“Harrowing ‘solidarity tours’ of Israel are reinscribing American Jews’ sense of victimhood.”
Gaza
‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza
“The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties.”
‘They Scream in Hunger’ – How Israel is Starving Gaza
“For three days, Al Jazeera followed three families in Gaza to document how they are coping with hardly any food.”
The Children Who Lost Limbs In Gaza
“More than a thousand children who were injured in the war are now amputees. What do their futures hold?”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring notable stories by Bridget Read, Oscar Schwartz, Mosab Abu Toha, Sierra Bellows, and Stuart Heritage.
My Family’s Daily Struggle to Find Food in Gaza
“In my homeland, where we used to cook and celebrate together, my relatives are eating animal feed to keep from starving.”
The Israeli Settlers Attacking Their Palestinian Neighbors
“With the world’s focus on Gaza, settlers have used wartime chaos as cover for violence and dispossession.”
‘Between the Hammer and the Anvil’
“The story behind the New York Times October 7 exposé.”
The Expanding Table: Honoring Palestinian Culinary Tradition in Arkansas
For one baker and educator in Northwest Arkansas, food is a connection to her family’s roots in Gaza—and an essential way to share the stories of their culture.