Six Months of Protest Against Far-Right Govt, Turnout Rises and Several Arrested

Hundreds of thousands of people protested Saturday evening around the country for the 26th week, with most of the speakers at these demonstrations invoking the “reasonableness standard,” a clause that gives the Supreme Court the power to block far-right government decisions that it finds unreasonable. Protest leaders announced that protests would be intensifying this week. A…

Airbnb, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Motorola Remain in Blacklist of Firms Doing Business in Settlements

The UN Human Rights Office said Friday that it had removed 15 companies from its blacklist of firms that do business in Israeli settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories. However, 122 firms still remain, the UN office’s spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said during a press briefing. The update followed a long-awaited review, which Shamdasani said had been only…

Hadash-Ta’al: Occupation Army Committed War Crimes in Jenin

The Hadash-Ta’al parliamentary faction, led by MK Ayman Odeh on Monday issued a joint statement condemning the deadly occupation army operation in Jenin, in which six Palestinian Arabs were killed, 91 others were wounded, including 23 in critical condition, and eight Israeli soldiers were wounded. Early Monday, sizable number of Israeli forces, comprising some 120…