Six Day War

Druze villagers threshing corn in Majdak Shams, Golan Heights, 1967. (Moshe Milner/GPO)

The Syrian refugees Israelis prefer to forget

As opposed to Palestinian refugees, the fate of the Syrians expelled from the Golan Heights by Israel in 1967 was covered up and hidden from public awareness. Even today, most Israelis believe the area was largely empty of Syrians, and anyone who may have been there fled voluntarily. By Irit Gal Among the Syrian refugees fleeing their burning country…

By Haokets July 18, 2017

Israeli activists clash with police officers during an operation to evacuate nine homes in the Jewish settlement of Ofra, in the West Bank, February 28, 2017. The Israeli Supreme Court ordered in 2015 to demolish nine homes which were allegedly built on private Palestinian land in Ofra. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The settlers’ goal is not the settlements

It is the total transformation of Israel. The settlements, the settlers, and the occupation are all entirely associated with one another in the Israeli consciousness. The Left and the Right agree on this, albeit with varying considerations: the Left wants to apportion blame for Israel’s continuing control over the West Bank, while the settlers want to…

By Noam Sheizaf June 8, 2017

Two IDF jeeps drive in a parade through Jerusalem, 1968. (A. Eisenberg/Lehava Kiryat Mozkin, CC 2.5)

1968 poll shows what Jewish Jerusalemites thought of Palestinians

A survey of Jerusalem’s Jewish residents just months after the end of the Six-Day War showed that, even back then, the majority wanted little to do with their Arab neighbors — and as few reminders as possible that they were there at all. At the close of the Six-Day War in 1967, Jerusalem’s Jewish residents…

By Dahlia Scheindlin June 1, 2017

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Sadiq Jalal al-Azm seen during a lecture series at University of California, Los Angeles's Department of Near Eastern Studies in 2006. (Bgadsby)

Goodbye to the Syrian intellectual who sought to liberate his homeland

Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, who passed away last week, was a Syrian intellectual of the highest order. He placed a mirror in front of both the Arab world and its tendency to blame the West for all its ills. By Dror Ze’evi The Arab states are in trouble. Their citizens are unable to break through the…

By +972 Magazine December 18, 2016

The minaret belonging to the ruined mosque of Sur'aman, a Circassian village that was destroyed following Israel's occupation of the Syrian Golan in 1967, April 1, 2016. (Aiman Abu Jable/Jawlan.org)

The silent occupation: Bringing pre-1967 Golan Heights back to life

With war raging over Israel’s border with Syria, it’s easy to forget that the Golan Heights — a buffer between the two countries — is occupied territory. But occupied it is, and the landscape bears witness to a history of violence and expulsion. “The sky fell to earth, the stars turned to stones…” — Elias…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland April 18, 2016

Palestinians climb over the Israeli Wall to attend the Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the town of Al-Ram, near the Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, on the second Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, July 3, 2015. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

The people behind the numbers: ‘Palestine Speaks’

A collection of oral histories offers a penetrating look at life in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Gaza could be uninhabitable by 2020. More than 2,000 Palestinians were killed in 2014 and more than 17,000 were injured. Israel arrests and detains between 500 and 700 Palestinian children every year. In August of 2015…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat September 8, 2015

Stock photo of the United States Supreme Court in Washington DC (Orhan Cam/Shutterstock.com)

A city with no sovereign: The Jerusalem passport case

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the State Department can continue refusing to print ‘Israel’ as the place of birth for American citizens born in Jerusalem. ‘Neither Israel nor any other country is acknowledged as having sovereignty over Jerusalem,’ Justice Kennedy writes in the majority opinion. By Lolita Brayman The U.S. might be Israel’s strongest…

By +972 Magazine June 10, 2015

The wall around Jerusalem - part of our lives here (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

[WATCH] Street Talk: Is Jerusalem divided or united?

Forty-eight years since Israel conquered East Jerusalem and declared the city unified, Social TV took to the streets of Tel Aviv to ask regular folks what they think. You might be surprised by what they had to say. Read more: Jerusalem Day brings tensions in divided city to the fore How Jerusalem makes Palestinians disappear…

By Social TV June 7, 2015

Palestinians protest at the entrance to the city of Umm al-Fahm, against the recent attack against a mosque in the city, April 21, 2014. On April 18, the door of a mosque in the city was set on fire and graffiti reading "Arabs out" was sprayed outside. (photo: Activestills.org)

Doing God’s work: A look at the Islamic Movement in Israel

It grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, split into two branches over ideological differences, and is now joining forces with communists, feminists and Jews in the Joint List. This is the surprising story of the Islamic Movement in the Jewish state. By Dr. Nohad Ali Much has been said in the Israeli media about the union…

By +972 Magazine March 13, 2015

Right-wing activist Yehuda Glick holding a book depicting the Jewish Temple while standing in front of the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, May 21, 2009. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Why religious Jews are divided over the Temple Mount

As tensions between Jews and Muslims come to a head in Jerusalem, it is worth remembering that one of Israel’s most prominent rabbis strictly forbade Jews from visiting Judaism’s holiest site in the wake of the Six-Day War. By Nissim Leon Recent news reflects a surge in conflict between Muslims and Jews in Israel surrounding…

By Haokets November 22, 2014

Mass grave of victims of the Farhud, 1941. (photo: Ministry of Education and the Ben - Zvi, Jerusalem)

Farhud, 1941: Iraqi Jews remember a massacre

On the holiday of Shavuot in 1941, Iraq’s Jews experienced a pogrom that claimed over 180 lives and ended in mass looting. But there’s another story from the Farhud that often goes undiscussed: the bravery of Muslims during the crisis. “The Farhud” / Foreword By Orit Bashkin (translated by Asaf Shalev) Silently but not without some…

By Cafe Gibraltar June 10, 2014

Activists demonstrate against the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian West Bank on June 1, 2013, in the city of Tel Aviv. On June 5, Palestinians will mark the 46th anniversary of the 1967 occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza strip. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

Protest marking 47 years of occupation in Tel Aviv will ‘disrupt routine,’ police says

This week marks 47 years since the start of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights, the product of the Six-Day War that took place June 5-10, 1967. That is almost half a century, and nearly three-quarters of Israel’s entire existence. Like every year, the tiny Israeli left plans to hold…

By Mairav Zonszein June 3, 2014

Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (US Gov't Work)

His finest hours: On Sharon’s murderous legacy

From the Qibya massacre, to Sabra and Shatila and the dirty tricks, lies and deceptions that made the West Bank settlements what they are today, Ariel Sharon has caused unimaginable damage to Israel, its army, morality, and political life. (Translated by Sol Salbe) On Saturday night, as soon as Ariel Sharon’s death became known, our hyperactive education…

By Yossi Gurvitz January 13, 2014