Welcome to +972’s Sunday Recap!

Last month, Al-Saada Tower in Gaza City collapsed in the middle of the night, killing at least 21 Palestinians buried beneath the ruble. As Ibtisam Mahdi reported, dozens have been crushed to death in similar incidents while Israel prevents reconstruction, leaving families with an impossible choice: to live in war-torn structures at risk of caving in, or flimsy tents exposed to the elements.

Days away from Israel’s elections, Eli Bitan wrote, a “sour mood” pervades the Haredi street: As their decades-long alliance with the right frays, ultra-Orthodox parties have left their public facing a draft crisis, rising poverty, and political disillusionment (originally published on Local Call). 

Over the past few years, the most far-right government in Israel’s history has been ticking off a long-established wish list. Yet as Local Call’s Meron Rapoport argued, it still isn’t satisfied: Having realized many of its once-unthinkable ambitions, the right remains frustrated by what it still can’t achieve — and demands even more violence.

On the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, Samah Salaime spoke with three Israeli peace activists who paid the biggest price that day — one who lost a parent, another who lost a child, and a third who was abducted to Gaza — and still believe in a better future with Palestinians (originally published on Local Call). 

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