Israel–Palestine, Gaza, and U.S. policy
A curated reading map to Sherafy’s reporting on Gaza, the West Bank, Israeli politics, humanitarian law, U.S. policy, political influence, identity, and public debate. Choose a path below, or browse every article in the Israel-Palestine & Geopolitics archive.
Last curated: October 29, 2026. This is a manually curated guide, not a breaking-news feed. Conflict reporting and legal proceedings can change; check the publication and update dates on each article. For how Sherafy weighs contested claims, see Source Evaluation & Evidence.
Start here · Gaza · West Bank · Israeli politics · U.S. policy · Identity and media · International perspectives
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- 15 Myths and Misconceptions About the Israel-Palestine Conflict — a starting point for recurring claims and contested assumptions.
- How Israel’s Government Works: The Knesset, Elections, Coalitions, and the Prime Minister — an institutional guide updated with the October 2026 election context.
- Gaza at Year Two: Where the War, Law, and Diplomacy Actually Stand — a broad guide to the war and ceasefire framework; check its update date for time-sensitive details.
Gaza, civilian life, and accountability
- Gaza’s Schools Are Reopening. Why Are Students Still Being Killed? — October 2026 reports, school access, civilian harm, and what remains unverified.
- How Much of Gaza Does Israel Control in 2026? The Land-Seizure Evidence — compares military control, UN access restrictions, and other estimates.
- Did UNICEF Prove Gaza’s Famine Was Fake? — what the 2026 nutrition survey does and does not show.
- UN Commission Says Israel Deliberately Targeted Palestinian Children — the Commission’s June 2026 allegations, legal framing, and accountability questions.
- Israel Admits Its Forces Fired in Two Deadly MSF Incidents. Why Were the Cases Closed? — the military’s findings, conflicting accounts, and unresolved investigation questions.
- Iman al-Hams: What Happened to the 13-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Killed in Gaza? — a historical case examined through the radio recordings, investigation, and trial record.
- Did UN Resolution 2803 Give Trump Control of Gaza? — what the resolution says about transitional governance and what it does not transfer.
- Gaza Natural Gas Reserves: Who Owns Gaza Marine? — the field’s status, competing claims, and the role of Israel and Palestinian authorities.
- Bisan Owda Compared “New Rafah” With Puerto Rico’s Esencia. What Do the Records Show? — reconstruction proposals, land, access, and the limits of the comparison.
- Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Humanitarian Crisis, Political Realities, and Media Narratives — background on the 2025 negotiations and competing public narratives.
- Only 8 Percent of Gazans Today Voted for Hamas — a data-based look at the 2006 election and why collective blame misstates the electorate.
- When Trees Outgrow the Tents: Khan Younis and Gaza’s Permanent Humanitarian Limbo — displacement, shelter, reconstruction, and the pressures facing Khan Younis.
- Did Spain Ban People Involved in the Gaza Genocide? What the Entry Ban Actually Does — the announced entry restrictions and what their legal scope means.
- Reflecting on 2021: A Year of Continued Struggle for Palestinian Rights — earlier context on Gaza, the West Bank, and Palestinian rights.
The West Bank, settlements, and territorial policy
- Why Do Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Olive Farmers? — the 2026 olive harvest, access restrictions, documented attacks, and economic losses.
- Smotrich Says Israel Should “Do in the West Bank What We Did in Gaza.” What Would That Actually Mean? — his proposal, settlement policy, and the difference between documented policy and inference.
- Is Israel Ethnically Cleansing the West Bank? What the Evidence Shows — displacement patterns and the distinctions between legal findings and political terminology.
- What Is “Greater Israel”—and Is It Actually Real? — what Israeli leaders have said and done, separated from unsupported claims about a regional master plan.
Israeli politics, security, and regional escalation
- CIA “Fracture From Within” Israel Analysis: Does the Evidence Support a Risk of State Collapse? — tests a reported intelligence assessment against public evidence and counterarguments.
- Could Israel Nuke Iran? Who Could Stop It, and Would China Retaliate? — a strategic analysis that distinguishes reported tensions from claims not established by evidence.
- Did Netanyahu Know About October 7? What the Evidence Shows — what Israeli intelligence and public reporting establish about warnings before the attack.
- Hillary Clinton Says Netanyahu May Have Let Hamas Keep Planning. What Changed? — the warning claim, the evidence behind it, and what remains unproven.
- Did Benjamin Netanyahu Fund Hamas? Here’s What the Evidence Shows — the history and purpose of Qatari payments to Gaza under Israeli policy.
- Is Israel the Only Country That Will Not Admit It Has Nuclear Weapons? — Israel’s policy of nuclear ambiguity and the international context.
- Why Doesn’t ISIS Attack Israel? It Has — So Why Has It Happened So Rarely? — corrects the “never attacks” claim and examines the group’s priorities.
- Were Israeli Women Raped on October 7? What the Evidence Actually Shows — the documented evidence, the limits of available counts, and unresolved allegations.
U.S. policy, military cooperation, and political influence
- Why Are U.S. Judges Going to Israel? Who Pays, Who Goes, and the Foreign Influence Questions — sponsored judicial trips, funding distinctions, ethics rules, and a Gaza-related recusal.
- How U.S. Taxpayers Helped Build Israel’s Military-Technology Industry — U.S. funding, defense programs, technology, and industrial policy.
- Is Israel Really Ending U.S. Military Aid? How the Money Could Shift Into Pentagon Contracts — Netanyahu’s proposal and the broader defense relationship.
- Section 219 and the Civic Problem of U.S.-Israel Military Integration — defense technology cooperation and democratic oversight.
- Where Your Tax Dollars Go Abroad: The Real Story of U.S. Foreign Aid — a broader aid overview with a section on U.S. assistance to Israel.
- Why the Iran War Continues—and How Americans Can End It — Israeli strategic pressure, U.S. executive power, and the political debate over war.
- Did Pro-Israel Groups Spend Millions to Defeat Thomas Massie? The Campaign-Finance Record — the documented spending, separate organizations, and limits on causal claims.
- Mapping the Money — a scoped comparison of foreign-connected political spending, including Israel-linked advocacy.
- Mapping the Shadow — smaller PACs, donor networks, and the limits of public disclosure.
- Project Esther: How an Antisemitism Strategy Became a Blueprint for Suppressing American Dissent — the proposal, its stated goals, and civil-liberties concerns.
- Christian Zionism in America: How It Strengthens Israel—and Shapes U.S. Foreign Policy — religious belief, political organizing, and U.S.-Israel relations.
Identity, media, information operations, and public debate
- Why the Word “Zionism” Has Lost Its Meaning—and Why That Matters — how the term carries different meanings across identity, nationalism, and policy.
- Why Some People Still Support Israel in 2026 — fears, loyalties, moral conflict, and public opinion.
- Defending the Jewish Community Center, Without Defending the State of Israel — Jewish communal safety and criticism of Israeli government policy.
- The Collapse of a Necessary Distinction — Jewish identity, antisemitism, and the public debate over Israel’s actions.
- If “Jews Control the Media” Is a Myth, Why Does Media Bias Feel Real? — rejects antisemitic conspiracy claims while examining real institutional incentives.
- Rethinking Israel-Palestine: Advocating Human Rights Over Bias and Fear — a rights-centered argument about identity, slogans, and Palestinian rights.
- Reflections on Verification, Truth, and Norman Finkelstein — source scrutiny and why public claims must be checked.
- Follow the Money, Not the Ethnicity: How Israel Criticism Becomes Conspiracy Thinking — how to examine institutions and funding without assigning collective blame.
- Israel, Stagwell and “Radical Jihadism”: Did Israel Use Fear of Muslims to Rebuild Support? — the communications research, public filings, and what they do not prove.
- Is the Hanover Institute a Real Think Tank? Who Funds It and Why AI Cites It — funding disclosures, foreign-agent records, and AI-source provenance.
- How Israel’s AI Propaganda Campaign Exploited Chatbot Verification Failures—and How to Stop It — an investigation into influence operations and source verification.
- History Will Remember What We Called Complicated — an essay on euphemism, delay, and public responsibility during mass suffering.
- Jeffrey Miller Wants to Show Zohran Mamdani What Genocide Looks Like. He Should Be Willing to Look at Gaza. — political rhetoric, evidence, and arguments about moral consistency.
International perspectives and diplomatic links
- Why Nigeria Supports Israel: Religion, Security, History and the Truth Behind the Polls — separates Nigerian public opinion from the government’s official position on Palestine.
- Why Mexican Civil Groups Are Protesting Chihuahua’s Water Agreement With Israel — the agreement, local opposition, and the wider diplomatic debate.
These paths collect Sherafy work across several subject categories. For the complete and current list of posts assigned to this topic, visit the Israel-Palestine & Geopolitics archive.