

Features

Asbestos dust threat looms over much of Gaza
“The war didn’t kill us, but this dust might.”

Slain journalist mentored Gaza's next generation
Wafa Aludaini trained English speakers to defend the Palestinian cause.

Out of nowhere, an airstrike took Uncle Anwar
Remembering a beloved uncle who loved plants and children.

Reduced to rubble, danger lurks everywhere in Rafah
Dozens killed, many missing and near total-destruction in Gaza’s border city.

Universities buckle to authoritarian demands
Accepting government orders is a losing strategy.

A day in a Khan Younis breadline
An hours-long wait yields bread for iftar and plenty of local lament.

Gaza’s missing haunt loved ones
More questions than answers as relatives grapple with “ambiguous loss.”

"My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner"
The Columbia graduate and student leader dictated this message from ICE detention in Louisiana.

Ascent for freedom: The man who climbed Big Ben
Day’s courage reflects the acute desperation that so many feel as we question how the leaders of the so-called free world can continue so shamelessly to gaslight us into silence.

The smell of death returns in Gaza
I am writing from a building near the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. I am watching the ambulances and cars rush by.
Reviews

Guardian's Zionist gatekeeper rewrites Holocaust history
22 August 2024
Jonathan Freedland’s book downplays Rudolph Vrba’s heroic criticism of Zionism. Read more about Guardian's Zionist gatekeeper rewrites Holocaust history

Before the flood
17 June 2024
Collection of essays places Gaza war in its “proper historical context.” Read more about Before the flood