Jewish Israelis Smoke Weed Without Fear. Their Palestinian Neighbors Face Harsh Penalties.
The open consumption of cannabis stops at Israel’s separation wall, beyond which Palestinians are denied many of their most basic rights.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Israel’s 2023 bombings and invasion of the Gaza Strip have cost thousands of Palestinian lives and displaced countless others. But the war didn’t start with Hamas’s October 7 attack. The Intercept’s coverage delves into Israel’s occupation, how the U.S. government enables its repression, and the free speech fight over pro-Palestine activism at home.
Israeli Forces Deliberately Killed Palestinian American Journalist, Report Shows
A new forensic analysis proves that an Israeli sniper could see that Shireen Abu Akleh was a journalist before firing the bullet that killed her.
Americans Rarely See the True Face of Israel's Bombing of Gaza
By shying away from graphic images of death, news organizations sanitize the violence of Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass
As Biden courts Israel after the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Rachel Corrie’s family is speaking out.
Israel Used U.S. Weapons to Destroy U.S. Assets and Aid Projects in Gaza
Documents show that in 2021, arms made and funded by the United States destroyed UNRWA schools, USAID projects, and a Coca-Cola plant.
Palestinian Poem Sets Off Antisemitism Fight at Georgetown
The ADL is leading a charge to cancel a 23-year-old Palestinian activist for a line of poetry it claims echoes a medieval antisemitic trope.
Israel Charges Palestinian Journalists With Incitement — for Doing Their Jobs
In a spate of arrests, Israeli security forces interrogated Palestinian journalists about their work, then hit them with trumped-up charges.
Israel Revives Assassination Tactics Not Seen for 15 Years in the West Bank
The triple assassination recalled the darkest days of the Second Intifada — and Israel's impunity to commit violence.
Israel Killed Up to 192 Palestinian Civilians in May 2021 Attacks on Gaza
More than 70 percent of the Israeli attacks that killed civilians in Gaza had no corresponding reports of militants hit alongside them.
Secret Israeli Document Offers No Proof to Justify Terror Label for Palestinian Groups
When presented with the dossier, which was produced by Israel’s Shin Bet, European governments declined to cut funding to the groups.