International Transport Workers Federation votes unanimously to support Israeli port workers

At a conference last week in Chicago, delegates representing dock workers from around the world voted unanimously to support a resolution submitted by the Histadrut (Federation of Labor in Israel) supporting the dock workers in Israel. The conference, organized by the International Transport Workers Federation, took positions on a number of international disputes including the…

MK Khenin: Biometric database will form a ‘Big Brother’

The biometric identification database could be dangerous and cause a loss of privacy, MKs complained in a Knesset Science and Technology Committee meeting Monday. The committee discussed how the trial period for the biometric database is progressing and whether the government is able to properly secure it. MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) called the biometric database…

Strike and protest rallies against Prawer Bill

The High Follow-Up Committee for Arab citizens of Israel called for a general strike among Israeli Arabs on Monday, in protest over the approval of the law which legalizes expulsion of Arab-Bedouins for their land in the Negev. Demonstrations took place across Israel and the occupied West Bank on Monday to protest against Israel’s Prawer…