MK Odeh Urges Arabs Serving in Israeli Occupation Forces to Quit

MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash), the head of the Joint List in the Israeli parliament urged all Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel serving in Israel’s occupation forces to quit, slamming their service as “humiliating” and a “disgrace”. Israeli occupation forces detain Palestinians amidst tensions in the vicinity of the Damascus gate, East Jerusalem. Since the beginning of…

Opposing the Winner, Education Minister to Skip Israel Prize Ceremony at Her Office

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton will rebuff the Israel Prize ceremony for Prof. Oded Goldreich, after a High Court decision two weeks ago overruled her decision to withhold the prestigious academic prize. Mathematician Prof. Oded Goldreich is to receive the prize at the Education Ministry on Monday. Prof. Oded Goldreich (Photo: Zo Haderech) Ministry officials already told Goldreich last…

Arab Delegation Meets UN Team Probing Israel’s Human Rights Violations

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) team investigating last May’s war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas met in Jordan on Thursday with an Arab-Palestinian delegation from Israel which presented allegations of systemic discrimination by Israel. The meeting took place in Jordan’s capital Amman due to Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the investigation or permit committee…

Prevent Expulsion of Palestinians from Hebron Hills

Israel’s Supreme Court has held on Tuesday a hearing over an attempt to displace more than 1,300 Palestinians from a rural part of the occupied West Bank that the Israeli army has designated for military exercises. The army wants to demolish eight small communities in a rocky area of the southern West Bank near Hebron.…

Foreign Students Recognized as Human Trafficking Victims

Ten foreign students who arrived in Israel to take part in an apprenticeship program in the agriculture sector were recognized last year by the State as victims of human trafficking, the Knesset’s Special Committee for Foreign Workers found on Monday. Foreign agricultural students in Israel (Photo: Kav LaOved) Nine Vietnamese students and one Rwandan student…