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The beginning of the end of Israel’s ‘permanent security’ doctrine
Israel’s relentless pursuit of 'total victory' has entangled it in an unwinnable war with Iran, eroding legitimacy abroad and deepening moral decay within.
By Meron Rapoport and Ameer Fakhoury April 24, 2026
PHOTOS: How hypermilitarism pervades everyday life in Israel
From the sacred to the mundane, military imagery suffuses the Israeli public sphere — shaping our imagination, desires, and collective identity.
By Nissi Peli April 10, 2026
PODCAST: How Israel sells militarism at home and abroad
Sahar Vardi discusses the human and political costs of Israel's flourishing arms industry, and the deep societal shifts demilitarization would require.
By +972 Magazine March 27, 2026
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‘Compulsive repetition’: How permanent war shapes the Israeli psyche
From October 7 to Iran, the Israeli government has used successive states of emergency to render individual thinking redundant, explains Dr. Dana Amir.
By Dana Mills March 4, 2026
We are at war, therefore we are
Months after proclaiming a 'historic victory,' Israel embarks on another offensive against Iran — and the ritual erasure of political dissent begins anew.
By Orly Noy March 1, 2026
Israel’s lonely push for war with Iran
Internationally isolated, restrained in Gaza, and unraveling at home, Israel sees another escalation as the only way to maintain its aggressive regional agenda.
By Ori Goldberg February 26, 2026
Why a Palestinian protest in Tel Aviv exposed the limits of Israeli solidarity
A mass demonstration against organized crime showed that Palestinian suffering can be acknowledged — so long as it is stripped of any political meaning.
By Samah Watad February 4, 2026
How a sticker campaign fueled Israel’s war machine
From lampposts to café windows, portraits of fallen soldiers have saturated public space, binding personal loss to a drive for ‘total victory’ in Gaza.
By Nissi Peli November 12, 2025
One target at a time: The logic that helped Israeli liberals commit genocide
By attaching a military goal to each act of killing, Israelis of all stripes could partake in the slaughter without questioning the morality of their actions.
By Yuval Abraham October 20, 2025
Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy
The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich. It must be confronted at its root.
By Orly Noy September 18, 2025
12 days that brought the war home to Israelis
Iran’s missiles caused many Israelis to feel existential fear for the first time. Even if the ceasefire holds, their shattered sense of immunity will linger.
By Oren Ziv June 24, 2025
For more Israelis, calling out war crimes is no longer taboo
Recognition of the army’s atrocities in Gaza has moved into mainstream Israeli discourse. This alone cannot end the war — but it's a profound shift.
By Meron Rapoport May 29, 2025
Why this Mizrahi feminist movement is disbanding — but not disappearing
Shovrot Kirot aimed to bring together marginalized communities in Israel to build a new political force. But facing funding shortfalls and internal divisions after Oct. 7, its leaders have been forced to rethink their strategy.
By Nathalie Rozanes February 28, 2025
The damage of Trump’s Gaza plan has already been done
The proposal to cleanse Gaza of Palestinians tapped into a deep undercurrent in Israeli society — endangering any chance for a peaceful future in the region.
By Meron Rapoport February 7, 2025
Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute
In the past, Israel’s moral debate about its military actions may have been narrow and hypocritical, but at least it existed. Not this time.
By Meron Rapoport August 23, 2024
Israeli leaders celebrate assassinations — and make the living pay the price
Has the genocide in Gaza increased the security of a single person in Israel? Are we safer while we wait for Iran’s response to Haniyeh’s killing?
By Orly Noy August 2, 2024
Only an anti-fascist front can save us from the abyss
Israeli society will emerge from this war more violent, nationalist, and militaristic than ever. The work of curbing its worst impulses must start now.
By Orly Noy July 4, 2024
The sad truth behind Israeli ‘happiness’
How can a country that administers constant violence and suffers deep inequalities be ranked the fourth happiest in the world?
By Asaf Calderon April 17, 2023
Hebron shooter indicts all of Israel
No need for a trial. Sergeant Elor Azaria is already innocent in the eyes of the Israeli public By David Sarna Galdi The trial of Sergeant Elor Azaria, a soldier indicted for the killing of an incapacitated Palestinian knife-attack suspect in Hebron last month will mostly likely begin soon, but it isn’t really necessary. If…
By +972 Magazine April 21, 2016
East Jerusalem’s youth: Proof that managing the conflict doesn’t work
The blood of East Jerusalem’s children, and the blood of their Israeli victims, is a reminder of one thing: there is no way to ‘manage’ the conflict. A year of mostly bitter, devastating events has finally come to an end. From the murder of 16-year-old Shira Banki at the Jerusalem pride parade to the grotesque…
By Orly Noy December 29, 2015
‘Administrative detainees must have done something wrong’
When discussing administrative detention with Israelis, there comes a point when the discussion becomes an argument like one about religion — based on blind faith in the security establishment. By definition, administrative detainees have not committed a crime. An administrative detention order is issued against people (almost all of whom are Palestinians) against whom there…
By Haggai Matar June 2, 2014
Part Two: When a Palestinian child becomes an enemy
Last week, I wrote about the process by which a Palestinian child becomes an enemy in the eyes of Israeli soldiers. I wrote it from the perspective of a close friend of mine who had recently completed a round of reserve duty in the village of Ni’ilin, where he routinely shot at children with tear…
By Joseph Dana May 3, 2011
Would Israelis like things to be better?
Based on the past months of popular struggle in the West Bank which have included countless demonstrations, arrests, house raids, injuries and trips to the military courts, I find myself asking whether Israelis would like things to be better. The question is simple enough: do people here want to create a change so that the political…
By Joseph Dana September 1, 2010
Revenge of the nerds: partying with the boys of Im Tirtzu
This piece was co-authored by Max Blumenthal Fresh off a campaign of nationwide intimidation against the New Israel Fund, countless damaging personal attacks against leftists and professors condemned as insufficiently Zionist, and an endorsement from Israeli Education Minister Gideon Saar, the self-proclaimed “moderate” student group Im Tirtzu gathered for a night of celebration. The venue was “Theodore,” a swanky bar in…
By Joseph Dana August 20, 2010
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