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Jessica Buxbaum

Jessica Buxbaum

Jessica Buxbaum is a Jerusalem-based journalist covering Palestine and Israel. Her work has been featured in Middle East Eye, The National and Gulf News. Follow her on Twitter: @jess_buxbaum

With ultra-Orthodox parties crucial allies in Netanyahu's coalition, a draft bill to end their military exemption could threaten his political survival

15 January, 2026

As illegal Israeli settlements seize more land and violent settler attacks escalate, Palestine's Christian community faces a quiet erasure

23 December, 2025

Decades in the making, Israel's E1 settlement will make a Palestinian state impossible and lay the groundwork for annexing the West Bank

27 August, 2025

While the long-term logistics of reoccupying Gaza are unclear, Israel is moving ahead with an official policy to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian territory

02 June, 2025

In-depth: Dissent is growing in Israel's military as growing numbers of reservists refuse to fight and veterans launch open letters condemning the war in Gaza.

24 April, 2025

In-depth: After the killing of 15 medics in Gaza, Israel changed its account several times, with its system of investigations designed around impunity.

17 April, 2025

In-depth: Rooted in an anti-Islam ideology, Israel has long cultivated ties with Europe's far right to gain leverage in international bodies and the EU.

06 March, 2025

In-depth: The price of the Gaza ceasefire for Israel's far-right was free rein in the West Bank. The result is an explosion of state-backed settler violence.

13 February, 2025

In-depth: The ban on UNRWA's operations in Israel will deprive Palestinian refugees of vital services and is an attempt to erase their right of return.

06 February, 2025

In-depth: Israel is pumping over $150 million into new efforts to sway global public opinion, but the genocidal war in Gaza has irreversibly damaged its image.

09 January, 2025