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Historicide in Gaza

Historicide in Gaza

Roman pots and Phoenician jewelry may be more glamorous than filing cabinets full of administrative papers, but the latter record the basic facts needed to understand a society. In Gaza, Israel has now destroyed these archives — the culmination of a long process curtailing the possibilities of Palestinian history.

Amid the Ghosts of a Refugee Camp

Memories of Yarmouk

Yarmouk camp in Damascus was long the cultural and political center of Palestinian life in Syria. Today, it is a devastated shell, a shattered monument to lost revolutions, stolen futures and the memory of home.

Jerusalem’s Impossible Friendship

Jerusalem’s Impossible Friendship

Sonja Mejcher-Atassi joins New Lines’ Rasha Elass to discuss her new book, “An Impossible Friendship.”

Lost in a Land That Was Once Ours

Lost in a Land That Was Once Ours

In a shared taxi ride across Gaza’s desolate landscape, Lujayn, a young Palestinian writer, witnesses eight decades of Palestinian loss and displacement recounted in a common experience of pain and dispossession.

Why a Candid Conversation From 55 Years Ago Has Scandalized the Arab World

Why a Candid Conversation From 55 Years Ago Has Scandalized the Arab World

Rare audio of a candid conversation between Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and Libya's Moammar Gadhafi in 1970 has scandalized the Arab world in recent days, ultimately revealing more about contemporary Middle Eastern politics than history.

The Israeli Right’s Long March Through the Media

The Israeli Right’s Long March Through the Media

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.

Israeli Politicians Normalize Population Transfer

Israeli Politicians Normalize Population Transfer

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.