Hundreds of thousands rally in Tel Aviv on last Saturday, August 6. (Photo: ActivestillsHundreds of thousands rally in Tel Aviv on last Saturday, August 6.

The Way to Victory

Arab-Palestinian in Israel author Odeh Bisharat addressed the 300,000-strong rally for social justice in Tel Aviv on last Saturday. Bisharat, a well know publicist (“Al Ittihad”, communist daily newspaper in Arabic and “Haaretz”, Hebrew daily newspaper) is the former Hadash general secretary and now Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party…

Israel passes law banning calls for boycott

The “Boycott Bill” was approved in its final reading in the Knesset on Monday night (July 11), after a plenum discussion that lasted nearly six hours and uncertainty throughout the day as to whether a vote would take place.   A poster by Peace Now: “Arrested me” The bill passed with 47 in favor and…

Boycott Law against Democracy

Israeli rightwing parties and leaders once more destroy Israeli democracy. Once more they reject Voltaire’s words: “I wholly disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it” The proposal for the “boycott law”, currently placed before the Knesset, contradicts the meaning of freedom of speech – i.e. political…

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…

MK Dov Khenin: New law would make foreign caregivers slaves

Foreign caregivers and progressive forces expressed deep concern on Monday that new legislation by the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) turns caregivers into modern-day slaves. The new law binds workers to a certain geographical location, makes it more difficult to change jobs and find new employment.   Caregivers demonstration, last Saturday, in Jerusalem (photo: MAKI) Monday…

Coffee in Arabic? Not in Aroma Tel- Aviv

By Gadeer Nicola, Kav La’Oved, Workerws Hotline The Forum for the Enforcement of Labor Rights addressed Sahar Shefa Holdings and Sons Ltd. Company, who are the owners of the coffee franchise Aroma Tel- Aviv, with a request to instruct the cancellation of the procedure which prohibits workers in Aroma Tel- Aviv to speak a language…

May Day in Tel-Aviv, 2010

An Appeal for Worker Unity in the Face of Capitalist Rule

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) applauds the ascent of class struggle, as manifested in the important, prolonged strikes by the social workers, doctors, and the employees of the First International Bank of Israel (Bank Benleumi); as evidenced in the waves of organizing at factories, in private companies, and in the public sector; and as…

Rising up for bread and freedom

    Announcement of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Israel     The mass protest by vast numbers of the unemployed, the impoverished, and seekers of democracy and freedom against the pro-American despotic leaders of Arab countries, which started in Tunis and has expanded to Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Algeria as well as…

The Democratic Camp in Israel against fascism

    The Democratic Camp, including political parties, public organizations and grassroots movements, is organizing to fight back against the governmental attack on Israeli democracy, orchestrated by Foreign Minister Lieberman.   The first public action will be a protest march and demonstration in Tel Aviv, to take place on Saturday night, January 15, 2010. The…