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Hamas militants show force during the handing over of hostage bodies to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, February 20, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Gaza’s disarmament trap

Israel’s continued attacks and aid restrictions made a mockery of the ceasefire. Now it is conditioning withdrawal on Hamas giving up every last weapon.

By Muhammad Shehada April 29, 2026

Leandra Rollo seen behind a glass screen at the trial of the Palestine Action 'Ulm 5,' charged with breaking into Elbit's offices in southern Germany, at the Stannheim prison complex near Stuttgart, April 27, 2026. (Ignacio Rosaslanda)

‘Extraordinarily far-reaching’ Palestine Action trial gets underway in Germany

The ‘Ulm 5’ are facing prison time over a break-in at an Israeli weapons firm, in a case experts warn could set a precedent for criminalizing direct action.

By Hanno Hauenstein April 28, 2026

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the fence, January 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A hostage’s mother says toxic gas from Israeli bombs killed her son. Is she right?

Sources say the Israeli army knows that weapons targeting Gaza tunnels can disperse toxic byproducts, which families fear may have killed three hostages.

By Yuval Abraham January 31, 2024

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Israelis attend a shooting practice in a gun shop in Jerusalem on October 15, 2015. Arms shop's owners report a rise in demand for weapons and other self defence gear as violence continues around Jerusalem. (Activestills.org)

Israel looks to alter gun policy, and women are most at risk

In response to the recent wave of violence Israel’s public security minister wants to put more guns in more (men’s) hands and in more homes. The only guaranteed result, however, is that more women will be killed inside their own homes. By Rela Mazali Israel’s gun policy is changing as you read this. The country’s…

By +972 Magazine January 13, 2016

Illustrative photo of Israelis taking a shooting class in a Jerusalem gun shop, October 15, 2015. A number of Israeli leaders have called on citizens to arm themselves in response to a wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks, and the owner of this shop reported an increase in demand for personal weapons. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

More guns will not make Israelis any safer

The immediate solution to every threat or conflict in Israel is to give more weapons to civilians, which often end up killing innocents ad disproportionately affects women. By Tanya Rubinstein These days, and actually most of the time, violence in the streets is making headlines on a near-daily basis. The dangers of citizens arming themselves,…

By +972 Magazine November 25, 2015

An Israeli artillery unit fire towards the Gaza Strip from their position on Israel-Gaza border, on July 21, 2014.<span class="s1"> Israeli attacks have killed 550 Palestinians in the current offensive, most of them civilians. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Amid Gaza war IDF buys ammunition from U.S. stock in Israel

The last time the U.S. allowed Israel to restock the IDF’s munitions from its local supply was in 2006, during the Second Lebanon War. The U.S. approved the sale of $300 million worth of ammunition to Israel, the Pentagon confirmed Wednesday. Among the ammunition Israel bought from the U.S. was “an undisclosed amount of 120…

By Noam Sheizaf July 31, 2014

Handguns. (photo: Joshuashearn/CC BY-SA 3.0)

Getting guns off the kitchen table – locally and globally

How is it that Israel, a state with substantial arms exports, and which demands tight global scrutiny of the weapons purchased by its neighbors, has not signed a UN treaty to reduce violence against women and children? By Smadar Ben-Natan (translated from Hebrew by Ofer Neiman) The Knesset Committee for Advancement of the Status of Women…

By +972 Magazine April 4, 2014