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A Palestinian mother bathes her child inside a camp for displaced people in the al-Zawaida area of the central Gaza Strip, on June 17, 2026. Thousands of displaced families continue to endure harsh humanitarian conditions and extreme summer temperatures while living in tents that lack basic services and essential living conditions. (Hassan Jedi / apaimages)
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No body, no death certificate: the bureaucratic limbo trapping the widows of Gaza’s missing men

By Enas Abu Ghayad September 21, 2026 5

In Gaza, women whose husbands are missing or buried under the rubble are facing a little-known crisis. Without death certificates for their husbands, they’re locked out of bank accounts, aid, and custody rights, trapped in bureaucratic limbo amid genocide.

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      America loves free speech, except when it comes to Palestine
      Opinion September 23, 2026
    • A Palestinian holds a poster of Israeli Sergeant Elor Azaria that reads "wanted". Azaria killed Palestinian Abdel Fattah al-Sharif at point-blank range in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 4, 2017. (Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/ apa images)
      Israel just pardoned a soldier who executed a wounded Palestinian
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    • Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign press conference on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Abdul for Senate)
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      Opinion September 22, 2026
Palestinian patients accompanied by their relatives line up to depart Gaza for the Rafah crossing for treatment abroad, June 17, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)

Inside Israel’s ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza through the eyes of its victims

By Tareq S. Hajjaj September 21, 2026 6

Through embassy evacuations, academic fellowships, and WHO medical corridors, Palestinians are leaving Gaza in small but steady numbers. Israeli officials call it “voluntary migration,” but the Gazans forced to leave know it’s part of Israel’s plan.

Palestinian families live among the ruins of damaged buildings at risk of collapse in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, September 17, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)

Inside Gaza’s death trap of collapsing, bombed-out buildings

By Mohamed Al-Astal September 18, 2026 12

With more than 40,000 Palestinians sheltering in collapse-prone buildings and a “nightmare” winter approaching, Gaza’s Civil Defense warns of a preventable catastrophe unfolding in plain sight.

Israeli soldiers checking IDs of Palestinian women as they pass security checks at Qalandia checkpoint on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 13, 2010. (Photo: Wagdi Eshtayah/APA Images)

Palestine Letter: When the context is the story

By Qassam Muaddi September 23, 2026 1

As a Palestinian journalist, I have spent my career explaining the context the world keeps ignoring. But I’ve come to realize that the context is itself the story, and we aren’t done telling it.

What you need to know about Robert Kraft, the pro-Israel billionaire who pressured Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore

By Michael Arria September 23, 2026 0

Robert Kraft got Macklemore ousted from Ed Sheeran’s tour over “Free Palestine.” A look at the NFL owner’s record makes it clear why: funding the IDF, fighting BDS, courting Netanyahu, and bringing football legends on tours of Israel.

Macklemore, Los Angeles, 2016.

America loves free speech, except when it comes to Palestine

By Mitchell Plitnick September 23, 2026 1

Whether it’s Macklemore, Hasan Piker, or your neighborhood activist, this is a fight to make sure billionaires and politicians cannot stop free speech and will have to hear the calls to “Free Palestine” whether they like it or not.

A Palestinian holds a poster of Israeli Sergeant Elor Azaria that reads "wanted". Azaria killed Palestinian Abdel Fattah al-Sharif at point-blank range in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 4, 2017. (Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/ apa images)

Israel just pardoned a soldier who executed a wounded Palestinian

By Jonathan Ofir September 22, 2026 2

The judge who sentenced Elor Azaria, the soldier who shot Abdel Fattah al-Sharif in 2016 as he lay unconscious on the ground, called him a “normal” person, because Azaria’s genocidal views were never an aberration in Israeli society.

Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign press conference on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Abdul for Senate)

Always the Victim, Never the Bigot: the Zionist campaign against Abdul El-Sayed doubles down

By Donald Johnson September 22, 2026 4

A Michigan rabbis’ ‘nonnegotiable’ petition demanding El-Sayed disown Hasan Piker reveals a harsh truth for El-Sayed: that no amount of pandering will satisfy critics who want anti-Zionism expelled from the Democratic party outright.

Larry Ellison CEO, Oracle Corporation Photo courtesy of Hartmann Studios

Power & Pushback: Paramount-Warner Bros. merger moves forward

By Michael Arria September 22, 2026 1

Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. moves forward, cementing pro-Israel Ellison family’s grip on American media. Noura Erakat is arrested testifying against an Israeli Bonds investment, and Stanford drops charges against 5 pro-Palestine protesters.

A Palestinian mother bathes her child inside a camp for displaced people in the al-Zawaida area of the central Gaza Strip, on June 17, 2026. Thousands of displaced families continue to endure harsh humanitarian conditions and extreme summer temperatures while living in tents that lack basic services and essential living conditions. (Hassan Jedi / apaimages)

No body, no death certificate: the bureaucratic limbo trapping the widows of Gaza’s missing men

By Enas Abu Ghayad September 21, 2026 5

In Gaza, women whose husbands are missing or buried under the rubble are facing a little-known crisis. Without death certificates for their husbands, they’re locked out of bank accounts, aid, and custody rights, trapped in bureaucratic limbo amid genocide.

Palestinian patients accompanied by their relatives line up to depart Gaza for the Rafah crossing for treatment abroad, June 17, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)

Inside Israel’s ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza through the eyes of its victims

By Tareq S. Hajjaj September 21, 2026 6

Through embassy evacuations, academic fellowships, and WHO medical corridors, Palestinians are leaving Gaza in small but steady numbers. Israeli officials call it “voluntary migration,” but the Gazans forced to leave know it’s part of Israel’s plan.

Palestinians receive cash aid from the United Nations in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, October 14, 2021. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images)

Palestinians are responding to Israel’s stranglehold on the West Bank economy by forgiving each other’s debts en masse

By Qassam Muaddi September 18, 2026 6

As Israel’s financial strangulation of the Palestinian economy enters its third year, Palestinians are turning to each other — forgiving debts worth millions of shekels in a viral solidarity campaign that began with a schoolteacher’s bounced check.

Palestinian families live among the ruins of damaged buildings at risk of collapse in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, September 17, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)

Inside Gaza’s death trap of collapsing, bombed-out buildings

By Mohamed Al-Astal September 18, 2026 12

With more than 40,000 Palestinians sheltering in collapse-prone buildings and a “nightmare” winter approaching, Gaza’s Civil Defense warns of a preventable catastrophe unfolding in plain sight.

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Israeli soldiers checking IDs of Palestinian women as they pass security checks at Qalandia checkpoint on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 13, 2010. (Photo: Wagdi Eshtayah/APA Images)

Palestine Letter: When the context is the story

By Qassam Muaddi September 23, 2026 1

As a Palestinian journalist, I have spent my career explaining the context the world keeps ignoring. But I’ve come to realize that the context is itself the story, and we aren’t done telling it.

Larry Ellison CEO, Oracle Corporation Photo courtesy of Hartmann Studios

Power & Pushback: Paramount-Warner Bros. merger moves forward

September 22, 2026
Photo courtesy macklemore.com

The Shift: Macklemore, Ed Sheeran, and a new lawsuit against Columbia

September 17, 2026
Children play volleyball on a makeshift court set up amid the rubble in Gaza City, September 16, 2026. (Photo: Bilal Osama/APA Images)

Palestine Letter: The kind of change you learn to notice

September 16, 2026

The Shift: 25 years after 9/11, our country is still dominated by the “War on Terror”

September 11, 2026

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A Palestinian mother bathes her child inside a camp for displaced people in the al-Zawaida area of the central Gaza Strip, on June 17, 2026. Thousands of displaced families continue to endure harsh humanitarian conditions and extreme summer temperatures while living in tents that lack basic services and essential living conditions. (Hassan Jedi / apaimages)

No body, no death certificate: the bureaucratic limbo trapping the widows of Gaza’s missing men

By Enas Abu Ghayad September 21, 2026 5

In Gaza, women whose husbands are missing or buried under the rubble are facing a little-known crisis. Without death certificates for their husbands, they’re locked out of bank accounts, aid, and custody rights, trapped in bureaucratic limbo amid genocide.

Palestinian patients accompanied by their relatives line up to depart Gaza for the Rafah crossing for treatment abroad, June 17, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)

Inside Israel’s ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza through the eyes of its victims

By Tareq S. Hajjaj September 21, 2026 6

Through embassy evacuations, academic fellowships, and WHO medical corridors, Palestinians are leaving Gaza in small but steady numbers. Israeli officials call it “voluntary migration,” but the Gazans forced to leave know it’s part of Israel’s plan.

Palestinians receive cash aid from the United Nations in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, October 14, 2021. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images)

Palestinians are responding to Israel’s stranglehold on the West Bank economy by forgiving each other’s debts en masse

By Qassam Muaddi September 18, 2026 6

As Israel’s financial strangulation of the Palestinian economy enters its third year, Palestinians are turning to each other — forgiving debts worth millions of shekels in a viral solidarity campaign that began with a schoolteacher’s bounced check.

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Macklemore, Los Angeles, 2016.

America loves free speech, except when it comes to Palestine

By Mitchell Plitnick September 23, 2026 1

Whether it’s Macklemore, Hasan Piker, or your neighborhood activist, this is a fight to make sure billionaires and politicians cannot stop free speech and will have to hear the calls to “Free Palestine” whether they like it or not.

A Palestinian holds a poster of Israeli Sergeant Elor Azaria that reads "wanted". Azaria killed Palestinian Abdel Fattah al-Sharif at point-blank range in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 4, 2017. (Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/ apa images)

Israel just pardoned a soldier who executed a wounded Palestinian

By Jonathan Ofir September 22, 2026 2

The judge who sentenced Elor Azaria, the soldier who shot Abdel Fattah al-Sharif in 2016 as he lay unconscious on the ground, called him a “normal” person, because Azaria’s genocidal views were never an aberration in Israeli society.

Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign press conference on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Abdul for Senate)

Always the Victim, Never the Bigot: the Zionist campaign against Abdul El-Sayed doubles down

By Donald Johnson September 22, 2026 4

A Michigan rabbis’ ‘nonnegotiable’ petition demanding El-Sayed disown Hasan Piker reveals a harsh truth for El-Sayed: that no amount of pandering will satisfy critics who want anti-Zionism expelled from the Democratic party outright.

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What you need to know about Robert Kraft, the pro-Israel billionaire who pressured Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore

By Michael Arria September 23, 2026 0

Robert Kraft got Macklemore ousted from Ed Sheeran’s tour over “Free Palestine.” A look at the NFL owner’s record makes it clear why: funding the IDF, fighting BDS, courting Netanyahu, and bringing football legends on tours of Israel.

Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign press conference on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Abdul for Senate)

Studies show El-Sayed win sparked wave of Islamphobia across social media

By Michael Arria August 27, 2026 9

Analysis by multiple outlets shows a surge of Islamophobia across social media in response to Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory.

Writers Against the War on Gaza protest in the New York Times’ headquarters, March 14, 2024. (Photo: Julia Sharpe-Levine)

The New York Times enabled the Gaza genocide and lost its legitimacy in the process

By Elliott Colla July 11, 2026 12

Professor Elliott Colla was a lifelong New York Times reader but can no longer trust the paper due to its coverage of Gaza. In fact, he’s found that there is a strong case for prosecuting many at the paper for their role in the genocide.

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