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The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison
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As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison
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The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s foreign media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. It's time to change course.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison
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As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison
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U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
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Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
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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.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
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Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
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Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity
A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long it is stripped of any political meaning.
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A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long it is stripped of any political meaning.
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Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity
A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long it is stripped of any political meaning.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity
A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long it is stripped of any political meaning.
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A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long it is stripped of any political meaning.
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“Abdel Raouf Sha’at and Muhammad Qishta were not only colleagues, but part of my daily life. Their voices are still clear in my memory; I can still hear their laughter from just days before they were killed.”
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With or without a ceasefire, Israel is still targeting Gaza's journalists
The killing of my three colleagues shatters any illusion of 'post-war' safety. But the honor of their work and the memory of their laughter cannot be erased.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“Abdel Raouf Sha’at and Muhammad Qishta were not only colleagues, but part of my daily life. Their voices are still clear in my memory; I can still hear their laughter from just days before they were killed.”
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In Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors
The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.
By Basel Adra
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The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.
By Basel Adra
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In Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors
The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
In Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors
The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.
By Basel Adra
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The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.
By Basel Adra
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"I refused to leave the hospital and sacrifice my patients, so the army punished me by killing my son. I saw him die at the entrance gate"
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‘I will stay inside my hospital until the last moment’
The Israeli army killed his son and arrested his colleagues in Kamal Adwan Hospital, but director Hussam Abu Safiya refuses to abandon his patients.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
"I refused to leave the hospital and sacrifice my patients, so the army punished me by killing my son. I saw him die at the entrance gate"
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Thousands of Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel protest tonight in Tel Aviv against organized crime in Palestinian communities and the Israeli government’s complicity in enabling it.
Videos by Haggai Matar
Videos by Haggai Matar
January 31, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Thousands of Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel protest tonight in Tel Aviv against organized crime in Palestinian communities and the Israeli government’s complicity in enabling it.
Videos by Haggai Matar
Videos by Haggai Matar
As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings.
By Basel Adra.
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By Basel Adra.
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Inside a multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings. This is how it unfol...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
As settlers set homes ablaze and looted livestock across three villages for over five hours, Israeli soldiers blocked ambulances, arrested victims, and even took part in beatings.
By Basel Adra.
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By Basel Adra.
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How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire
By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
By Muhammad Shehada
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By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
By Muhammad Shehada
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How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire
By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire
By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
By Muhammad Shehada
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By undermining a new Palestinian technocratic body, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
By Muhammad Shehada
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What the Joint List’s revival signifies for Palestinian politics in Israel
Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.
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Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.
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What the Joint List's revival signifies for Palestinian politics in Israel
Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
What the Joint List’s revival signifies for Palestinian politics in Israel
Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.
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Beyond electoral arithmetic, the reunification of Arab parties is a step toward rebuilding political infrastructure and combating social fragmentation.
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‘I cannot help my clients’: The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees
With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
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With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
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The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees
With Israel running its prisons as 'torture facilities,' lawyers point to the absence of state and judicial oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM
‘I cannot help my clients’: The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees
With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
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With Israel running its prisons as ‘torture facilities,’ lawyers point to the absence of oversight allowing them to operate with impunity.
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma
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‘Wet tent syndrome’ is killing Gaza’s infants
Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.
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Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.
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'Wet tent syndrome' is killing Gaza's infants
Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:04 AM
‘Wet tent syndrome’ is killing Gaza’s infants
Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.
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Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.
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Israel’s new national consensus: Returning to October 6
Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.
Analysis by Meron Rapoport, @mekomit.bsky.social
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Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.
Analysis by Meron Rapoport, @mekomit.bsky.social
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Israel's new national consensus: Returning to October 6
Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Israel’s new national consensus: Returning to October 6
Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.
Analysis by Meron Rapoport, @mekomit.bsky.social
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Despite the spectacular collapse of Netanyahu’s ‘conflict management’ doctrine, both he and his staunchest critics are campaigning on its revival.
Analysis by Meron Rapoport, @mekomit.bsky.social
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PODCAST: MK Aida Touma-Suleiman reflects on a decade inside the Knesset, and the limits of trying to fight from within a system built to exclude Palestinians.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
PODCAST: MK Aida Touma-Suleiman reflects on a decade inside the Knesset, and the limits of trying to fight from within a system built to exclude Palestinians.
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‘Impunity won’t last forever’: What gives Francesca Albanese hope
The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.
Interview by Samah Salaime
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The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.
Interview by Samah Salaime
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‘Impunity won't last forever’: What gives Francesca Albanese hope
The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
‘Impunity won’t last forever’: What gives Francesca Albanese hope
The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.
Interview by Samah Salaime
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The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.
Interview by Samah Salaime
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Arab Barghouti explains why advocating for his father’s release is not about appointing a leader—but about letting the Palestinian people choose for themselves.
Listen to the full conversation:
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#Shorts #Podcast #Palestine #Israel #SelfDetermination
Listen to the full conversation:
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#Shorts #Podcast #Palestine #Israel #SelfDetermination
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Arab Barghouti explains why advocating for his father’s release is not about appointing a leader—but about letting the Palestinian people choose for themselves.
Listen to the full conversation:
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#Shorts #Podcast #Palestine #Israel #SelfDetermination
Listen to the full conversation:
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#Shorts #Podcast #Palestine #Israel #SelfDetermination
Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide
A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.
By Hanno Hauenstein
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A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.
By Hanno Hauenstein
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Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide
A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide
A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.
By Hanno Hauenstein
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A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.
By Hanno Hauenstein
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TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 AM
TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps
A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
Majd Jawad reports.
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A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
Majd Jawad reports.
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Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps
A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps
A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
Majd Jawad reports.
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A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
Majd Jawad reports.
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Since January 2023, around 4,000 Palestinians have been driven from their homes in the West Bank by state-backed settler violence.
Today, the community of Ras Ein Al-Auja stands on the brink of erasure.
By Oren Ziv. @mekomit.bsky.social
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Today, the community of Ras Ein Al-Auja stands on the brink of erasure.
By Oren Ziv. @mekomit.bsky.social
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The calculated erasure of Ras Ein Al-Auja
Israeli state-backed settler violence is displacing the southern Jordan Valley’s last herding community, advancing efforts to empty Area C of Palestinians.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Since January 2023, around 4,000 Palestinians have been driven from their homes in the West Bank by state-backed settler violence.
Today, the community of Ras Ein Al-Auja stands on the brink of erasure.
By Oren Ziv. @mekomit.bsky.social
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Today, the community of Ras Ein Al-Auja stands on the brink of erasure.
By Oren Ziv. @mekomit.bsky.social
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On Iran’s protests, Israeli hypocrisy knows no limits
Only moments ago, Israelis were cheering on a holocaust in Gaza — and now they dare to celebrate the valiant uprising of the Iranian people, writes Orly Noy.
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Only moments ago, Israelis were cheering on a holocaust in Gaza — and now they dare to celebrate the valiant uprising of the Iranian people, writes Orly Noy.
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On Iran’s protests, Israeli hypocrisy knows no limits
Only moments ago, Israelis were cheering on a holocaust in Gaza — and now they dare to celebrate the valiant uprising of the Iranian people.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
On Iran’s protests, Israeli hypocrisy knows no limits
Only moments ago, Israelis were cheering on a holocaust in Gaza — and now they dare to celebrate the valiant uprising of the Iranian people, writes Orly Noy.
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Only moments ago, Israelis were cheering on a holocaust in Gaza — and now they dare to celebrate the valiant uprising of the Iranian people, writes Orly Noy.
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From Jerusalem to Haifa, Palestinian bus drivers and ticket inspectors are facing an unprecedented surge in racist attacks — be it from ultra-Orthodox youth or soccer hooligans — forcing many to choose between livelihood and safety.
Charlotte Ritz-Jack reports.
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Charlotte Ritz-Jack reports.
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Palestinian bus drivers are on the front lines of Israeli racial violence
In Jerusalem and Haifa, bus workers are facing an unprecedented surge in attacks, forcing many to choose between their livelihood and their safety.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
From Jerusalem to Haifa, Palestinian bus drivers and ticket inspectors are facing an unprecedented surge in racist attacks — be it from ultra-Orthodox youth or soccer hooligans — forcing many to choose between livelihood and safety.
Charlotte Ritz-Jack reports.
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Charlotte Ritz-Jack reports.
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Israel’s Somaliland gambit reflects a doctrine of endless escalation
By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.
By Omar H. Rahman
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By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.
By Omar H. Rahman
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Israel’s Somaliland gambit reflects a doctrine of endless escalation
By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Israel’s Somaliland gambit reflects a doctrine of endless escalation
By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.
By Omar H. Rahman
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By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.
By Omar H. Rahman
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‘Here we can be free’: The artists revolutionizing Palestinian club culture
A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.
Alice Austin reports.
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A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.
Alice Austin reports.
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The community revolutionizing Palestinian club culture
A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
‘Here we can be free’: The artists revolutionizing Palestinian club culture
A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.
Alice Austin reports.
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A New Year’s party by Daraq Crew pushed the boundaries of Palestinian nightlife in Jerusalem, creating space for joy at a time of acute suffering.
Alice Austin reports.
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Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
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The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
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Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
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The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
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