Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel and others protest against the Iranian government in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2026.(Erik Marmor/Flash90)

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
Palestinians take part in a mass wedding ceremony in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2018. (Flash90)

Why divorce rates are soaring in the West Bank

A spiraling economic crisis, shrinking job prospects, and Israeli movement restrictions are straining relationships and destabilizing families.
By Aseel Mafarjeh
Palestinians gather between destroyed houses to break their fast together during the holy month of Ramadan in the northern Gaza Strip, February 20, 2026. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

In Gaza, we’re still breaking our fast under the buzzing of drones

Palestinians across the Strip are struggling to revive the spirit of Ramadan amid the third holiday season since the start of the genocide.
By Ahmed Dremly
Israeli forces stand guard as Palestinians pass through the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, February 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel warns of a Ramadan escalation — while doing everything to provoke one

Eroding the status quo at Al-Aqsa, backing settler pogroms, ignoring violent crime: If there is an eruption, Israel alone will have engineered it.
By Baker Zoubi
Dalia Hatuqa. (Courtesy)
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Where is the PA as Israel annexes the West Bank?

Dalia Hatuqa unpacks the bureaucratic transformation of Israel’s control over the occupied territory, and the Palestinian Authority’s inability to confront it.
By +972 Magazine
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Attendees at the Defense Tech Expo in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2026. (Oren Ziv)
Israel’s arms sales are surging. So why are its weapons expos smaller than ever?
Bypassing public exhibits, Israeli weapons firms are using subsidiaries to sell to European states — even those pledging an arms embargo due to the genocide.
By Sahar Vardi February 23, 2026
Shadmot Mehola Solar Field, in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. (Sofia Fani Gutman)
With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid
Israel’s self-branding as a pioneer in sustainability obscures how its ‘green development’ is fueling the takeover of Palestinian land and resources — and international corporations are helping to bankroll it.
By Sofia Fani Gutman, Carolina Pedrazzi and Andrey X February 20, 2026
A billboard reads "A time for war, a time for settlement. Now is the time for the "Abrahamic Covenant," with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed standing next to U.S President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
In widening Saudi-UAE rift, Israel is at the heart of a narrative war
Saudi accusations that Abu Dhabi acts as Israel’s proxy have ignited a media firestorm. But similar anti-Israel sentiments circulate within the UAE itself.
By Mira Al Hussein February 19, 2026
Israeli soldiers block the path of international activists in Hebron's Old City, occupied West Bank, November 22, 2025. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)
No explanation, no appeal: Israel revoking entry authorization of foreign activists
The government is exploiting the visa-free travel system to clamp down on activists supporting vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
By Liam Syed February 18, 2026
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with Israeli settler leaders, at the Finiance Ministry, in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Has Israel crossed the annexation threshold in the West Bank?
Six ‘game-changing’ recent cabinet decisions may push the occupation past a tipping point toward permanent Israeli rule, says Yesh Din director Ziv Stahl.
By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman February 18, 2026
Source image: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Los Angeles, California, June 12, 2025. (DHSgov/Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Graphic by +972.
ICE tripled its reliance on Microsoft in last six months, leaked files reveal
Documents show the U.S. agency is storing large amounts of data on Microsoft's cloud while making use of its AI tools to analyze videos and images.
By Yuval Abraham February 17, 2026
Tawfiq Bani Odeh, a resident of the Palestinian village of Atuf, with his flock of sheep on Mount Tammun in the northern Jordan Valley, January 23, 2026. (Oren Ziv)
Israel’s new separation wall will sever Jordan Valley from rest of West Bank
The army is issuing evacuation orders and seizing land to prepare a massive barrier — part of a wider project to annex the Palestinian ‘breadbasket.’
By Oren Ziv February 16, 2026
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PODCAST: Documenting the settler takeover of the West Bank
Oren Ziv reflects on two decades of reporting on Palestinian displacement and resistance, and what Israeli and international solidarity can achieve today.
By +972 Magazine February 13, 2026
Palestinian patients wait in the grounds of the Red Crescent Hospital to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Crossing with Egypt for medical treatment abroad, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
‘I would never do it again’: Inside the struggle to enter and leave Gaza
A trickle of Palestinians have passed through Rafah Crossing since its partial reopening. Those returning face intimidation by Israeli soldiers and the Abu Shabab gang, as well as the confiscation of their belongings.
By Ruwaida Amer February 13, 2026
An officer from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), one of the primary arms of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seen during an operation in Minneapolis, January 6, 2026. (Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security Photo)
ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence
U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.
By Sophia Goodfriend February 12, 2026
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