Amjad Iraqi

Amjad Iraqi

Amjad Iraqi is a senior editor at +972 Magazine. He is also a policy member of 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
Palestinians gather around parts of an Israeli armored vehicle after it was destroyed during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters in the West Bank city of Jenin, June 19, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid
Palestinians in West Bank cities are fast discovering that if their expulsion won’t be possible, Gazafication will be their future.
By Amjad Iraqi June 30, 2023
Members of the Palestinian community protest against the violence in their community, outside the Knesset, May 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Why Israeli police aren’t the solution to Palestinian crime
​The fixation on policing has funneled us into a debate that avoids the real roots of the crisis of gun violence among Palestinian citizens of Israel.
By Amjad Iraqi June 18, 2023
Khader Adnan seen with his family in the West Bank town of Arraba, August 12, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Why we Palestinians see ourselves in Khader Adnan
Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against.
By Amjad Iraqi May 5, 2023
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
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  1. A clash over gender segregation reveals the blindness of Israel’s protest leaders
  2. At the Gaza fence, a protest wave revives hopes of Palestinian mobilization
  3. The Haredi Zionist who advocated radical openness
  4. Biden’s message to Bibi: Normalization is more important than democracy
  5. Why the 'Pallywood' myth endures
  1. The Haredi Zionist who advocated radical openness
  2. A clash over gender segregation reveals the blindness of Israel’s protest leaders
  3. Biden’s message to Bibi: Normalization is more important than democracy
  4. At the Gaza fence, a protest wave revives hopes of Palestinian mobilization
  5. My first letter as +972's new editor-in-chief
  1. ‘It’s like 1948’: Israel cleanses vast West Bank region of nearly all Palestinians
  2. 'I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter'
  3. 'Youth Against Dictatorship': Meet Israel's new class of conscientious objectors
  4. My last letter: Speak the words we were taught to fear
  5. Will Israel’s High Court defy the far-right government?