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A Palestinian man hugs the body of a baby following Israeli overnight airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, on March 20, 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP

Unpacking Netanyahu's predictably self-serving return to war

Israel's coalition government contains far-right parties that do not want to see an end to the bloodshed in Gaza, so it is no surprise that bombs have started falling again

Salem Al Rayyes 20 March 2025

Netanyahu fulfils his promise to resume the war in Gaza

Fares Garabet 20 March 2025
Nadav Weiman Péter Csuth

Haunting eyes: an Israeli soldier’s moral awakening

Nadav Weiman, executive director of Breaking the Silence, shares a poignant account of his military service in the Israeli army and the profound transformation that followed

Ahmed Maher 19 March 2025
A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. Eyad BABA / AFP

Israel appears to end Gaza ceasefire with US backing

Netanyahu always said the truce was temporary and used the 'war pause' to grab more land in the West Bank and go after those in Israel who opposed the Kahanist war aims of his far-right coalition

Asaad Ghanem 18 March 2025
US Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler speaks during a US hostage and wrongful detainee flag raising ceremony at the State Department in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025. Jim WATSON / AFP

Direct US-Hamas talks ruffle feathers in Israel

Despite the closeness between the two administrations, Trump's team is not afraid of disagreeing with Netanyahu, and even crossing Israel's red lines if necessary

Michael Horowitz 16 March 2025
Basel Adra GettyImages

Basel Adra: I wanted to make a film as disturbing as my reality

Speaking to Al Majalla, the Palestinian co-director of Best Documentary winner 'No Other Land' says he believes that solidarity with Gaza's suffering was a factor in his film's Oscars success

Houssam Marouf 14 March 2025
"Just in Case" exhibition Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg

Gaza in metaphors: Taysir Batniji's latest art shown in Beirut

In his current collection, Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji tries to depict the Gaza war with art that has almost entirely lost its form, in part because events since October 2023 go "beyond descript

Nawal Al-Ali 10 March 2025

Israeli war drums drown out talk of Gaza reconstruction

Fares Garabet 06 March 2025
A Palestinian activist holding a national flag stands by as an Israeli army bulldozer moves during an ongoing raid on the Tulkarm camp for Palestinian refugees in the north of the occupied West Bank. Zain JAAFAR / AFP

West Bank Palestinians suffer largest forced displacement in decades

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been pushed out of refugee camps in the northern West Bank as Israeli settlers grab more and more land

Ahmed Draghmeh 05 March 2025
Palestinians gather for a communal iftar, or fast-breaking meal, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid building rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 1, 2025. AFP

Competing visions for a post-war Gaza

The cyclical nature of the conflict and Israel's occupation continue to shape regional and international outlooks

Ahmed Maher 03 March 2025
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Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

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