Israeli Academic Institutions Persecute Arab Students for Social Media Posts

Israeli universities and colleges have initiated an unprecedented number of disciplinary proceedings, suspensions, and even expulsions of Arab-Palestinian students, citizens of Israel, based on their private social media posts, often before any hearings take place. Additionally, they have demanded the immediate evacuation of some students from their dormitories. The academic institutions allege that the students’…

Former Education Minister Yoav Gallant (left) with his mentor, previous PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Last Minute Final Decision Vetoes Israel Prize for Communist Scholar

Former Education Minister Yoav Gallant informed Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit on Friday, June 11, that he had finalized his decision to withhold the Israel Prize in mathematics and computer science from Prof. Oded Goldreich of the Weizmann Institute and a member of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI). According to an Haaretz editorial published on Sunday, June 13,…

Demonstrators march through central West Jerusalem in solidarity with Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem, Friday, June 11.

More Solidarity Demonstrations with Residents of Sheikh Jarrah

Two more demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem threatened with eviction orders were held Friday, June 11. In Sheikh Jarrah and the nearby neighborhood of Silwan, more than 100 Palestinian families are facing lawsuits at different stages, and over 1,000 Palestinians are at risk of mass displacement from these two areas alone.…

Hadash's Maisam Jaljuli during the last congress of Na'amat, December 2017

Webinar on the Building of Bridges between Jews and Arabs in Israel

In recent years, while Israel’s far-right governmental policies and racist Knesset legislation have challenged efforts to advance a shared Jewish-Arab society within Israel, Jewish and Arab activists have been successfully building genuine bridges between the two communities, based on a sense of shared citizenship. What should be the foundation for an effective Jewish-Arab shared society…

Activists demonstrate alongside local residents against the planned evictions of Palestinian refugee families living since 1956 in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Friday, April 16, 2021. The large banner reads in Hebrew and Arabic “No to the displacement of families.” An Arabic placard held aloft to the right of center says “Diplacement is a war crime.”

Hundreds Protest Ethnic Cleansing, Occupation Violence in E. J’r’salem

Several hundred leftist activists, among them members of Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel, demonstrated on Friday afternoon, April 16, alongside and in solidarity with local residents against the pending evictions of Palestinian refugee families from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the Zo Haderech website has reported. A total of 28 Palestinian…