Hundreds Protest in Lod Against Crime in Arab Community; Anti-Government Rallies Nationwide

Hundreds of people gathered at the Lod market square on Saturday (June 13) to protest skyrocketing crime, violence, and rampant protection rackets within the Arab community in Israel, while denouncing the right-wing government’s perceived policy of neglect. Demonstrators marched with black flags, the majority dressed in black, chanting slogans in both Arabic and Hebrew, including…

Settlers Sabotage Water Supply to Khan al-Ahmar Amid Anti-Eviction Protest

Settlers sabotaged the water supply to Khan al-Ahmar on Friday morning (June 12), as hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians marched through the Occupied Territories in scorching heat to protest the community’s pending eviction. The settlers damaged pipelines providing water to Bedouin communities in the area. According to Al-Bader, an organization advocating for Bedouin rights, groups…

Hadash: No to Netanyahu’s Eternal War

The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) called on the far-right Israeli government to immediately halt the dangerous and deliberate escalation, which threatens to drag the entire region into another all-out war—a conflict for which civilians here and across the region will pay a heavy price. Hadash also urges on Monday morning June 8,…

Right-Wing MKs Stormed a Knesset Conference Against the Occupation

Members of Knesset from Likud, Religious Zionism, and Otzma Yehudit disrupted on Tuesday, June 2, a conference titled “This is How Transfer is Done: Communities Under Attack,” which addressed West Bank violence and government policies, hosted by Hadash MKs Aida Touma-Sliman and Ofer Cassif. Despite right-wing opposition and calls for cancellation, the event proceeded with…

MK Cassif: The Inclusion of Israel in the UN Blacklist of Sexual Violence is Not a Surprise

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has placed Israel’s armed forces on his blacklist of countries and entities accused of sexual violence in war zones, citing abuse of Palestinian inmates. The 2026 edition of the Secretary-General’s Report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, which covers the year 2025, said the UN had verified thirteen instances of sexual…