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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Aug 28

Dear +972 Magazine followers, we have moved to @972mag.com! Follow us there to get updated on our latest publications.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are moving to a new BlueSky profile! Please follow us at

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Jun 4

Israel is falsely designating Gaza areas as empty in order to bomb them -
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Israel is falsely designating Gaza areas as empty to bomb them

The army is using a crude algorithm to declare neighborhoods cleared of residents and carry out airstrikes, a joint investigation reveals.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Jun 3

After his arrest, Israeli prison officers forced a Jewish anti-war activist to wear a pro-Israel shirt, a degrading practice often used against Palestinian prisoners.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Jun 1

Come work with us: +972 Magazine is hiring a Deputy Executive Director

Learn more and apply through the link.

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972 Magazine is hiring a Deputy Executive Director

Apply to join +972 Magazine team!

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 31

Recognition of the army’s atrocities in Gaza has moved into mainstream Israeli discourse. This alone cannot end the war — but it's a profound shift.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 30

The +972 Magazine app puts all our content at your fingertips, and with the optional push notifications, you can get an alert every time we publish a new story or investigation.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 30

Bedouin citizens of Israel protest against the increasing number of home demolitions by Israeli authorities.

Videos by Oren Ziv

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 28

Amid an epidemic of gang violence, activists and experts see Israel's deliberate inaction as part of a campaign to dismantle Palestinian society from within.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 27

After building on their land, Israeli settlers attacked and drove out residents of Maghayer Al-Dir, one of the last villages in the southern Jordan Valley.

Read more through the link.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 23

Ten years after its formation, this experiment in Palestinian unity inside Israel — and its ultimate collapse — shows the need for carefully cultivated alliances.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 22

We are proud to present “Severed,” a new film produced by Donkeysaddle Projects, +972 Magazine, and The Nation, in partnership with Just Vision.

Read more, and watch the film, through the link:

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 20

As Israel destroys Gaza, Israelis and Palestinians gathered in Beit Jala not only to mark the catastrophe of 1948, but to elevate living Palestinian testimonies.

Read more, by Dikla Taylor-Sheinman

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 17

While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

Read the full investigation:

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 17

Since Oct. 7, the Israeli military has relied heavily on cloud and AI services from #Microsoft and its partner OpenAI, while the tech giant’s staff embed with different units to support rollout, a joint investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 16

In a wave of airstrikes from Khan Younis to Jabalia, Israeli forces hit hospitals and homes, killing over 250 and paralyzing rescue efforts.

Ibtisam Mahdi reports for +972 Magazine from Gaza:

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 15

While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

By Meron Rapoport & Oren Ziv

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‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction

Bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 14

Genocidal rhetoric is not new to Israeli politics. But Gaza's destruction mirrors the apocalyptic language pouring out of the Knesset — where the establishment has gradually absorbed members of a former terrorist group.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 14

Before Oct. 7, Saudi Arabia was meticulously reshaping public opinion to support a peace deal. Gaza upended this strategy — forcing MbS to recalibrate.

Read more by Hind Al Ansari

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 8

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 8

With over 70,000 children hospitalized for malnutrition, Israel's blockade on the Strip has left parents to watch helplessly as their children waste away.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Apr 29

Israelis and Palestinians mark 20th joint Memorial Day ceremony

Facing Oct. 7 and Israel’s assault on Gaza, bereaved families sought to make space for shared grief — and insist on a different path forward.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Apr 29

Facing both October 7 and Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, bereaved families sought to make space for shared grief — and insist on a different path forward.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Apr 29

Repeatedly harassed and chased off their land, farmers in Wadi Al-Rakhim were finally able to reap their crops last Friday — but only by sheer luck.

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Besieged by settlers, Palestinians race to harvest wheat early

Repeatedly harassed and chased off their land, farmers in Wadi Al-Rakhim could finally reap their crops last Friday — but only by sheer luck.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · Apr 27

The impact of this intensified blockade is even more devastating than the one Israel imposed at the beginning of the war, after Gallant’s “no electricity, no food, no fuel” order; Gaza’s stockpiles were much higher back then than they are now.

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Weaponizing starvation, Israel seeks full control over Gaza aid

The acute hunger crisis in the Strip is part of a deliberate Israeli strategy to cripple Hamas’ governance capabilities and banish humanitarian groups.

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