Fida Jiryis’s narrative of exile and return weaves together her reflections on Palestinian identity, the pain of loss, and the ongoing Nakba.

Mark Ruffalo, Susan Sarandon, Angela Davis, and Peter Gabriel are among the public figures who have praised Barcelona’s mayor for cutting ties with Israel.

In covering developments in Palestine, as reporters on the field, we are inevitably exposed to the more intimate details of an incident, event, person. We enter the homes of killed fighters, and stand outside the courts of families waiting to see their teenage child in handcuffs. We learn the stories of entire families, sometimes we notice a similar echo across cities and towns, we cluster information into numbers and infographics. We take what can be ugly and vast, and are tasked with making it easy to consume.

The American Bar Association passed a resolution condemning antisemitism but removed a reference to the controversial IHRA definition from its text.

In 2021, Harun Abu Aram was shot in his neck at point blank range by Israeli soldiers when he was trying to prevent the confiscation of a communal generator. He was left paralyzed from the neck down.

As Palestinian resistance continues to spread, Operation Break the Wave is reaching a dead end, pushing some Israeli politicians to call for a repeat of 2002, or an “Operation Defensive Shield 2.”

A new report from Americans for Justice in Palestine Action documents that the “rightwing Zionist” lobby spent $70 million in 2022 to knock off critics of Israel, and warn politicians “to not object to Israel’s crimes.” That big money explains why Joe Biden and Kirsten Gillibrand gush over Benjamin Netanyahu in the runup to 2024 reelection campaigns.

Israeli forces and Israeli settlers killed 3 Palestinians in three days shortly after Itamar Ben Gvir called for an “Operation Defensive Shield 2” in response to the targeting of Israeli settlers.

The news from Palestine grows more worrying by the day, and liberal Zionists are in crisis. The bitter fruits of “Jewish democracy” are plainer than ever. The challenge is to recognize that there will never be safety until all people in the land feel secure.

The effort to criminalize criticism of Israel is hitting new strides, including a renewed effort led by international politicians to censor anti-Zionist views online.