Recently reelected in second spot for the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash), MK Aida Touma-Sliman, 54, is among a not-so-large group of outgoing parliamentarians who are pretty much guaranteed a place in the next Knesset after the April 9 election. Although women’s issues are dear to her heart, she said to a Haaretz…
Hundreds of Israeli peace activists, among them members of Hadash, marched from central West Jerusalem to Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, on Friday, January 18, in solidarity with the families there who Israeli authorities want to evict. In late November, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected the Sabag and Hamad families’ appeals…
Social workers suspended all welfare services in Tel Aviv and the central part of the country, from Gedera in the south to Hedera in the north, on Thursday, December 13, calling for urgent reforms to guarantee their physical protection, provide them with higher salaries, and grant them overall improved working conditions. Since last week, the…
A demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem threatened with eviction orders will be held tomorrow, Sunday, December 9. The group of peace activists organizing the demonstration has written: “This Hanukkah we shall drive away the darkness, not Palestinian families from their homes. Together we will resist home demolitions! We say no…
Protests will be held next week during the visit to Israel by Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on December 11-12. The neo-facist Salvini, who leads the far-right Northern League, is known for his racist positions on immigration and his opposition to accepting asylum requests. Salvini also stirred protests when he vowed…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he will chair a new ministerial committee on combating domestic violence, even though his government failed to budget funds for such a plan proposed by an earlier task force. Netanyahu’s announcement drew criticism from Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash), who heads the Knesset Committee on the Status…
The government’s plan to fight domestic violence has yet to receive a budget despite promises when the plan was approved a year ago to earmark to it 250 million shekels ($67 million) over a five year period. Due to the delay in funding, the Knesset Research and Information Center has stated that it is impossible…
The National Union of Students announced on Saturday evening, November 10, that starting Monday the 12th students at eight public colleges throughout Israel will launch a strike in support of senior staff at these institutions of higher learning whose own strike entered its fourth week on Sunday. About 30,000 students have not been able to…
On July 19, 2018, the Israeli parliament passed a basic law defining Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish People. This law is concentration and culmination of Israeli right and extra-right politics. On a dozen points: It asserts the Jewish ethnical predominance in Israel. It promotes the Jewish settlements, including the illegal Jewish settlement, in…
About 140 artists, including musicians, writers, actors, directors, novelists, and poets from around the world have signed a letter calling for the boycott of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, which is scheduled to be held in Israel next spring. The group of artists , including six Israelis , are demanding the song contest should be…