Gaza
Hind Rajab and the Dying Light
If Hind’s voice is a reproach, then the humanity of her would-be rescuers is redemption, however inadequate. For the hours they spent with her — comforting and reassuring the child on one hand, berating and beseeching her tormentors on the other — they expiate our collective guilt.
Never Again for Everyone
In April 2025, the author accompanied his mother, a child survivor of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, to a memorial ceremony marking 80 years since the camp’s liberation. At the time, famine was raging in Gaza. As a pro-Palestinian activist and Israeli citizen, the author was filled with complex emotions.
While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Stripped of their permits since Oct. 7, 2023, 160,000 West Bank Palestinian construction workers are desperate to return to work in Israel. Meanwhile, as radical settlers terrorize Palestinians in one part of the West Bank, Palestinian citizens of Israel are finding peace of mind by purchasing apartments in another.
The Army Prosecutor, the Sexual Assault and the Videotape
Israel’s military advocate general has been arrested for illegally leaking a video that shows military prison guards carrying out a brutal sexual assault on a Palestinian prisoner. Liberal Israelis see her as a guardian of democracy, while the far right regard her as a traitor.
The Shape of Gaza’s Future
Following the ceasefire, an imaginary yellow line divides Gaza into two sectors, with the Israeli army in charge of one and an international force poised to take control of the other. A new future is beginning to emerge.
A Palestinian Citizen of Israel Reflects on Life in the Shadow of Genocide in Gaza
What does the future hold for Palestinian citizens of Israel after the Gaza genocide? The author, a Palestinian citizen who “thinks and dreams in Hebrew,” attempts to address the question through the lens of his first visit home since Oct. 7.
As a Tenuous Ceasefire Holds, Will Gaza Dare To Dream Again?
As the ceasefire was announced, everyone in Gaza was caught between joy and disbelief — smiling, crying, uncertain whether to hope. It felt like the first deep breath after years of suffocation, a long pause from an even longer fear.