Regions / Middle East / Palestine

Press the trigger. Illustration by Kate Evans.

Cancelled: Jewish journalist Masha Gessen.

Gaza is another reason for division in polarized Brazil. By Leonardo Sakamoto.

Report on the Israel/Palestine conflict by Oren Ziv.

"These Jews want everyone free from the river to the sea".

Report from Gaza by Wafa Al-Udaini.

Report from Haifa by Bethany Rielly.

Report from the West Bank by Leila Warah.

Israel is at the forefront of the booming spyware industry that threatens human rights, press freedom and democracy worldwide. Antony Loewenstein examines spyware’s role in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and why governments are failing to reign in its insidious spread.

Marta Vidal speaks with the Palestinian militant about the role of violence in the struggle for a better world.

Activists in Brazil are taking on the housing crisis through mass-occupations. Richard Matoušek reports from São Paulo on how the formidable movement is building popular power to provide secure homes.

Frances Leach examines how culture has become another battlefront in occupied Jerusalem.

Three decades on from the Oslo Accords, a growing number of voices from all sides are declaring the death of the two-state model. Zoe Holman talks to author and researcher Cherine Hussein about what the landmark agreement meant for Palestinians – and what solutions remain.

As Israel turns the screws on the strip’s population, Aziz Hamdi Al-Masry writes from Gaza about how armed factions tread a fine line to avoid an outright assault.

Andrew Feinstein argues that the strategy that helped end South Africa’s apartheid must also be mobilized against Israel.

Palestinian land is both a source of sustenance and symbol of resistance. Issam Adwan tells how agriculture is under attack by occupation.

Palestine - occupation & apartheid.

Action, and further reading on Palestine.

A new far-right Israeli government’s meddling with the supreme court has Jewish citizens up in arms. But the shredded freedoms of the Palestinian people under Israel’s thumb are still off the table. Zoe Holman looks at how the so-called ‘peace process’ has allowed Israel to deepen its colonial project and regime of control over Palestinian lives.

Frances Leach speaks to human rights activist Muhanned Qafesha about the life-and-death battle to defend his people’s land from illegal demolitions and settlements in Hebron, Palestine.