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The Reality of Returning to Gaza

A Stranger to the Streets I Knew

When a Palestinian journalist returned to Gaza after nearly three years in Cairo, arriving just before Eid, she expected destruction and grief. But she was struck instead by how thoroughly loss has been absorbed into ordinary life.

Gaza’s Hidden Epidemic of Male Infertility

An Unlikely Conception

In Gaza, male infertility is both endemic and taboo. An exclusive investigation follows the hope and heartbreak of one couple’s decade-long quest to conceive, despite blockade and war.

Why Did the British Museum Remove References to Palestine?

Why Did the British Museum Remove References to Palestine?

The British Museum has removed references to “Palestine” as a result of unknown reasoning, processes and pressures. Experts have been surprised by a lack of open engagement on the issue, which has now been raised with the U.K. Foreign Office by the country’s Palestinian ambassador.

Hind Rajab and the Dying Light

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.

Remembering ‘Never Again for Everyone’ at Bergen-Belsen

Remembering ‘Never Again for Everyone’ at Bergen-Belsen

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

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

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.