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Einav Zangauker, at the Shabbat demonstration on the Tel Aviv highway calling to release all the hostages, January 24, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

‘We won’t let them sabotage this’: Hostage families fight to keep ceasefire alive

Amid fears that Netanyahu will torpedo the deal, hostage families are escalating their protests — even appealing to the ICC to intervene.

By Oren Ziv January 30, 2025

Displaced Palestinians return their homes during the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Jabalia, in the central Gaza Strip, January 23, 2025 (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

A ceasefire can only bring temporary relief. It’s what comes next that counts

Any hope for Gaza's future requires not just an end to the war and 18-year siege, but accountability for Israel's crimes and Palestinian political unification.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha January 24, 2025

Palestinians celebrate the announcement on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 15, 2025.(Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘I pray to God it succeeds’: Fragile hope spreads in Gaza as ceasefire deal reached

After 15 months of devastation, Palestinians are anxiously awaiting the chance to reunite with loved ones and return to what remains of their homes.

By Ahmed Ahmed and Ruwaida Kamal Amer January 15, 2025

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The Axel Springer office building which houses Bild, Berlin. (Fred Romero/CC BY 2.0)

Bild published pro-Netanyahu disinformation. Where is the outcry?

The role of Germany’s largest newspaper in the ‘Bibileaks’ scandal highlights the need for a broader reckoning on Israel-Palestine in German media.

By Hanno Hauenstein January 7, 2025

Ayala Metzger stands in front of the home of her in-laws, Tamar and Yoram Metzger, who were kidnapped to Gaza from Nir Oz on October 7. Tamar was returned in a hostage-prisoner exchange last November, while Yoram was killed while in captivity earlier this year. November 8, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

How a hostage family leader became one of the loudest anti-war voices in Israel

After Ayala Metzger's relatives were kidnapped from Nir Oz and abandoned by the government, she had no choice but to become an ‘anti-regime dissident’ — and insist on a shared Israeli-Palestinian future.

By Edo Konrad and Oren Ziv December 6, 2024

Palestinians and Israelis protest against Netanyahu's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, Tel Aviv, June 6, 2020. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

Grappling with Jewish fears in a just Palestinian struggle

Recognizing Zionism’s settler-colonial nature shouldn’t prevent us from reimagining a collective Jewish existence in this land, or taking seriously the fears that are weaponized to justify Palestinian subjugation.

By Haggai Matar November 26, 2024

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a state ceremony marking the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on October 7, October 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

With or without Sinwar, Netanyahu has no interest in ending the war

The Hamas leader’s death could make the return of Palestinian governance in Gaza more likely. For Israel's government, that scenario must be thwarted.

By Meron Rapoport October 30, 2024

Palestinian men work amid the rubble of houses destroyed during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, in the Eastern Gaza City Shujaiya neighborhood, January 27, 2015. (Aaed Tayeh/Flash90)

Gaza’s governance must remain in Palestinian hands

Amid plans for external interventions, it is vital to build a consensus around an interim body to manage Gaza’s urgent needs and pave the way for unity.

By Said Zeedani October 8, 2024

Family members visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, six month after, in Re'im forest, near the Gaza fence, April 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A year after the Nova massacre, survivors are still paralyzed with grief

The Nova festival was the site of October 7's largest massacre. Now, survivors and the families of those murdered are suing the state for negligence.

By Alice Austin October 7, 2024

Palestinians return to their destroyed homes in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 30, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘We’ve lost everything, for what?’: Gazan anger at Hamas grows as war drags on

Palestinians in Gaza are willing to pay a price for liberation, but many question the rationale and lack of forethought behind Hamas’ October 7 attack.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha August 6, 2024

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures to the crowd as he takes part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City, December 14, 2015. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)

From Gaza to Ramallah, Haniyeh remembered as advocate of national unity

The assassinated leader was a proponent of Hamas’ political engagement and pursued Palestinian reconciliation at home and in exile, admirers say.

By Fatima AbdulKarim and Mohammed R. Mhawish August 1, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Deceive, defy, and defer: Netanyahu’s time-tested strategy to outmaneuver Biden

For 15 years, the Israeli prime minister has proven his ability to scuttle political agreements — while never losing the United States’ backing.

By Lev Grinberg July 16, 2024