Welcome to +972’s Sunday Recap!

In Gaza, Israel has escalated its airstrikes across the enclave in recent weeks, burning Palestinians alive as it makes a mockery of the “ceasefire.” Ahmed Dremly and Ibtisam Mahdi spoke to families and friends of victims, who described how the “slaughter continues unabated” while the world turns away.

Meanwhile, 14 Gazan physicians remain in Israeli prisons without charge — including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the former director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, whose detention was upheld this week by Israel’s Supreme Court. As Shatha Yaish reported, the doctors have been denied adequate food and are singled out for particularly severe abuse.

Executive Director of +972 Haggai Matar wrote about the extent of the Israeli army’s media interference: In 2025, the military censor banned or redacted over 5,000 news reports, amounting to 15 articles a day on average, with suppression peaking during Israel’s war with Iran.

Once confined to the margins, a movement seeking Jewish sovereignty over Al-Aqsa and an openly theocratic regime is going mainstream. If last month’s Jerusalem Day was any indication, Menachem Klein suggested, the Israeli right is marching under a new flag — one that bears the image of the Temple Mount.

British courts have now upheld the government’s proscription of Palestine Action and sentenced four of its activists as terrorists. Jonathan Cook explained how a series of abuses of the legal process ensured these outcomes were all but predetermined.

And Abed Abou Shhadeh argued that the Palestine movement must seek power over purity: To confront a genocidal regime, the pro-Palestine camp needs to translate global attention into measurable achievements and build coalitions in every arena of influence.

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