Tel-Aviv: Peace activists protest Greek ban on Gaza-bound ships

One hundred protesters gathered outside the Greek embassy in Tel Aviv yesterday (Saturday evening) and shouted slogans during a demonstration against the Greek authorities’ ban on Gaza-bound ships. Among the protesters: Hadash and Communist Party of Israel members. A Hadash activist, yesterday, at the protest outside the Greek embassy in Tel-Aviv (Photo: Activestills) Greek authorities…

Teachers in civics: a real danger of fascism in schools

The Education Ministry’s decision to strengthen “Jewish and Zionist identity” studies in civics classes at the expense of democracy studies is creating tension and rifts among teachers who are battling over the character and content of civics classes.  The Kibbutzim College for education and Technology, in Tel-Aviv, held yesterday an emergency conference for 100 teachers…

Hadash: Boycott bill violates freedom of expression

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel issued yesterday (Monday) a press release confirming that the Boycott bill was approved for a final reading, making it highly likely that it will pass in the final vote in Knesset. According to ACRI’s translation of the bill, a “a boycott against the State of Israel” is “deliberately…

Two oil spills strike Eilat Bay over weekend

Two oil spills tainted the waters of Eilat, in the Red Sea, this weekend – one on Friday morning, and another on Saturday morning and MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) said: “During the deliberations of the subcommittee on oil dangers in the Gulf of Eilat, we discovered an alarming picture of neglect and an inability to…

International solidarity campaign with Haifa Chemicals workers strike

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) launched an international solidarity campaign with Haifa Chemical workers strike. On May Day workers at the Haifa Chemical Inc. (internationally known as “Haifa”) went on strike. A workers meeting at Haifa Chemicals (Photo: Al Ittihad) Haifa Chemicals Ltd. is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of potassium nitrate, an…