From my uncle’s exasperated sighs over olive groves we can no longer reach, to the iron gates the Israeli army has erected at the edge of my village, there is one word we use to cope: ‘aadi’, or, “normal” in Arabic. But this reality is anything but.

The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition.

In addition to the unrelenting bombardment, Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of losing their lives and limbs through the unexploded ordnances that the Israeli army leaves behind.

For the second time, a self-funded civil society list led by young Gazans is seeking a seat in the Palestinian Legislative Council, focusing on immediate hardships, like unemployment, healthcare, and shelter, rather than political ideology.

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.

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.

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.

How Robert Kraft got Macklemore booted from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “Free Palestine” — and why the backlash reveals the racial logic of “neutrality,” from Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to today’s entertainment industry.

With 64 percent of Palestinians under 30 and elections announced for November, a generation that has never voted is being asked to trust a political system that has failed them — before, during, and after the genocide in Gaza.

A review of Norman Finkelstein’s ‘Gaza’s Gravediggers,’ which indicts not Israel’s military, but the global officials and institutions, such as the UN, the ICJ, and the media, who enabled and legitimized the genocide.