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Once an Underground Movement, This Group Has Become Israel's Largest Militia This Underground Movement Has Become Israel's Largest Militia. And It's Just the Beginning

Only a Black Swan Will End the Israeli Occupation

Israel's Dirty Trick of ‘Construction for Palestinians’

As Israel Closes in on West Bank Militants, It Risks War With Gaza

The Suspected Offense: Throwing a Firebomb. The Punishment: Death

Journalists surround the body of Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, into the morgue inside the Hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin, Wednesday.

Israel Asks Palestinian Authority for Bullet That Killed Shireen Abu Akleh Israel Asks Palestinian Authority for Bullet That Killed Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

A Palestinian woman gives water to livestock in Masafer Yatta, South of Hebron, West Bank, last week.

If Israel's High Court Approves the Nakba, Why Should the Hilltop Hooligans Bother? If Israel's High Court Approves the Nakba, Why Should the Hilltop Hooligans Even Bother?

Israeli soldiers hover over Basel al-Adraa in al-Tuwani, in the West Bank.

Israeli Soldiers Beat Palestinian Journalist Documenting West Bank Demolition

Residents of al-Fakheit on Tuesday. “We decided to move things up by ten days and prepare the sheep for shearing, so that if they came to expel us, at least will would have managed to have already done that,” said Mohammed Abu Sabha, a 45-year-old father of six.

In Masafer Yatta, Palestinians Brace for a Second Expulsion

A Palestinian child walks in the West Bank Beduin community of Jinba, Masafer Yatta, on Friday.

Israel's High Court of Justice, the Occupation's Rubber Stamp

Raja Nevahin, seriously wounded during an attack by settlers, at home in Hindaza for the Eid al-Fitr holiday this week.

A Palestinian Family Is Brutally Attacked by Settlers, Then Interrogated by Police

A church steeple in the village of Iqrit, whose residents were displaced during the War of Independence in 1948.

Israel Has a Historic Debt to Pay

Sari Bashi, from her Twitter account.

Israeli Lawyer Takes Senior Role at Human Rights Watch

Shimon Sheves

It's Come Time to Say: We Israelis Took Part in the Tragedy of the Palestinians

Bereaved father Mahmoud Khadour, with his young son Moahmmed.

She Was Born Amid the Second Intifada. She Died Amid Israeli-Palestinian Clashes She Was Born Amid a Second Intifada Lockdown. She Died 19 Years Later Amid Israeli-Palestinian Clashes

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his wife Gilat at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, on Thursday.

If Only Bennett's Sushi Were My Biggest Worry

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, his wife Gilat and their children at the Knesset in June.

Israelis' Hypocrisy on Bennett's Household Expenses

The Ofer military prison in the West Bank, this month. This is where Palestinians encounter the special law that Israel has crafted for them.

Israel’s Other Justice System Has Rules of Its Own

Israel's Independence Day air show, last year.

Israel's Independence Day Air Show to Fly Over Hebron Settlement for First Time

An Israeli settler praying by the settlement of Keidar in April.

How Israel Uses Radical Islam to Justify the Occupation

Fadi Assaf, with his brother Mohammed’s children, Amin and Maryam.

IDF Soldier Opened Fire From a Moving Jeep, Killing a Lawyer Taking Kids to School An Israeli Soldier Opened Fire From a Moving Jeep, Killing a Lawyer Taking Kids to School

Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City last month after Palestinians had shot fireworks at them.

Al-Aqsa Won’t Become a Synagogue. There Are Real Reasons to Fight the Occupation

Palestinian press photographer Majdi Shtayyeh after being shot in the West Bank, in 2017.

Israel Recognizes Settler Shooting of Palestinian Journalist as Nationalistic Crime Israel Recognizes Settler Shooting of Palestinian Photographer as Nationalistic Crime

Michal Rozin (L), Nitzan Horowitz (C) and Tamar Zandberg (R) at a Meretz press conference in June

The Demands Israel's Left Should Make

Palestinians chant slogans and wave Hamas flags during a protest against Israel in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City last week

The Apocalyptic ‘Quranic’ Prophecy on Israel Electrifying Palestinians End Times for Israel: The Apocalyptic ‘Quranic’ Prophecy Electrifying Palestinians

Shams a-Din Aazem at home, this week.

He Has Cancer and a Disability. Israeli Troops Still Cuffed and Detained He Has Cancer and a Disability. Israeli Troops Still Cuffed and Detained Him for Hours

A woman takes a photo of a Palestinian flag hanging outside a window in Sheikh Jarrah, February.

We Are Israeli Citizens, but Don’t Ask Us to Stop Being Palestinians

Professor Goldreich receiving the Israel Prize.

I’ll Keep Doing All I Can for the Fight to End the Occupation

Israeli forces at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem at an event marking the beginning of the month of Ramadan in April

You Thwarted 15 Terror Attacks? Good for You Israel Prevented 15 Terror Attacks, but How Many Did It Cause?

Ayman Odeh, the leader of the main Arab faction in Israel's parliament, last week.

'It's the Occupation We Oppose': Joint List Leader Clarifies Controversial Video 'It's the Israeli Occupation We Oppose': Joint List Leader Clarifies Controversial Video

Israeli security personnel near the scene of the attack in Tel Aviv, Thursday

Opinion Opinion |

Operation Peace for the Occupation

Abd al-Rahman al-Qassem’s uncle, Abd al-Hakim Ghanem, in Ramallah this week. “He did it himself. No one told him: Go and kill. What he did is not a solution."

An Incapacitated Assailant Is Shot Point Blank in Jerusalem, but No One Cares

Yuli Novak.

How the Zionist Left Lost Its Coolest Warrior

Bennet, Lapid and Gantz at the Israeli parliament, Jerusalem, on February 28, 2022

The End of Bennett-Lapid Government, Not the End of the World

Atarot

Mapping Out the Rapid Judaization of East Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers take part in a raid in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 1, 2022.

There Is No Such Thing as a Free Occupation, nor Even a Cheap One

The burned-out hulk of a car torched this week in Jalud. “We pray five times a day, but I pray a million times a day only for the settlers not to come,” says Mohammed Abad.

Settlers With Firebombs Descend on a Palestinian Village at Night, Torching Cars

עזה הריסות בית חנון

Israelis Cry With Ukraine but Ignore Their West Bank Apartheid

A police barricade tape and candles at the scene of the terror attack which took place Tuesday evening in Bnei Brak, central Israel.

Terror Is the Only Way Open to the Palestinians

Nader Rayan’s father, Haytham, this week, with a poster of his dead son. He counted the 12 bullet wounds in Nader’s body, all of them large and deep.

A Teen Leaves for Work. Minutes Later His Body Is Pierced by 12 Bullets

A protest in the South Hebron Hills last year.

Israeli Soldiers Collect Personal Information of Foreign Activists in West Bank

Protest near the Russian Embassy in Rome: Are there double standards in the West's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, compared to its response to Israel’s occupation?

Ukraine and Palestine: A False, Facile Analogy

A newly opened segregated West Bank highway is seen near Jerusalem, Jan. 10, 2019.

UN Rights Expert Accuses Israel of Apartheid Rule Over Palestinians in New Report

Residents of Masafer Yatta, last year.

Opinion Opinion |

When the Judge Ruling on the Fate of Palestinians Is Himself a Settler

Actress Manal Awad as Huda, in “Huda’s Salon,” a 2021 film written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad.

What’s So Scary About a Naked Palestinian Woman?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking via Zoom in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Why I Didn’t Listen to Zelenskyy’s Speech to Israel

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in a hall prior to a meeting with his Belarus' counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow, on March 11, 2022.

And Suddenly, Hope: Cancel Culture

Firas Adwani and his son Sudki, at home this week. A group of soldiers dragged a wounded Sudki to the traffic circle and photographed him, but didn’t offer medical care.

On His Way Home From the Gym, Israeli Troops Fired 31 Bullets at Him

The settler outpost built near the Palestinian village of Battir, West Bank, 2022.

Israeli Settlers Set Up Outpost on UNESCO World Heritage Site

Mud homes in Rotem.

This Israeli Eco Settlement's Problem Isn’t Tourists. It Is Abuse of Palestinians

A shepherd walks with his herd as Israeli army vehicles take part in a military exercise in the South Hebron Hills last year.

After Two Decades, Israel's Top Court to Decide on Fate of Masafer Yatta After Two Decades, Israel's Top Court to Decide on Fate of Palestinian Hamlets of Masafer Yatta

The shrine erected in memory of Mohammed Salah, in his home in Al-Khader. His parents urged him to keep away from soldiers. "First bullet – I’m home," he replied.

One Was on a Hike. The Other Was Just a Boy. Both Were Killed by Israeli Troops

Protesters carry signs saying "Jews Against Apartheid" at a demonstration in support of Palestinians outside the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, on May 15, 2021.

U.S. Synagogues, Stop Canceling Jews Whose Values Compel Them to Criticize Israel

Former Vice President Mike Pence with far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel’s Far Right, Shunned by AIPAC, Is Embraced by Mike Pence

Protesters rallying in support of Ukraine, in front of the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv. What could possibly explain the absence of the Israeli left in these demonstrations?

On Ukraine, Israel's Anti-occupation Left Is a Shameful Failure