Israel punishes Palestinian hunger-strikers

Israel has taken measures against some 1,200 Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike, denying them family visits and separating them from inmates not taking part in the protest, prison authorities said on Monday. The open-ended strike, dubbed the “battle of empty stomachs” by organizers, began last Tuesday. The prisoners are demanding better jail conditions and…

Safed Student Union causes uproar with racist regulation

Leftists and Arab students at the Safed Academic College are furious over a plan to change the Student Union’s protocol and establish military or national service as a prerequisite for students applying for the position of union chairman. “It’s unacceptable that an entire sector be disqualified in advance simply for being Arabs who don’t serve…

MK Khenin wins the prestigious Green Globe Award

Life and Environment, the Israeli umbrella organization of ecology organizations, will present its Green Globe awards on Sunday to activists and organizations that have improved the country’s environment.  MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) will receive the prestigious Green Globe for improving legislation in critical environmental issues. Entering its 9th consecutive year, The Green Globe Award is…

Criminal trial of MK Mohammed Barakeh begins

The trial of Knesset Member (MK) Mohammed Barakeh, head of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (“Hadash” or “Jabha”), begins yesterday, Wednesday (April 18) in the Tel Aviv Magistrate Court. The trial opened with two days of evidentiary and witness hearings to be held on Wednesday 18 April and Sunday 22 April 2012. The…

Palestinian prisoners begin hunger strike

At least 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails launched an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday, upping the stakes in a protest movement that has put Israel under pressure, according to “Al Ittihad” communist newspaper. Israel has already struck deals with two Palestinian detainees this year after they staged prolonged hunger strikes and 10 other inmates…