The Palestine Project

❝ Elections cannot stop the accelerated process of ‘recolonisation’ of 1948 Palestinian communities. Whatever the Israeli state might claim, the fate of the Palestinian citizens of Israel is tied to the fate of the rest of the Palestinian population. ❞ — Mohamad Kadan

❝ Gaza has been experiencing an old-fashioned scorched-earth campaign reminiscent of the Nakba of 1948 and no different from the settler-colonial genocides of previous centuries. ❞ — Eyal Weizman

Israel detained and deported two Italian activists from the West Bank, raising concerns over efforts to deter internationals from documenting Israel's abuses.

Iyad Hajjaj, a Hollywood actor and filmmaker originally from Gaza, has won 19 awards for his short movie based on Israel's genocidal war. Hajjaj screen credits include "Ms. Marvel", "Will and Grace", and "Black Monday". 🇵🇸 #PalestinianFilm 🇵🇸

Israel's high court rejected a petition to prevent 2,000 'observers' carrying guns in Palestinian-majority elections, raising fears of intimidation:

UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese has released a blistering report on media complicity in war crimes as Israelis head to the polls.

Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amid continuing genocide in Gaza, UN Commission of Inquiry finds.

Gaza's Palestinians await Israel's election results with anxiety, as analysts warn a change of government would likely not end the genocide:

❝ Political change cannot come from within Israeli society. It can only come from the outside. ❞ — Diana Buttu

❝ Palestinians make up around 16% of the eligible voters in Tuesday’s election – yet our issues are ignored and candidates promise the same goal: to ethnically cleanse us ❞ — Diana Buttu

❝ The Knesset cannot deliver liberation, but fear of displacement makes even the smallest chance of protecting our homes and keeping our families on this land worth taking ❞ — Zahra Saeed

A book deal with Penguin Random House, the world's largest book publisher, was a dream for two Palestinian authors who had spent the last two years working on a book detailing Palestinian history. 🇵🇸 #BooksOnPalestine

The election setup and the deep polarisation that has plagued Israel in recent years could mean a prolonged deadlock may be the most likely outcome

UAE's Lana Nusseibeh has been the face of a disastrous Emirates policy that has prolonged war and death. It is a scandal that she is even being considered as the UN secretary general

The country's crisis is deep, structural and entrenched, and it will grow more severe if the far right wins the next election

Condemned as collective punishment, Israel’s assault forces hundreds of Palestinians families from their homes, leaving them without shelter, stability or a clear path to return

In an in-depth interview, analyst Ameer Fakhoury explains how Palestinian 'citizens of Israel' are voting to ensure their very survival

Netanyahu won the Middle East and lost the world ❝ Most Israeli Jews now see the world the way Netanyahu has long seen it. Much of the world now sees Israel the way Gazan Palestinians see it. The world now sees Israel as a brutal aggressor. ❞ — Ezra Klein @nytopinion.nytimes.com

❝ Green MPs attacking the passing of the Zionism is racism motion undermine both the party's democratic process and Palestinian voices ❞ — Amro Tabari @greenparty.org.uk

As in settler-colonial societies across history, the real issues of indigenous rights are left off the Israeli election ballot

Rather than slink back from its globally condemned genocidal conduct over the past three years, Israel is actually ratcheting up its psychotically bloody and illegal conduct right now.

Strong interview with Ben Moser, in which he describes Irish Pages author Avi Shlaim as part of “a hidden tradition” of anti-Zionist Jews: “people who, though long dismissed and despised, were ultimately proven right” 🌿 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... ‘Genocide in Gaza’ remains unreviewed 📚

Key findings of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s new report, “Truth Under the Rubble: Media in the Time of Genocide” Visualizing Palestine tinyurl.com/3nucz26b

❝ In January 2025 Donald Trump described Gaza as a ‘demolition site’. ‘You’re talking about probably a million and a half people,’ he said, ‘and we just clean out that whole thing.’ ❞

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva secured his fourth non-consecutive presidential term late on Sunday, in a historic win against right-wing pro-Israel Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Meanwhile in Tel Aviv...

Israeli occupation forces released Palestinian doctor Mazen al-Rantisi, 71, from Ofer prison on Sunday after nearly four months in detention, with visible signs of physical abuse on his body.

Fakhri Abu Diab and his family are among hundreds of Palestinian residents being pushed out of al-Bustan, as Israel takes over residential areas of occupied East Jerusalem

❝ I will vote for the Joint List because “On this land, there is what makes life worth living” (Mahmoud Darwish). ❞ – Avi-ram Tzoref • Translated by Sol Salbe

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

Educational destruction and the obstruction of recovery in Gaza •• This Week in Palestine

❝ How a people under erasure are rewriting the world’s moral order ❞ — Francesca Albanese

Homes and businesses razed in the occupied West Bank city as Israeli leaders threaten a wider offensive and announce election-day crossing closures

The legitimacy of the struggle of all peoples for independence and liberation

As Israeli settlers wreak havoc on Palestine’s olive harvest, Britain must move beyond limited sanctions and impose a full arms embargo

Azmi Bishara says Trump backs Netanyahu as a war partner, while warning Israel's election, Iran tensions and US midterms could reshape the region.

LISTEN ► Leena Dallasheh discusses the echoes of military rule in today’s crackdown on Palestinian dissent, and the struggle for a more substantive form of citizenship.

Israel's bombing leaves children without parents and women without partners, as bereaved families struggle to survive displacement, poverty and the loss of loved ones

Israeli forces have forcibly evicted hundreds of Palestinian families from their homes across several neighbourhoods after a shooting on Friday near the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint west of Hebron, in which two soldiers were killed and three others wounded.

❝ Balad leader Sami Abu Shehade's ousting from the Knesset race marks an escalation of repression in a system that has always made Palestinian representation conditional ❞ — Ghada Majadli and Shada Aamer

A review of Omer Bartov's book: 'Israel: What Went Wrong?' #BooksOnPalestine

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to mount a major offensive to "destroy" parts of Hebron in the occupied West Bank

OPERATION LIDICE ON THE WEST BANK: ‘Destroy, kill, and annihilate’ By Sol Salbe

As illegal Israeli settlements expand across the occupied West Bank, the West continues to peddle the myth of the 'two-state solution'

WATCH ► ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ Gaza’s healthcare workers, those killed and those still alive, are still working during a genocide; don’t let their stories be forgotten.

❝ This election is not, however, a story only about the racism of Israel’s extreme right. Every single Jewish party in the Knesset supported Abu Shehadeh’s disqualification, exposing the fealty of Israel’s so-called opposition when it comes to matters of Jewish supremacy. ❞

#NAZA ► This new, award-winning film silences us not because of the monstrosity of what Israel did but because it serves as irrefutable proof of our own monstrosity www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/naza...

Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass, whose credits include 'Paradise Now,' 'The Visitor,' 'Succession' and 'Palestine 36,' will be honored at the 39th European Film Awards in Athens in January. — European Film Academy tinyurl.com/2ycmtt3w — The Hollywood Reporter tinyurl.com/32efjn7z

Michael Walzer wrote “Just and Unjust Wars” half a century ago. The war in Gaza made him rethink one of its fundamental principles. ► @newyorker.com : archive.is/NPaJh

❝ Sir David Bell’s report is riddled with errors, distortions and contradictions. It weaponises antisemitism rather than tackles it, and yet the government has uncritically accepted its recommendations. ❞ — Owen Jones