When publications retract articles by Israelis, postpone Jewish film festivals or cancel exhibitions by Palestinian artists, we should confront the control wielded by largely homogeneous and monolingual cultural gatekeepers over Israelis, Jews, and Palestinians, shrinking the space for any of them to express themselves
Netanyahu told Biden, and AIPAC, that Israelis overwhelmingly back his wartime policies, omitting the public's plunging faith in his leadership and promise of 'total victory' in Gaza. The question is when, and whether, Israelis will starting calling for an end to the war
Stock up on medicine, prepare to survive without electricity: the list of items Israelis have been told to have on hand for a 'blackout scenario' shows the government leaves us to our own devices
People continue to have sex, even during wartime. But is it okay to enjoy it when your son is fighting in Gaza or your father is a hostage there? A group of Israeli sex therapists decided to help Israelis answer these questions
Families of hostages called on the war cabinet to 'renew the contract between the citizens and the country,' supported by thousands of Israelis marking 120 days since October 7
Recent opinion polls of Israelis and Palestinians offer bleak, distressing results – which is why leaders, not their broken peoples, need to offer a way out of this disaster. But instead of leadership, Netanyahu offers only a dark, cold void
Despite the assumption that Israelis would shift rightwards since October 7, a recent poll suggests a majority would support establishing a demilitarized Palestinian state if it's part of a package deal along with freeing hostages and Saudi normalization. That would be good news for Biden
The Shin Bet confirmed Haaretz's investigation which revealed that Iranian intelligence agencies operate groups and pages that incite Israelis against each other, and even recruit them – and revealed at least three others
At the so-called Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israelis gather for 24 hours of protest, discussion and prayer for the 136 people still held in captivity – and grieve those lost. At 6:29 A.M. a DJ played the track he had played at the Tribe of Nova rave on October 7, when the Hamas onslaught began
In Washington, pro-Palestinian protesters criticized Biden's policy on the Israel-Hamas war, and family members of Gazans told their stories. In New York City, pro-Israeli demonstrators were joined by Israelis who were freed from captivity, and called attention to dozens of hostages still held in Gaza
Faced with the charge of genocide at The Hague, Israelis are deeply defensive, pointing at the horrors committed by Hamas on October 7. But the global list of victims and perpetrators of mass atrocities is long, and neither Israelis nor Palestinians are immune to the accusation
The investigation of the event, in which Israelis held by Hamas inside a house in Be'eri were killed during an exchange of fire with IDF tanks, must be opened immediately and not following the war, the families say
Swamped mental health services, a semi-functioning education system, economic decline, collapsing businesses, troubling gun accidents and a rise in crime. Even if most Israelis won't oppose the war for the sake of Gazans, they better start looking at the huge toll it is taking on their own lives
Notions like 'we tried peace' and 'this isn't the time,' along with a compressed range of history that begins on October 7, are pushing Israelis – and Palestinians – away from a political solution to the Gaza war
A special report criticizes the government's delay in implementing a financial aid plan for the hundreds of thousands of displaced Israelis, and recommends establishing 'civilian spokesperson' that will keep a report on governmental aid activity
Anucha Angkaew, who spent 50 days in Hamas captivity, was held with several other Israeli and Thai hostages. Their captors punched and kicked them for two days. After that, they persisted with another two days of beatings for the Israelis, who were whipped using electrical wires