Channel 10 journalists demonstrated in Tel-Aviv

Some 500 employees demonstrated today (Thursday) opposite the Tel Aviv government offices demanding Channel 10 continue to operate. Among them: Journalist Union’ Hadash and Communist Party activists The demonstrators called to the PM and to the Finance and Media Ministers to reach an agreement to allow the gradual payoff of Channel 10 debts and attacked…

Jerusalem: Protest against racism and war

200 gathered on Saturday night outside of Prime Minister residence in Jerusalem and protested against racism and war. A lynch occurred on Thursday night, in which an Arab teen was injured.  The protesters chanted and carried Hadash banners: “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies,” and wielded signs reading “Where will the police be next…

The war against Iran: Opposition without excuses

The fear of war against Iran and its harsh consequences increase daily. Public expressions of opposition to this unnecessary war are being heard louder and louder. They include vigils, petitions, online campaigns, and critical articles published in nearly all the newspapers. A particularly noteworthy article was published by author David Grossman in “Ha’aretz” (August 3)…

Hundreds marched in Tel-Aviv denouncing any strike on Iran

Thursday evening hundreds protesters marched from the Likud headquarters to the Defence Minister’s home in Tel Aviv denouncing any strike on Iran. Among them: MK Dov Khenin (Hadash), former MKs Tamar Gozansky (Hadash) and Mossi Raz (Meretz), and Tel-Aviv Councilman Yoav Goldring (Ir Lekulanu). Several Hadash and Communist Party of Israel activists carried red flags…

MK Khenin to promote royalties hike

MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) welcomed a Supreme Court ruling rejecting the government’s increase of gas and oil royalties. “The Supreme Court has upheld our position that there was nothing retroactive in upping the royalties,” he said. MK Kenin said he would propose legislation that raises government royalties from natural resources once the new Knesset session…

Protesters urge Barak to prevent Iran war

Chanting “No to war” and holding signs reading “Bibi, you ruined our lives. Don’t end them,” hundreds of people gathered every night in front of Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s apartment building in central Tel Aviv last night to protest an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.   Last Friday protest against the war in…