Palestine
Israel’s Settler Media Coup
The settlement movement in Israel has patiently executed a strategy to take control of the country’s media landscape and reshape it in its own image. This campaign has now borne fruit, and the radicalization of Israel’s media has been evident throughout the war in Gaza.
Trump’s Plan for Gaza
At a Feb. 4 White House press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump proposed the relocation of Gaza’s Palestinian population. He thus transformed population transfer from a near-taboo subject in Israel to a viable policy option, with dangerous implications for Palestinians, Israel and regional stability.
“Unjustified and Antisemitic”: Israel’s Media Reacts to the ICC’s Arrest Warrants
While Israel’s establishment media is generally critical of Netanyahu, it was unified in rejecting the charges in the ICC’s arrest warrants for the prime minister and Yoav Gallant, the former minister of defense.
Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates has built a distinctive public voice by combining moral clarity and self-reflection and consistently centering humanity throughout his writing. His latest book, “The Message,” expands his view to take in Israel and Palestine, and cuts to the heart of the conflict.
An Ode to the Islamic University of Gaza
After Israel targeted my place of higher learning, I went into a state of denial. I refused to accept that my university was gone and that I could never add to the collection of memories I had created there. I began to believe that Israel was at war not just with Hamas or the Palestinian people, but with our most intimate recollections — and especially our collective memory.
While the World Watches Gaza, the West Bank Burns
In the immediate aftermath of Oct. 7, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's far-right minister of national security, pushed to relax gun-licensing requirements and increase the number of civilian security teams, while supplying them with assault rifles. The result has been an explosion in gun-toting settlers threatening Palestinians across the West Bank.
Medical Evacuations Stall in Gaza
Thousands of patients in Gaza have been approved for medical evacuations so that their wounds and diseases can be treated outside the territory. Yet with the crossings closed and cease-fire talks going nowhere, their agonizing wait for the treatment they so badly need continues.