Settlers attack 67-year-old farmer in Beit Ummar

A group of 30 settlers attacked a 67-year-old farmer in north Hebron on Saturday, a local committee said, according to Maan Palestinian news agency. Mohammad Abed al-Hamid Jabir Slaibi, 67, and his sons were working on their land adjacent to Bat Ayin settlement when a group of young settlers started swearing at them and throwing…

Communist Party of Israel mourns late President Hugo Chávez

The entire membership of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and its leadership expressed on Wednesday deepest condolences at the passing away of Hugo Rafael Chávez , the President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The late President Chávez served and led the Venezuelan people firmly, improving the life of the workers, peasants, women and youth,…

Palestinian and Israeli organizations condemn lack of accountability for torture of detainees

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), along with Adalah, Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, express their outrage at the death of Arafat Jaradat, 30, which, according to the autopsy report of Dr Saber al-‘Aloul, Director of the Palestinian Medico-Legal Institute, was caused by torture and ill-treatment inflicted while…

Foreign Ministry employees declare labor dispute

On the eve of the US President Barak Obama visit to Israel, the Foreign Ministry employees declared on Thursday a labor dispute. Two years ago, a foreign ministry strike scuttled the planned visit of then-Russian president Dmitri Medvedev. According to a statement that the workers’ committee put out, the dispute was declared to improve the…