, West Bank. (Rachel Shor)

They should have been lawyers. Instead they’re at Israeli construction sites

A generation of Palestinian graduates find that despite their degrees, their only way to earn a living under occupation is to work construction in Israel.

By Basel Adra November 7, 2021

Palestinians walking through a hole in the Israeli separation barrier next to the West Bank village of Far’oun near Tulkarem. (Activestills)

The separation barrier is an illusion — and Israel knows it

Most Jewish-Israelis believe enforcing segregation is necessary for their security. In reality, Palestinians defy that segregation all the time.

By Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv August 14, 2020

Palestinians walking through a hole in the Israeli separation barrier next to the West Bank village of Far’oun near Tulkarem. (Activestills)

‘A rare chance’: Palestinians cross breach in separation barrier to enjoy the sea

Thousands of Palestinian families are traveling through large holes in the West Bank barrier to visit the coast, while the Israeli army largely turns a blind eye.

By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv August 11, 2020

A view of the separation wall and Shuafat Refugee Camp, Jerusalem, March 22, 2020. (Photo By Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Abandoned by Israel, Jerusalem’s refugee camp is left to fight COVID-19 alone

With no tests, medical supplies, or isolation zones, the residents of Shuafat Refugee Camp are mobilizing to ensure they stay safe in the case of an outbreak.

By Yuval Abraham April 12, 2020

Palestinians attend the funeral of Badr Nafla, who was shot dead by Israeli troops on February 7, Kafr Qaffin, February 8, 2020. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Israeli soldier who killed Palestinian teen was not in danger, video suggests

An IDF soldier shot dead 19-year-old Badr Nafla in the West Bank last Friday. The army claims the soldier's life was in danger, but a video of the incident suggests a different story.

By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv February 11, 2020

Israeli settlers seen celebrating Israeli Independence Day near the outpost of Havat Gilad, West Bank, May 9, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

The decade Israel erased the Green Line

For years, Israel's settlement enterprise was widely viewed as temporary and reversible. Today, after a decade of Netanyahu and three years of Trump, the West Bank has become part of the Israeli mainstream.

By Dror Etkes December 26, 2019

Former President of Israel's Supreme Court Aharon Barak. (פרס א.מ.ת/CC BY-SA 3.0)

The man who helped build Israel’s legal infrastructure of oppression

Aharon Barak says he is concerned about Israeli democracy, but he bears responsibility for no small part of where the country is today. By Hagai El-Ad Former Chief Justice Aharon Barak is completely at peace with his ruling on targeted assassinations. On a recent episode of an Israeli investigative TV program, he went so far…

By +972 Magazine July 4, 2019

A Palestinian boy watches a bulldozer clearing land for the Israeli separation wall surrounding the West Bank village of al-Walaja, September 5, 2011. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler)

When the occupation dictates your life — and your funeral

Long before he died in a work accident on an Israeli construction site, Muhamad Barghouth’s life was dictated by the violent whims of military occupation. By Aviv Tatarsky Last month, the grandson of a very close friend of mine was killed. Muhamad Bargouth, 22, whose grandfather I have grown close to in my many visits…

By +972 Magazine November 5, 2018