Israel
A Musician’s Life in the Rubble
Parvaneh spent years earning her place in the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, along with the professional double bass she had struggled to afford. After losing her job amid the turmoil that preceded the war, a U.S.-Israeli strike destroyed her home and shattered her instrument.
What Israel Left Standing
New Lines examined five Israeli airstrikes in and around Beirut, each presented as a targeted operation against a specific individual. The investigation maps a spectrum of destruction — from one man killed while his family survived to two residential buildings reduced to rubble — and asks what accounts for such varied outcomes.
How the War in Ukraine Reshaped Israel’s ‘Russian’ Community
The 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered significant shifts within Israel’s Russian-speaking community. Once viewed as culturally and linguistically monolithic, Russians and Ukrainians are now asserting their unique identities, which include political views notably more liberal than those of the generation who arrived as adults in the 1990s.
Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem
Israel is slowly squeezing Arab cultural life from East Jerusalem, using a series of laws banning Palestinian self-rule and raiding cultural institutions, including a historic bookstore and theater.
Iran’s Internet Blackout Was Decades in the Making
After an 88-day internet blackout, Iranians are just beginning to reconnect with the outside world. This is the story of how the Islamic Republic spent two decades building a sophisticated infrastructure for digital isolation.
Israel’s Polluting West Bank Factories
Pollution from Israeli factories established illegally in the West Bank has poisoned the soil on Palestinian farms and damaged farmers’ health. Yet these unregulated industrial sites remain connected to European markets.
Gaza’s Hidden Epidemic of Male Infertility
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.