Amjad Iraqi

Amjad Iraqi

Amjad Iraqi is a senior editor at +972 Magazine. He is also a policy analyst at the think tank Al-Shabaka, and was previously an advocacy coordinator at the legal center Adalah. In addition to +972, his writings have appeared in the London Review of Books, The Nation, The Guardian, and Le Monde Diplomatique, among others. He is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, based in Haifa.

Recent Articles
Israeli protesters clash with police on horseback while blocking Ayalon Highway during an anti-government demonstration, March 16, 2023. (Oren Ziv)
Israelis, welcome to BDS
Though not named as such, BDS tactics have been central to Israel’s anti-government protests. And the hypocrisy is not lost on Palestinians.
By Amjad Iraqi March 19, 2023
A Palestinian girl mourns during the funeral of the 10 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army during a raid in the city, January 26, 2023. (Wahaj Banimoufleh/Activestills.org)
The myth of the ‘cycle of violence’
Palestinians spotlight Israeli brutality to demand an end to their oppression; Israelis spotlight Palestinian violence to justify that oppression.
By Amjad Iraqi January 31, 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 25, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/GPO)
Washington won’t admit the full danger of Israel’s far right
The White House's intransigence in the face of the new reality reveals how much the U.S. political establishment has washed away any 'red lines' on Israel.
By Amjad Iraqi January 8, 2023
Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, as Rivlin begins consulting political leaders to decide who to task with trying to form a new government, September 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Joint List is dead. Who will lead the fight for Palestinian citizens?
The re-fragmentation of Palestinian parties in Israel exemplifies the lack of a political compass to guide their struggle, with the public divided on how to confront both a far-right government and a broken liberation movement.
By Amjad Iraqi November 7, 2022
Palestinians visit the site where journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed, in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 18, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Israel admits it’s gaslighting the world on Shireen’s killing
This article originally appeared in “The Landline,” +972’s weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. After four months of gaslighting, the Israeli army finally admitted, following an internal probe, that one of its own soldiers “most likely” killed renowned Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin in May. While claiming it…
By Amjad Iraqi September 8, 2022
Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Why Benny Gantz is one of Israel’s most dangerous leaders
This article originally appeared in “The Landline,” +972’s weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. Benny Gantz is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous officials in Israel’s recent history. The latest testament to this was on display across Ramallah on Thursday, when the Israeli army — which falls under Gantz’s purview as defense minister — raided the offices of…
By Amjad Iraqi August 23, 2022
Palestinians climb over the Israeli Separation Wall to attend the Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the town of Al-Ram, West Bank, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, July 3, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
How Palestinian resistance tore down the Green Line long ago
Israel's consolidation of a single regime unwittingly enabled Palestinians to rebuild their national fabric between the river and the sea. Now, despite their physical dispersal, Palestinians have never been more connected.
By Amjad Iraqi August 10, 2022
Knesset Member Ibrahim Sarsur stands by a monument for the victims of the Kafr Qasem massacre, October 28, 2007. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
Revelations on 1956 massacre won’t dent Israeli consciousness
This article originally appeared in “The Landline,” +972’s weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. Reading the trial transcripts of the Kufr Qasem massacre, which were fully released on Friday after an arduous and decades-long battle, was more harrowing than expected. The infamous killings — in which Israeli soldiers gunned down 49 Palestinian citizens returning home from work after…
By Amjad Iraqi August 2, 2022
Mohammed Halabi, former director of World Vision in Gaza who was arrested in 2016 by Israel for unsubstantiated claims of diverting funds to Hamas, is still behind bars. (World Vision)
How an aid worker disrupted Israel’s apartheid routine
This article originally appeared in “The Landline,” +972’s weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. On Wednesday afternoon, the Be’er Sheva District Court convicted Mohammed Halabi, a prominent Palestinian humanitarian aid worker, of funneling funds to Hamas while serving as head of the Gaza office of the international charity World Vision. The case involved six years of imprisonment for…
By Amjad Iraqi June 16, 2022
Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock during clashes with Palestinian protestors on the holy month of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
The scars of May still haven’t healed
For all the anticipation of another uprising, Palestinians have yet to recover from the last one — because Israeli violence never stopped.
By Amjad Iraqi April 21, 2022
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