Hadash Chairman MK Barakeh: Netanyahu is a dangerous pyromaniac

    Opposition parties forced yesterday (Wednesday, February 24) Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to address the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) by submitting a petition with the signatures of 40 MKs, providing a platform for the premier to offer his analysis of regional conditions.   Netanyahu’s speech was interrupted by Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace…

Israel: Anti-boycott bill approved

Bill imposes fines on Israeli citizens who back, initiate boycotts against occupation The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved a bill on Tuesday (February 15, 2011) that calls for heavy fines to be imposed on Israeli citizens who initiate or incite boycotts against Israel and the occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Israeli parliament…

Demonstrations in Israel in solidarity with the Egyptian people

About a dozen of demonstrations held tonight (Saturday, January 2011) on Israel: Jaffa, Nazareth, Shefamr, Um el-Fahem, Sakhnin, Kufr Yassif and other localities. In Jaffa, about 1,000 Arab and Jerwish residents hit the streets to protest the “phenomenon of right-wing Jewish settlement” in the mixed city located just south of Tel Aviv. But, many protestors…

Danger: McCarthyism Ahead

  Emergency march of the democratic camp, on Saturday, 15 January, in Tel Aviv   By Dov Khenin Member of Knesset for DFPE, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Israel   The creation of parliamentary committees for the investigation of political activities is associated with the name of the Republican Senator…

McCarthy is still alive in Israel: Knesset votes to probe Left groups accused of “de-legitimizing” the armyMcCarthy is still alive in Israel: Knesset votes to probe Left groups accused of “de-legitimizing” the army

  The Israeli parliament (the Knesset) plenum voted today (Wednesday, January 5) to order the House Committee to debate establishing a parliamentary panel of inquiry into left-wing Israeli organizations that allegedly participate in “de-legitimization campaigns against Israel Defense Forces soldiers”. The initiative, brought forth by fascist Foreign Minister Yvette (Avigdor) Lieberman’s (from Yisrael Beiteinu faction),…

The settlements are the reason for the diplomatic impasse

  Resolutions of the 13th session of the Central Committee of the CPI The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) holds the Netanyahu-Barak-Lieberman government and the Obama Administration, which supports it in full, wholly responsible for the diplomatic impasse in the region and for the danger of another war. The CPI once…

The Wave of Racism and Your Silence

  325 members of the academic community in Israel signed the attached letter, demanding to suspend  the Chief Rabbi of Safed from his position, after racist attacks on Arab Students in Safed College.     November 14, 2010 To: The Prime Minister of Israel                                                                                                                                 The Education Minister                                               The Attorney General Re: The Wave of Racism…

Leading Communist Party of Israel members meet Palestinian President in RamallahLeading Communist Party of Israel members meet Palestinian President in Ramallah

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said today (Friday, October 15, 2010), in a meeting with leading Communist Party of Israel (CPI) members in Ramallah, he would not recognize Israel as a Jewish state, adding that he was also opposed to population exchanges as part of any permanent peace agreement. Abu Mazen add that he…