Israel Diaries

Investigations & Series

Deep dives, ongoing reporting, and structured essays.

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Jab'a Investigation

An investigation into what is claimed, what is reported and what can actually be verified on the ground

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On the Land

On the Land brings readers into the daily lives of Israelis and Palestinians whose homes sit on the hills, valleys, and streets the world argues about. These are intimate, grounded portraits — not politics, not analysis, but the texture of life itself: fear, beauty, routine, memory, and belonging.

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Antisemitic Narratives

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The AI Writing Desk: Notes From the Human Side

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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project

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Worlds of Identity: Peoples, Memory, and Survival

An exploration of identity and survival across the Middle East: how communities remember, how they narrate themselves, and how they endure political pressure, conflict, and erasure. From Jews and Palestinian Arabs to Alawites, Iranians, and other minority groups, these are the stories behind the region’s human landscapes.

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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis

Analyses of Israel’s political and legal upheavals — judicial reform, governance failures, legislative battles, and the structural tensions shaping the state. This series examines how power is exercised, contested, and justified inside Israel’s institutions

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The Machinery of Narratives

A series on how information is shaped, distorted, and weaponized. From media failures and NGO messaging to activist amplification and state propaganda, this investigation examines how unverified claims harden into “fact” and how public perception is engineered.

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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences

Stories and analyses from Israel’s war: strategy, trauma, resilience, border communities, moral dilemmas and the pressures placed on Israeli society. A portrait of a nation fighting for its life and identity.

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Silenced Palestinian Voices

Protesters fill the streets of London, Berlin, and New York chanting “Free Palestine” with the fervor of a religious movement. They carry signs demanding statehood, justice, and liberation. They speak with absolute certainty about what Palestinians want, need, and deserve. More countries are proclaiming their recognition of the Palestinian state that does not exist. But if you listen carefully to Palestinians themselves, you hear voices that challenge the assumptions and slogans.

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The Quiet Abandonment of Palestine

In September 2025, an emergency Arab-Islamic summit convened in Doha after an Israeli airstrike on Hamas figures in Qatar. While leaders issued strong condemnations of Israel’s actions and reaffirmed Palestinian statehood, the summit produced no concrete sanctions or unified policy shift. This diplomatic display — loud in rhetoric but light on follow-through — underscored a deeper inconsistency: public Arab solidarity remains intense, but behind the scenes, Gulf states are quietly deepening ties with Israel as they abandon the Palestinian cause.

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