Welcome to +972’s Sunday Recap! 

Since the illusory ceasefire took hold in Gaza, the lives of Palestinians in the Strip have been dictated by an imaginary and expanding “Yellow Line” drawn up by the Israeli army. As Ruwaida Amer reported, along this line, the war in Gaza never ended: Palestinians say even supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning, as Israeli forces advance beyond stipulated boundaries.

Local Call editor Orly Noy wrote about how Israeli lawmakers took advantage of the Gaza war to legislate apartheid: a new report from the Haifa-based legal center Adalah catalogues the more than 30 new laws passed in a two-year legislative blitz, curtailing Palestinians’ rights and punishing dissent.

At the end of November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu made a veiled threat to outlaw Ra’am, one of the four principal Arab-led parties in Israel. With elections in the offing, Ameer Makhoul argued that this move sends a message to all Palestinian citizens: the prime minister is plotting another term in power via delegitimizing an Arab kingmaker and suppressing voter turnout.

In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, far-right Israeli ministers and activists are pushing to release dozens of Jewish prisoners, including murderers, who attacked Palestinians. Sivan Tahel revealed several Jewish terrorists on this hidden list, as the state refuses to disclose their identities.

Will Alden investigated the billionaire family poised to rewire U.S. media in Israel’s favor. Having acquired Paramount and CBS and eyeing TikTok and CNN, the Ellisons are constructing a pro-Israel information empire with unprecedented reach.

And on the latest episode of The +972 Podcast, Ben Reiff spoke with +972 reporter Yuval Abraham, who spoke about uncovering the inner workings of an AI genocide — taking listeners inside his groundbreaking investigations into the Gaza war and the legal and moral challenges he faces when reporting.

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