In the year since the 2014 Gaza war, little has been done to alter the conditions that precipitated it.

“After last summer’s horrors, most Gazans simply want to secure a better life for their children,” writes Mohammed Omer. “International donors, including Arab states, must transform pledges into facts. The United States and the European Union must find a moral commitment to assist Palestinians who are striving for freedom and control over their lives.”

One year after a ceasefire agreement ended Gaza’s 51-day war, hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition urging world leaders to pressure Israel to lift its blockade of the Palestinian territory.

Young Gazans are finally getting an opportunity to present themselves to the world in their own words. +972 speaks to some of the participants in the ‘We Are Not Numbers’ writing project about hope, love, war and, of course, writing.

All public institutions in the Gaza Strip will go on strike on Thursday to protest the unity government’s failure to address the rights of employees in the public sector, a public employees union said.

She suggested the killings could violate the Leahy Law, which would require some military aid be withheld.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s repeated opposition to an agreement with Iran has turned the world deaf to him, and if Iran does violate the deal’s conditions, no one will listen to Israel’s warnings,” writes Akiva Eldar.

Three things to know about Gal Hirsch, Israel’s incoming police chief who has supported segregated roads and the shooting of a Palestinian youth.

An IDF brigade commander earns praise from the political establishment for killing a Palestinian stone-thrower, while soldiers are commended for using ‘restraint’ in the face of Jewish stone-throwers.

Israeli forces on Wednesday morning demolished nine tin shacks, including two homes, in the town of al-Eizariya, east of Jerusalem, on land Israeli authorities have earmarked for construction of the separation wall, locals said.

The Interior Ministry in Gaza recently announced the appointment of a new chief of intelligence and chief of staff, although some argue there is no precedent or statutory basis for such positions in the ministry.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Isaac Herzog would like to form a national unity government, but haven’t been able to, Economy Minister Arye Deri said in a briefing to the Knesset Correspondents’ Association Wednesday.