*The Avichay Adraee Network, We Want to Live and the June 26 Movement* I am proud to share this peer-reviewed research article I have authored, “The Avichay Adraee Network, We Want to Live and the June 26 Movement,” published by the al-Zaytouna Centre for Research and Consultations in Beirut. This article, which was the byproduct of years of close research, traces the genealogy of what Palestinian activists and resistance actors have increasingly described as the “Avichay Adraee Network,” a transnational Arabic-language media ecosystem linking normalization initiatives, anti-Hamas activism, and collaborator formations in Gaza. Beginning with the 2019 “We Want to Live” protests and following the evolution of actors such as Moumen al-Natour, the study examines the emergence of interconnected institutions, including the Center for Peace Communications, the Arab Council for Regional Integration, and Jusoor News. It argues that these organizations cultivated a shared media and political infrastructure that, following the outbreak of Operation al-Aqsa Flood, expanded beyond advocacy into projects focused on alternative governance, “safe zones,” and the promotion of post-Hamas political arrangements. By situating the “June 26 Movement” within this broader trajectory, the article contends that the “Avichay Adraee Network” represents the culmination of a years-long effort to construct a soft-power apparatus capable of shaping political discourse, cultivating local intermediaries, and advancing new forms of political organization in Gaza. This article is, to my knowledge, the most extensive historical study of this network. Alongside my Electronic Intifada article, I consider it to be my most important piece of research yet. It is linked below.

*Update on the Collaborator File & June 26 Movement” From a local source in Gaza: “‘Israeli’ drones throughout Gaza are using loudspeakers to incite people to join the incendiary ‘June 26 Movement’ protest that took place a short while ago. The meager size of the protest speaks for itself—and so do those collaborators organizing it.” Meanwhile people young and old have gathered throughout Gaza to march for a different movement altogether—to show their support for Hamas, waving the movement’s green flags. This photo by Mustafa al-Raisi was taken just a short while ago.