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President Donald J. Trump signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America at the Palace of Versailles, France, June 17, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The only logical outcome of a completely irrational war

Israel and the U.S. vowed to crush the Islamic Republic and its proxies. Yet despite its losses, the regime is stronger and has more leverage than before.

By Lior Sternfeld

Displaced Palestinians protest against the severe water shortage threatening the lives of thousands amid warnings of worsening health conditions and the spread of skin diseases, Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 25, 2026. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

‘Freedom, dignity, and a future’: Why Gazans are planning a mass mobilization

The ‘June 26 movement’ may bring thousands to the streets. But threats and manipulations are distorting its message, as has happened before.

By Muhammad Shehada

Residents salvage furniture before demolishing their homes, A-Sir, Israel, June 16, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Hundreds of Bedouin left homeless as Israel ramps up Naqab expulsions

Residents of two Palestinian villages were forced to dismantle their own homes — the latest chapter in a decades-long cycle of displacement.

Ultra-Orthodox men being sprayed with a police water cannon during a protest against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with army draft orders, in Jerusalem, June 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Haredi draft revolt threatening to bring Israel to a standstill

As the government seeks to enforce military service for all, ultra-Orthodox refusal is revealing cracks in the country’s militaristic consensus.

Eyal Weizman. (David Ausserhofer/Robert Bosch Academy)

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Why ‘ungrounding’ is the defining feature of Israel’s genocide

Discussing his new book, Eyal Weizman explains how the systematic erasure of Gaza's built environment is aimed at extinguishing Palestinian life in the Strip.

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Palestinian girls box outside the makeshift training gym in the Al-Rimal displacement camp, in Gaza City, June 1, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun)

‘This sport has taught us not to lower our eyes in fear’

In a displacement camp in Gaza City, boxing has become a lifeline for dozens of girls — who dream of one day representing Palestine on the international stage.

By Mohammed Zaanoun June 22, 2026

Police arrest a protester during a demonstration in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, April 11, 2026. (Talia Woodin)

The plot against Palestine Action

British courts have upheld the government’s proscription of Palestine Action and sentenced four of its activists as terrorists. A series of abuses of the legal process ensured these outcomes were all but predetermined.

By Jonathan Cook June 19, 2026

Protesters commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Nakba in Milan, Italy, May 15, 2025. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

The Palestine movement must seek power over purity

To confront a genocidal regime, we need to translate global attention into measurable achievements and build coalitions in every arena of influence.

By Abed Abou Shhadeh June 18, 2026

Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, captured and detained by the Israeli army in Gaza in December 2024 and still in detention appears via video conference for his Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026. (Abeer Salman)

‘His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor’

Fourteen Gazan physicians remain in Israeli prisons without charge, where they say they have been singled out for particularly severe abuse.

By Shatha Yaish June 17, 2026

An Israeli soldier confronts a photographer documenting a raid on the Old City of Hebron, the occupied West Bank, October 4, 2025. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

15 articles a day: The extent of the Israeli army’s media interference

In 2025, the military censor banned or redacted over 5,000 news reports, with suppression peaking during Israel’s war with Iran.

By Haggai Matar June 17, 2026

Mohammed Qaddoura holds the wedding suit of his brother-in-law, Mohannad Ferwana, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike the night before his wedding, in Khan Younis, Gaza, June 5, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

In Gaza, ‘slaughter continues unabated’ while the world turns away

Israel has escalated its airstrikes across the enclave in recent weeks, burning Palestinians alive as it makes a mockery of the ‘ceasefire.’

By Ahmed Dremly and Ibtisam Mahdi June 16, 2026

A participant in the Jerusalem Day Flag March carries a flag bearing the image of the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 14, 2026. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills)

The Israeli right is marching under a new flag

Once confined to the margins, a movement seeking Jewish sovereignty over Al-Aqsa and an openly theocratic regime is going mainstream.

By Menachem Klein June 15, 2026

Palestinians use a rope to climb over the separation barrier from the al-Ram village into East Jerusalem, January 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Palestinians dying for work

Israel shut its borders to West Bank laborers after Oct. 7. But desperation means thousands are finding a way in — and Israeli police keep shooting them.

By Charlotte Ritz-Jack June 12, 2026

Omar Rahman. (Courtesy)

PODCAST: The cost of a failed Palestinian leadership

As Palestinians face existential threats but also maintain unprecedented global support, Omar Rahman examines why their politics are more broken than ever.

By +972 Magazine June 11, 2026

An Israeli soldier ignores a Palestinian woman as he protects a settler grazing cows on agricultural lands belonging to the Palestinian village of Susiya, in Masafer Yatta, January 31, 2026. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Jews have historical ties to Palestine. Israel is still a settler-colonial project

The debate over origins is irrelevant to defining the nature of the Zionist regime, which is built on the dispossession and erasure of the Palestinians.

By Sleman Altehe June 10, 2026