Inbal Herrmoni, an activist in the Social Workers' Union, speaks before a demonstration in Tel-Aviv against unilateral measures taken by the Welfare Ministry detrimental to its workers.

Welfare Ministry Employees Hold One-Day Warning Strike

On Wednesday, January 28, employees of the Welfare and Social Services Ministry held a one-day warning strike to protest “unilateral changes” being implemented by the ministry. With the approval of the Union of Social Workers and the Histadrut labor federation, some 3,000 workers – probation officers, social workers, and child investigators – went on strike,…

Buildings destroyed during Israel's "Operation Protective Edge" in the Gaza Strip, summer 2014. Israeli airstrikes destroyed everything from family homes to fishermen's boats; water systems to health centers.

B’Tselem Report: Israeli Government Unlawfully Bombed Residential Buildings in Gaza

On Wednesday, January 28, B’Tselem, one of the Israel’s leading human rights organization, released a report in which it alleges that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet persisted in an unlawful policy of bombing residential buildings in Gaza during last summer’s war (“Operation Protective Edge”). The report blasts the country’s civilian leadership, and specifically Prime Minister…

Amid bulldozed homes in ‘Ein al-Karzaliyah, a Palestinian woman prepares bread for her family’s next meal.

Occupation’s Civil Administration Again Demolishes All Homes in Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah

On Thursday, January 22, bulldozers of the Israeli Occupation’s Civil Administration demolished all the structures in the tiny, five-family Palestinian community of Khirbet ‘Ein Karzaliyah in the northern Jordan Valley. In the operation, all seven tents in which the families live were destroyed, rendering the residents homeless for the third time since January 2014. The…

MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) during a debate held in the Knesset, last year, in support of legislation to increase the minimum wage to NIS 30 an hour, which comes to NIS 5,300 a month for full time employees.

MK Khenin: A Good Law to Conclude a Bad Knesset

On Wednesday, January 21, in a stormy, election-season session in which politicians lobbed at one another mutual accusations over attempts to take credit for the popular measure, the Knesset approved a bill to raise the minimum wage in Israel. MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) responded with satisfaction to the Knesset’s passing of the minimum wage bill,…