Arab-Bedouins demonstrated in Be’er Sheva

Some 2,000 Arab-Bedouins from the Negev staged a demonstration on Thursday morning outside of the government offices in Be’er Sheva, demanding the state rescind its plan to demolish homes in their community. Last week, a police unit entered Bir Hadaj village to distribute demolition orders. On Wednesday the police entered the village to arrest ten…

MK Khenin: Extend daylight savings time

Hadash MK Dov Khenin on Wednesday backed a compromise to extend Daylight Savings Time until the end of October, saying it is a step in the right direction. “Staying with Daylight Savings Time until the end of October is universally accepted and is better socially, environmentally and economically. Unfortunately, the government did not agree with…

Coalition demands protection for Palestinian farmers

The “Olive Harvest Coalition” and four human rights organizations – Rabbis for Human Rights, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Yesh Din and B’Tselem – sent a letter to the Minister of Defense, the Attorney General, and military and police commanders in the West Bank, demanding they take action to protect Palestinian residents…

Hadash: Upcoming elections are decisive

Hadash, the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (DFPE), the political and social coalition headed by the Communist Party of Israel, regards the upcoming elections for the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) as decisive. The front calls upon all center and left political forces to establish a parliamentary bloc that will prevent extreme-tight and neo-liberal Prime…

The Developments in the Middle East and the Danger of War

A discourse of Issam Makhoul in Nicosia, Cyprus, 2.10.2012 Let me start by congratulating – on behalf of the Communist Party of Israel – our comrades in AKEL and the whole of the Cypriot people, on the occasion of Cyprus Independence Day. We wish you great success in your just struggle to peacefully restore the…

Israel unemployment rate reaches 7%

Israel’s unemployment rate reached 6.9% in August, compared to 6.6% in July, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).  The CBS also updated the employment rate for the month of July from its first estimate of 6.5% to 6.6%. The unemployment rate among Israelis over the age of 25 increased from…