

Features

Gaza’s amputee footballers look forward to a fresh start
With the greatest cohort of child amputees in modern history, Gaza’s Palestinian Amputee Football Association is looking for international support.

Six minutes to flee
I was given a cruel ultimatum.

As one war ends, another begins
We search for a life worth living among the rubble.

With an apple, a child opens eyes and hearts
Displaced family finds solace in the kindness of their autistic 4-year-old.

A lack of cash leads to bartering
Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s financial sector prompts widescale return to ancient system of trading to meet basic needs.

Gaza’s poets never stopped writing
Poets in a camp in Deir al-Balah gather to recite their work amid Israel’s cultural genocide.

Let us bury our martyrs with dignity
Talk of victory or defeat is meaningless in the face of a genocide the world ignored.

Why did Israel kill a young man with Down Syndrome?
The family of Ahmad al-Abadlah is still searching for details about the day he was killed by the Israeli military in July 2024.

Gaza is not a “thing,” Mr. President
Palestinians have weathered prior Israeli efforts to ethnically cleanse them from Gaza.

Kissing the ground in Gaza's north
We dreamed of this moment for more than a year.
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