With at least 8,000 people still missing in Gaza – presumed either buried under rubble, in mass graves dug by the Israeli military or detained by Israel and held outside Gaza – determining the fate of the missing is a top priority.
A new film about Hind Rajab’s murder points to a deeply sick Israeli society, driven into the darkest of places by a racist ideology that says Jewish lives count, Palestinian lives don’t. Mainstream media helps perpetuate this lie.
Criminalizing compassion; Ben-Gvir’s racism runs amok; Israel harasses peacekeepers in Lebanon; UPenn calls out Trump; more
As Western media accepts death tolls from Iran at face value, Palestinian deaths in Gaza remain endlessly questioned, revealing how belief follows power, not evidence.
Another baby in Gaza dies of hypothermia; call for help in retrieving bodies in Rafah; Israeli forces kill Palestinian, another dies in prison; Israeli violence against Bedouin; hunger strikers; headlines from Israel
Ha’aretz reported in October that since the outbreak of the war in Gaza and after Pahlavi’s visit, an online operation began operating as part of an even broader Israeli campaign to influence the social media discourse
Israel’s Yellow Line scheme has grabbed another 7% of Gaza’s land; illegal settlers steal 200 sheep in West Bank; will Gaza City be the next Rafah?; did IDF make a mistake? (shades of Minneapolis?)
Gaza’s healthcare in freefall; Israel’s arrests (including kids) are out of control; Israel is riling up Iran; ICE and Israel use the same violent playbook
Gaza hospitals, civil defense overwhelmed; Israeli forces raid Birzeit U in West Bank; unbelievable number of attacks on Palestinians in 2025; Israel and Somaliland; Israel’s arms manufacturers get EU money; more headlines
One year ago, an iconic photo from Gaza went viral of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walking through rubble in Gaza to be detained by Israeli forces. Today, Safiya is still being held without charges, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the New York Times.