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…

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…