MK Odeh: No FM Will Change the Fact — The Settlements Were Built on Occupied Palestinian Land

The American foreign minister, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announced on Monday, November 18, that the US is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Pompeo renounced a 1978 State Department legal opinion, known as the Hansell Memorandum, that held that civilian settlements in the occupied territories are “inconsistent with international…

MK Odeh and the European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels

Israeli Officials Pressured EU Chief to Cancel Meeting With MK Odeh

Israeli officials pressured the European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in recent weeks to cancel her meeting with Joint List Chairman MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) regarding the racist Nation-State Law. Haaretz claimed the Israeli officials tried to convince Mogherini to have a lower-level EU official meet with Odeh in her stead. However, the sources say, Moghernini…

Arab Follow-Up Committee Head to Meet with EU Foreign Policy Chief on Racist Nation-State Law

The head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, former Hadash MK Mohammad Barakeh, will meet with EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini as part of the committee’s fight against the controversial Nation-State Law. Barakeh said that the  passage of the  law constitutes racist conduct by the Israeli government against the Palestinian-Arab…