For the first time this Ramadan, prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque were not held today. While tens of thousands typically gather every Friday of the holy month, Israeli authorities have shuttered the mosque and other holy sites in Jerusalem following war with Iran.
By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social
Israel’s last regime-change war backfired. This one could, too
For the first time since 1956, Israel is openly fighting alongside a Western imperial power in a war whose political repercussions are far from certain.
By Meron Rapoport @mekomit.bsky.social
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‘Compulsive repetition’: How permanent war shapes the Israeli psyche
From October 7 to Iran, the Israeli government has used successive states of emergency to render individual thinking redundant, Dr. Dana Amir tells Dana Mills
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On Monday in the village of Qaryut, settlers began uprooting olive trees near Palestinian homes.
When residents tried to intervene, the settlers first threw stones at them and then opened fire, killing two brothers.
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Pahlavi? IRGC? What’s next for Iran after Khamenei
The U.S.-Israeli assassination of the supreme leader opens the door to a range of possibilities. A democratic transition seems the least likely of all.
By Lior Sternfeld
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We are at war, therefore we are
Months after proclaiming a 'historic victory,' Israel embarks on another offensive against Iran — and the ritual erasure of political dissent begins anew.
By Orly Noy @mekomit.bsky.social
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Armed, masked Israeli settlers violently attacked three Israeli activists from Looking the Occupation in the Eye in the Palestinian village of Qusra, near Nablus.
According to the group, the activists were beaten in the head and sustained varying injuries before being evacuated.
Israel’s lonely push for war with Iran
Internationally isolated, restrained in Gaza, and unraveling at home, Israel sees another escalation as the only way to maintain its aggressive regional agenda.
By Ori Goldberg.
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In Gaza, we’re still breaking our fast under the buzzing of drones
Palestinians across the Strip are struggling to revive the spirit of Ramadan amid the third holiday season since the start of Israel’s genocide.
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Israel warns of a Ramadan escalation — while doing everything to provoke one
Eroding the status quo at Al-Aqsa, backing settler pogroms, ignoring violent crime: If there is an eruption, it will have been engineered by Israel alone.
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Palestinian theologian and lecturer John Munayer on the Palestinian Christian experience and the community’s active political role, as Israel accelerates its Jewish supremacist policies with active support from Zionist Christians abroad.
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With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid
Sofia Fani Gutman, Carolina Pedrazzi, and
@theandreyx.bsky.social report from the Jordan Valley, where Israel's ‘green colonialism’ is driving out Palestinian communities.
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No explanation, no appeal: Israel revoking entry authorization of foreign activists
The government is exploiting the visa-free travel system to clamp down on activists supporting vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
By Liam Syed.
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Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?
Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.
Interview with Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl
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REVEALED: ICE tripled its reliance on Microsoft in last six months
Leaked documents show the U.S. agency is storing large amounts of data on Microsoft's cloud while making use of its AI tools to analyze videos and images.
By Yuval Abraham. @mekomit.bsky.social
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Israel’s new separation wall will sever Jordan Valley from rest of West Bank
The Israeli army is issuing evacuation orders and seizing land to prepare a massive barrier — part of a wider project to annex the Palestinian ‘breadbasket.’
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A trickle of Palestinians have passed through Rafah Crossing since its partial reopening. Those returning face intimidation by Israeli soldiers and the Abu Shabab gang, as well as the confiscation of their belongings.
By Ruwaida Amer. Read more:
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PODCAST: Documenting the settler takeover of the West Bank
Oren Ziv reflects on two decades of reporting on Palestinian displacement and resistance, and what Israeli and international solidarity can achieve today.
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‘Impunity won’t last forever’: What gives Francesca Albanese hope
The UN Special Rapporteur points to the way out of the current crisis facing international law, while responding to criticism over her stance on October 7.
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ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence
U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.
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To confront Israeli fascism, we need a new Jewish-Arab party
I have seen firsthand the limitations of existing Arab parties. If we want to bring about real change in this land, an entirely new political model is required.
By Dr. Basheer Karkabi.
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The false symmetry of Jewish-Arab partnership
Under conditions of apartheid, binationalism requires Israeli Jews to relinquish leadership and join the Palestinian-led struggle for decolonization.
By Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury.
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A Palestinian influencer spent 27 months in Israeli prison — for social media posts
Abdel Rahim Haj Yahya, an Israeli citizen, was convicted of incitement to terror soon after October 7. He is convinced it was because of his large following.
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Released into exile, Palestinian prisoners navigate freedom on Israel’s terms
Over 150 men who spent decades behind bars were deported to Egypt in the Gaza ceasefire deal, where they face a reality of ‘permanent alienation.’
Shimaa Elyoussef reports.
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The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison
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U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
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Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity
A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long it is stripped of any political meaning.
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“Abdel Raouf Sha’at and Muhammad Qishta were not only colleagues, but part of my daily life. Their voices are still clear in my memory; I can still hear their laughter from just days before they were killed.”
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In Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors
The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists.
By Basel Adra
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"I refused to leave the hospital and sacrifice my patients, so the army punished me by killing my son. I saw him die at the entrance gate"
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