Mourners display photograph of one of the victims in the massacre at Suruç (Pirsûs). (Photo: Al Ittihad)

CPI Condemns Massacre at Suruç

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) mourns the brutal murder of 32 young members of the Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) in the district of Suruç (Pirsûs) on July 20, and sends its condolences to their families and comrades in the ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) and the HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party). The CPI…

Joint List Chairman MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash), former Labor chairwoman MK Shelly Yachimovich and Meretz chairwoman MK Zehava Galon at Peace Now conference in Tel-Aviv, July 24, 2015

MK Odeh: “The Right says ‘Death to Arabs’ but the Zionist Left will Be the Death of Us All”

Joint List chairman MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) slammed MK Isaac Herzog on Friday, following the Zionist Union leader’s comments earlier this week that Israel’s disengagement from Gaza 10 years ago had been a “mistake, but was demographically justified.” Speaking at Peace Now’s annual conference in Tel Aviv, Odeh called Herzog’s words “a racist statement about…

Hundreds of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists march to demand that Israel not demolish Suyisa, South Hebron Hills, July 24, 2015.

Hundreds Protest Forced Transfer and Destruction of Palestinian Village of Susiya

Over 500 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists descended on the Palestinian village of Susiya on Friday, July 24, to protest its imminent demolition and the forced transfer of its residents. Among the demonstrators: members of “Combatants for Peace,” “Rabbis for Human Rights,” and Hadash-Communist Party of Israel. The activists marched through the village, stopping at…

“Supreme Court Judge Salim Joubran not singing the Hatikvah”

Extreme Right-Wing MK: Arabs Who Won’t Sing “Hatikva” Shouldn’t Be Judges

Two right-wing Knesset members were elected to the committee tasked with judicial appointments in a hard-fought early morning vote Thursday, July 23, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement with “opposition” racist MK Avigdor Liberman. MK Nurit Koren (Likud) and MK Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu) were elected to the powerful panel, after having received…