Yali (Yael) Marom

Yali (Yael) Marom is an independent journalist based in Israel.

Recent Articles

Jacob Anthony Chansley, one of the Capitol rioters, is seen outside Capitol Hill after it was stormed on January 6, Washington DC. (Blink O'fanaye/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Bibi goes MAGA: How Netanyahu is exploiting the Capitol Hill riot

The Israeli prime minister and his supporters in the media are spinning the riot in Washington to paint anti-Netanyahu protesters as a dangerous threat.

By Yali (Yael) Marom January 13, 2021

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen taking a "selfie" with students before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 30, 2014. (Danny Meron/POOL/Flash90)

How Likud beats other parties at social media

From the ‘Bibi-bot’ to an election app, here’s how Netanyahu and Likud reach voters online.

By Yali (Yael) Marom and The Seventh Eye February 28, 2020

An Ethiopian Israeli woman confronts police officers during a protest by the Ethiopian community against police brutality, following the killing of Solomon Tekah, July 3, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘They’re killing our brothers’: Why Ethiopians shut down Israel for a day

They’re angry at the media, have lost faith in the establishment, and know that just like other Ethiopian Israelis before them, they too may pay a price for the color of their skin. The demonstrators who protested in Tel Aviv yesterday were not ‘anarchists’ — they were frightened young women and men who want to show they haven’t lost their…

By Yali (Yael) Marom and Oren Ziv July 3, 2019

Bombed out buildings in Gaza City, May 5, 2019. (Mohammed Al Hajjar)

‘My kids think I’m a hero. They have no idea I’m also afraid’

When the bombs fall on Gaza, Abu Ali and his family, like two million other residents of Gaza, have nowhere to run. This is what it’s like to live under Israeli airstrikes. It’s strange to think that less than a week ago Israel and Hamas were closer to war than they have been since 2014.…

By Yali (Yael) Marom May 9, 2019

Palestinians stand next to the remains of a car destroyed during fighting between Hamas militants and Israeli special forces in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, November 12, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

The Israeli army is putting humanitarian workers at risk in Gaza

According to the Israeli media, the soldiers who took part in a botched intelligence operation in Khan Younis earlier this month were dressed up as humanitarian workers. If the details are true, it could put countless people in danger. Israeli troops impersonated humanitarian workers in order to carry out an intelligence operation deep inside the…

By Yali (Yael) Marom November 26, 2018

LGBTQ activists protest pinkwashing during the Tel Aviv Pride March. June 8, 2018. (Activestills.org)

LGBTQ activists block Tel Aviv Pride March: ‘There is no pride in occupation’

The activists were protesting what they called the Israeli government’s cynical exploitation of the LGBTQ community to appear liberal and progressive and cover up its violation of Palestinians’ human rights in Gaza and the West Bank. Several hundred LGBTQ activists briefly blocked the path of the Pride Parade in Tel Aviv on Friday. The activists said they were protesting the…

By Yali (Yael) Marom June 8, 2018

The photo of Razan that circulated on social media.

How the IDF is tarnishing the name of the medic it killed in Gaza

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit published a video it claims shows Razan al-Najjar throwing a tear gas canister into an open field and professing to be a ‘human shield’ — as if that justifies her killing. “Razan al-Najjar is no angel of mercy,” tweeted IDF Arabic Spokesman Avichay Adraee on Thursday. Attached to Adraee’s defamatory tweet was an edited…

By Yali (Yael) Marom June 8, 2018

Ezz a-din Tamimi's father outside the hospital in Ramallah, June 6, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli soldiers shoot and kill 21-year-old Palestinian in Nabi Saleh

Izz ad-Din Tamimi is the third resident of Nabi Saleh killed by the IDF since the village began its unarmed protests against the occupation a decade ago. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Izz ad-Din Tamimi on Wednesday morning during a raid on the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. According to the IDF’s version of events, Tamimi, 21,…

By Oren Ziv and Yali (Yael) Marom June 6, 2018

Israeli riot police arrest a protester in downtown Haifa during a demonstration against the mass killings in Gaza, May 19, 2018. (Nadine Nashef)

‘Police broke my knee, threatened my doctors,’ Arab civil society leader tells court

Seven require medical treatment for injuries sustained during their arrests or while in custody, including Jafar Farah, who says an officer broke his knee inside the police station. Police file criminal complaint against Arab MK Ayman Odeh for calling the officers who refused to let him visit a hospitalized protester ‘losers’. Israeli police arrested 21…

By Oren Ziv, Yali (Yael) Marom and Meron Rapoport May 21, 2018

Palestinians protesting in Gaza during the start of the 'Great Return March.' March 30, 2017.

Israeli activists plan protest in solidarity with Gaza return march

The Coalition of Women for Peace is calling on Israeli activists to join their solidarity protest near the border fence with Gaza on Saturday. Despite the army’s attempts to stoke fear among Israelis and Palestinians alike, a group of Israeli women will join the Palestinian protesters in Gaza on the other side of the border…

By Yali (Yael) Marom March 30, 2018