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Palestinians inspect the damage caused during overnight attacks by Israeli settlers near Al-Arroub refugee camp in Hebron, March 30, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Israeli leaders are condemning settler attacks. It’s a smokescreen

The recent wave of denunciations from ministers, army chiefs, and right-wing pundits aims to obscure the fact that settler violence is state policy.

By Oren Ziv April 2, 2026

Source image: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Los Angeles, California, June 12, 2025. (DHSgov/Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Graphic by +972.

ICE tripled its reliance on Microsoft in last six months, leaked files reveal

Documents show the U.S. agency is storing large amounts of data on Microsoft's cloud while making use of its AI tools to analyze videos and images.

By Yuval Abraham February 17, 2026

Mohammed Kanaan (wearing the red keffiyeh) takes a selfie with deported Palestinian men who had been released at a checkpoint near the town of Ni’lin, including Maher Awad, 25, from Michigan (foreground), and Sameer Zeidan, 47, from Louisiana, (background), occupied West Bank, Jan. 21, 2026. (Courtesy)

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel

Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

By Ghousoon Bisharat and Ben Reiff February 5, 2026

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Palestinians walk among the ruins of their homes in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood in southern Gaza, October 17, 2025. (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

What’s behind Israel’s new plan to divide Gaza in two

While Trump hails "peace," Israel is entrenching a new regime of fortified borders, proxy rule, and engineered despair — with expulsion still the end goal.

By Muhammad Shehada October 31, 2025

An ADWAR employee cooks bread for displaced women as part of the “Resilience In Every Slice” initiative, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Dec. 8, 2024. (Courtesy of ADWAR)

With USAID shuttered, Palestine’s most vulnerable lose a lifeline

Trump's cuts came as a blow to NGOs like ADWAR, which provides aid and job training to Palestinian women across the West Bank and Gaza.

By Ella Halpern-Matthews April 30, 2025

A speaker at the DefenseTech Summit at Tel Aviv University, December 10, 2024 (DefenseTech Summit)

With Gaza war and Trump’s return, Silicon Valley embraces a military renaissance

At Israel’s first DefenseTech Summit, corporate leaders and army officials openly touted their partnership in AI-driven warfare and surveillance.

By Sophia Goodfriend December 31, 2024

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual CyberTech conference, March 3, 3022. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Netanyahu’s last stand

The ex-prime minister's new autobiography shows how his worldview became the common denominator in Israeli politics. That may also prove his downfall.

By Noam Sheizaf October 30, 2022

The Israeli and American flags screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City to mark one year since the transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, May 14, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)

‘Equality’ is finally breaching Washington’s debate on Israel-Palestine

A policy paper centering equal rights for both peoples marks a radical break from the Israel-centric discourse of mainstream U.S. think tanks.

By Mitchell Plitnick May 6, 2021

Protesting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York, February 3, 2019. (Gili Getz)

From courts to campuses, US Palestine advocates are reclaiming their free speech

Despite 'all-out assault' on Palestine advocacy, legal victories and grassroots organizing are creating new opportunities for activism under Biden, says Palestine Legal attorney Meera Shah.

By Amjad Iraqi March 11, 2021

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Jerusalem. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Biden warned of Israeli annexation 50 years ago. Will he finally stop it?

Progressives should remind Biden of his early moral clarity on Israel's occupation — and that rhetoric without action is what has helped sustain it.

By Hagai El-Ad November 30, 2020

President Donald Trump speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference in, Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2016. (Lorie Shaull/CC BY-SA 2.0)

An unholy alliance

Two documentaries reveal how the U.S.'s pro-Israel coalition swung to the far right — endangering American Jews in the process.

By Natasha Soffer-Roth November 5, 2020

A white supremacist seen during the Unite the Right rally, Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (Evan Nesterak/CC BY 2.0)

The GOP has mainstreamed white nationalist anti-Semitism

One year on from the Pittsburgh shooting, it's clear that the Trump administration and the GOP, along with their media boosters, have helped create the climate for lethal white nationalist anti-Semitism to thrive.

By Ben Lorber October 28, 2019

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Tuesday, October 30, 2018, following the mass shooting that left 11 worshippers dead. (Andrea Hanks/White House)

Over 100 Jewish scholars condemn Trump admin for exploiting anti-Semitism

More than 100 Jewish academics sign open letter demanding the Trump administration stop exploiting anti-Semitism in order to quash criticism of Israel on college campuses. Jewish academics are fighting back against the Trump administration’s attempts to silence criticism of Israel on college campuses. More than 100 Jewish scholars have signed an open letter to the U.S. Department…

By Joshua Leifer October 6, 2019