Ghousoon Bisharat

Ghousoon Bisharat is the editor-in-chief of +972 Magazine

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Mohammed Kanaan (wearing the red keffiyeh) takes a selfie with deported Palestinian men who had been released at a checkpoint near the town of Ni’lin, including Maher Awad, 25, from Michigan (foreground), and Sameer Zeidan, 47, from Louisiana, (background), occupied West Bank, Jan. 21, 2026. (Courtesy)

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel

Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

By Ghousoon Bisharat and Ben Reiff February 5, 2026

Protesters march through the streets of Haifa calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza, May 31, 2025. (Yahel Gazit)

In Haifa, where ‘coexistence’ requires silence about Israel’s war crimes

Last Saturday, I joined thousands in the streets to protest the genocide. But the ensuing backlash has made me question whether I'm welcome in my own city.

By Ghousoon Bisharat June 6, 2025

Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, meets with internally displaced people in Rafah during his visit to the Gaza Strip, Dec. 12, 2023 (UNRWA Photo)

‘If UNRWA implodes tomorrow, there’d be no alternative’

Still functioning despite Israel's ban, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini explains how the agency is laying the groundwork for future Palestinian institutions.

By Ghousoon Bisharat and Meron Rapoport February 27, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The not-so-secret history of Netanyahu’s support for Hamas

From sabotaging Oslo to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict. Even after Oct. 7, argues historian Adam Raz, he's still advancing the same strategy.

By Ghousoon Bisharat November 11, 2024

An Israeli soldier closes an agricultural gate in the West Bank wall after Palestinian farmers crossed through during the olive harvest near the village of 'Azzun 'Atma, occupied West Bank, October 19, 2022. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

‘Israel always sold the occupation as legal. The ICJ now terrifies them’

Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu unpacks the ICJ opinion on Israel's military regime, and the lessons of turning international law into action.

By Ghousoon Bisharat July 23, 2024

Palestinians at the site of a destroyed building from an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 5, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘The international legal order needs repair — and Gaza is a part of this’

Al Mezan director Issam Younis explains the obstacles and opportunities for Palestinians following major interventions from the world’s top courts.

By Ghousoon Bisharat May 24, 2024

Protesters wave Palestinian flags during the 27th annual March of Return in the depopulated villages of Hawsha and Al-Kasair, northern Israel, May 14, 2024. (Ahmad Al-Bazz)

‘The fourth generation remembers’: Nakba commemorated in shadow of Gaza war

Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel joined the annual March of Return, with many making connections to the violent displacement in Gaza.

By Baker Zoubi and Ghousoon Bisharat May 14, 2024

Anti-missile system fires interception missiles as drones and missiles are fired from Iran, as seen over Tel Aviv, April 14, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

As Iran and Israel collide, will Palestinians pay the price?

The risk of all-out regional war grows more likely with every day that passes without a ceasefire in Gaza, warns expert Khaled Elgindy.

By Ghousoon Bisharat April 15, 2024

Hundreds of Israelis donate blood in Jerusalem, on October 9, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

A Palestinian physician in Israel wrestles with her duty in the war

Lina Qasem-Hassan was due to join a medical delegation to Gaza. Then the war broke out, and she found herself treating Israeli survivors.

By Ghousoon Bisharat November 16, 2023

Israel's chief of police Kobi Shabtai is seen flanked by other police officers responding to an alleged terror attack in the Jewish settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, outside of Jerusalem, August 1, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘This is political persecution’: Israel cracks down on internal critics of its Gaza war

Palestinians, as well as some left-wing Jews, are being suspended from studies, fired from jobs, or arrested at night — all because of social media posts.

By Ghousoon Bisharat, Oren Ziv and Baker Zoubi October 17, 2023