Edo Konrad

Edo Konrad is the current editor-in-chief of +972 Magazine. Based in Tel Aviv, he previously worked as an editor for Haaretz.

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Falafel: A Tasty and Versatile Middle Eastern Delight

A delectable Middle Eastern delight loved worldwide for its crispy exterior, flavorful interior, and versatility

By Haggai Matar, Edo Konrad and Joseph Dana May 22, 2023

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By Edo Konrad and Ami Kaufman February 9, 2021

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Welcome to ‘The Landline,’ +972’s new weekly newsletter

After six years of high hopes, the Joint List — the alliance of four Palestinian-led political parties in Israel — announced last week that they would be splitting ahead of the Israeli elections set for March 23. The Islamic party Ra’am, led by Mansour Abbas, made clear its intentions to court Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

By Edo Konrad February 3, 2021

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By Edo Konrad and Ami Kaufman January 7, 2021

Palestinian students at Salem School in Nablus, West Bank wear eye patches in solidarity with journalist Moath Amarnih, who was wounded and lost sight in one eye during clashes with the Israeli army in the village of Surif. November 18, 2019. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

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Palestinian journalists and students join a broad campaign to highlight the dangers faced by West Bank and Gaza reporters in the field, who are regularly targeted by Israeli security forces with little fear of punishment.

By Edo Konrad August 12, 2020

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By Natasha Roth-Rowland, +972 Magazine, Edo Konrad and Haggai Matar November 21, 2019

Palestinians evacuate the wounded from Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on November 12, 2019. Earlier in the day an Israeli air strike killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu Al-Atta. (Fadi Fahd/Flash90)

To save himself, Netanyahu is going to war with Gaza

Even as Israel becomes chronically unable to form a government, the ‘Gaza consensus’ — the endless pounding of the strip into oblivion — persists. It could tip the scales in Netanyahu’s favor. There is no military solution in Gaza. But Israel’s leaders, who are too much at loggerheads to sit in a government together, are somehow able to agree…

By Edo Konrad November 12, 2019

Palestinians evacuate a protester during a Great Return March protest near the Gaza fence, east of Gaza City, November 2, 2018. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills.org)

Israeli army knew it was unnecessarily killing Gaza protesters in real time

The Israeli army admits that it secretly changed its policy once it realized that shooting unarmed protesters in the leg was lethal. Rights group says the revelation is an admission that Israel was killing protesters without any justification. The Israeli military reportedly changed open-fire regulations for its snipers deployed along the Israel-Gaza fence after it…

By Edo Konrad July 24, 2019

Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers detain a blindfolded Palestinian child. (Wagdi Ashtiyeh/Flash90)

Top court throws out case demanding Palestinian kids be allowed to call parents from prison

The Israeli Supreme Court refuses to hear arguments in a case about whether Palestinian minors imprisoned by Israel should be allowed to speak to their families on the phone. Israel’s High Court of Justice refused to hear a petition by an Israeli human rights organization demanding that Palestinian minors held in Israeli prisons be allowed…

By Edo Konrad July 3, 2019

A prisoner seen making a phone call in Gilboa Prison, northern Israel, February 28, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Should Palestinian children be able to call parents from prison? Israeli court will decide

Palestinian children in Israeli jails classified as ‘security prisoners’ are denied the right to speak to or see their families, sometimes for months on end. Israel’s top court will hear arguments about whether Palestinian children held in Israeli prisoners should be allowed to call their parents on the phone. Palestinian minors classified by Israel as…

By Edo Konrad June 30, 2019