Thousands of social workers in Israel launched an open-ended strike on Monday, July 6, to protest poor wages, their constant exposure to the danger of violence, and the excessive workload they must bear due to the COVID-19 crisis. With the start of the strike, thousands of them and their supporters demonstrated at Habima Square in Central…
A strike action at Ben-Gurion Airport was averted on Sunday evening, June 14, after the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) workers union reached an agreement over wages with the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transportation. Under the agreement, current wage arrangements for IAA employees will be extended by an additional two months – until September 1, 2020…
The Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported on Sunday, June 7, that during the month of May it documented 27 violations committed by Israeli occupation forces against journalists and media institutions working in the occupied Palestinian territories. WAFA indicated that these violations by Israel against journalists included the firing of live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and…
In a joint initiative by the Palestinian People’s Party and the Communist Party of Israel, dozens of Communist and Workers’ parties from around the world have signed the following statement entitled: “Occupation is Terror; Annexation is Apartheid.” Yesterday, June 5, 2020 marked the 53rd anniversary of the launching of Israel’s war of aggression of 1967, in which…
During recent days, thousands of citizens of Israel have taken to the streets in numerous and diverse protests, all of them somehow linked to the political, social and economic upheavals so exacerbated by the coronvirus crisis. Several protests were originally scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday May 13, to coincide with the swearing-in of the new Netanyahu-Gantz government.…
The victory over Nazism and fascism in the Second World War is a major event in history, the memory of which must be preserved and defended in the face of repeated attempts at historical falsification aimed at making the broad public forget the decisive role played by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), communists…
Thousands of workers, unemployed, self-employed and small business owners took part in demonstrations throughout the country Saturday night, May 2, against the economic and social policy of the far-right government, while demanding support in the wake of the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Saturday night, rallies were held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa,…
Dozens of communist and workers’ parties released a joint statement towards this year’s May Day – International Workers’ Day – which was commemorated yesterday, May 1. The statement follows: “Despite the fact that this year’s workers’ mobilizations will not be as massive as in previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers around the…
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, May Day events commemorating this year’s International Workers’ Solidarity Day will take place tomorrow, Friday May 1, with a number of rallies and demonstrations across Israel, including in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Acre, Kufr Yassif in the Western Galilee, and other locales. Activists from Hadash (The Democratic Front for Peace and…
Far-right governmental ministers are reportedly pushing to limit the size of protests as part of restrictions ostensibly aimed at containing the coronavirus. Until now, protests have been one of the few public activities allowed under Israel’s strict lockdown rules. The most prominent of these protests have been political in nature directed against far-right and corrupt…