DANA BEN-SHIMON

Dana Ben Shimon is an Israeli journalist based in Jerusalem. She has covered Palestinian issues for various media outlets. Dana was a reporter for Kan News and Channel 1 for over a decade, covering the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. She also served as Arab affairs correspondent for Israel Hayom, and worked for Zman Israel.

President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers his speech during the 2025 Atreju political festival organized by Fratelli d'Italia party near Castel Sant'Angelo, on December 12, 2025 in Rome, Italy.

Palestinian Authority President Abbas faces backlash over cutting 'pay-for-slay' salaries

RA’AM PARTY HEAD MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in November. Abbas’s political opponents have accused him in recent days of foiling efforts to form a joint list ahead of the elections, claiming that he doesn’t want to close the door to a future coalition.

Arab Israelis push to revive Joint List as divisions threaten their political voice

A Palestinian man walks past graffiti showing Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti in Bethlehem, West Bank.

Abbas's unilateral successor pick sparks fears of division, anarchy among Palestinians


IDF sees sharp rise in enlistment from Druze, Bedouins, and Arab Christians

Two years of war have seen a rise in military enlistment from Israel’s minority communities.

A reported massacre of Druze civilians by Syrian army forces and allied militias in July 2025 prompted Druze from Israel to cross the border.

The Iraqi cleric and ex-Houthi spokesperson breaking ranks to defend Israel online

Two Arab activists are challenging dominant regional narratives by defending Israel online, even after facing bombings, persecution, and exile.

Ghaith Al-Tamimi condemned the October 2025 Yom Kippur attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England.

To boycott or not to boycott? Palestinians debate saying no to Israeli products

With calls to boycott Israel increasing globally, Palestinians discuss the consequences of the campaign on their own lives.

An illustrative image of Palestinian laborers working on a construction project in Israel.

Palestinians caught between corrupt leaders, Israeli settlements as hope for statehood crumbles

Many Palestinians say their dreams of statehood are disappearing between a corrupt Palestinian Authority and Israeli settlements.

An Israeli flag flies on a highway in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank on August 4, 2025.

Gaza residents say Hamas has abandoned them as war devastates Gaza Strip

Hamas is much weaker two years after October 7, but it is still the dominant power in Gaza and controls the civic space.

A truck carrying people evacuating southbound from Gaza City moves along the coastal road in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on September 9, 2025.