Naila Ayesh

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Palestinians inspect the rubble left of a Hamas facility destroyed by the Israeli army following a botched Israeli incursion into Gaza, November 12, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas didn’t start this fight, but it won’t win it either

If Hamas allows Israel to drag it into another lopsided fight, it will not only cost the lives of countless innocent civilians in Gaza, it will also distract from ongoing mass resistance to the siege. Israel’s killing of Hamas commander Nour Baraka on Sunday and the predictable response from the Islamist movement have sparked fears…

By Samer Badawi November 12, 2018

Israeli journalist Oren Cohen. 'The media wants to align itself with what it thinks the public wants to hear.' (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

As a journalist, I learned not to believe anything the Israeli army says

In March 1987, Oren Cohen, then a reporter in the occupied territories, received a tip about a female Palestinian detainee who had been tortured and had a miscarriage in prison. Authorities denied she even existed, until Cohen exposed their lies. Today, he says, no one would even care. By Meron Rapoport The film industry loves the press. The investigative journalist,…

By +972 Magazine November 7, 2018