Nora Barrows-Friedman’s blog

A group of young Palestinian men and children stand in a group. Carried on shoulders, two men hold a Palestinian flag and a symbolic key. Everyone is smiling.

Joy and caution as Palestinians welcome Gaza deal

Nora Barrows-Friedman 10 October 2025

Israel escalated attacks as a ceasefire edged closer, killing more than 120 Palestinians in four days. Read more about Joy and caution as Palestinians welcome Gaza deal

A small child clings to a rusty metal object, looking at the camera. Tent shelters are in the foreground.

Israel attacks international flotilla while killing hundreds in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 3 October 2025

Israeli army closes main north-south route along the coast for traffic in and out of Gaza City as war minister threatens Palestinians who stay. Read more about Israel attacks international flotilla while killing hundreds in Gaza

Why is the Oakland Airport shipping death weapons to Israel?

Nora Barrows-Friedman 30 September 2025

Oakland groups protest 280 military cargo shipments to Nevatim Airbase in Israel. Read more about Why is the Oakland Airport shipping death weapons to Israel?

People stand on top of the rubble of a destroyed building, with black smoke rising around them. Several small fires are visible in front of them.

Israel destroys homes, hospitals in nonstop airstrikes on Gaza City

Nora Barrows-Friedman 26 September 2025

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of loved ones as Israel continues to massacre hundreds. Read more about Israel destroys homes, hospitals in nonstop airstrikes on Gaza City

A woman in a blue headscarf holds her head in her hand. A man faces her. They are both looking at a body wrapped in a white shroud.

Israel ramps up Gaza City massacres

Nora Barrows-Friedman 19 September 2025

More than 1,000 Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm in one day. Read more about Israel ramps up Gaza City massacres

A girl wearing blue pants and a polka dot top stands on a massive pile of concrete rubble.

Israel destroys Gaza high-rises as it slaughters hundreds

Nora Barrows-Friedman 12 September 2025

Palestinians led demonstrations in Gaza City against Israel’s genocidal displacement orders. Read more about Israel destroys Gaza high-rises as it slaughters hundreds

Diaries of a young poet in Gaza: Batool Abu Akleen

Nora Barrows-Friedman 10 September 2025

A new book chronicles the genocide through the words of four Gaza-based writers. Read more about Diaries of a young poet in Gaza: Batool Abu Akleen

A small boy with dust, ash and blood on his face looks at the camera as he is being held by a woman inside an ambulance.

Israel could destroy Gaza City within 60 days

Nora Barrows-Friedman 5 September 2025

Five Palestinian boys remain missing after being abducted by Israeli soldiers at aid points in Gaza. Read more about Israel could destroy Gaza City within 60 days

A woman wearing pink prayer clothes holds a toddler, dressed in a red shirt and green shorts. The toddler is missing his left arm.

Israel targets journalists, rescuers in double-tap strike on Gaza hospital

Nora Barrows-Friedman 30 August 2025

Israeli soldiers and settlers uproot thousands of olive trees in occupied West Bank as military raids intensify. Read more about Israel targets journalists, rescuers in double-tap strike on Gaza hospital

A man holds the body of a child, wrapped in a white burial shroud. Two men walk alongside him

Israel escalates destruction of Gaza City

Nora Barrows-Friedman 22 August 2025

Quadcopters are being used to encircle residential blocks and coerce civilians into fleeing under armed threat, rights group reports. Read more about Israel escalates destruction of Gaza City

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Nora Barrows-Friedman is a staff writer and associate editor at The Electronic Intifada, and is the author of In Our Power: US Students Organize for Justice in Palestine (Just World Books, 2014).

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