Next Week in Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Beer-Sheva: Marx Forum 2011

The fourth annual Marx conference devoted to “Left Perspectives on the International Crisis of Capitalism” took place in Tel Aviv on May 16 and 17, 2010,  under the auspices of Hagada Ha’smalit (Left Bank) Alternative Cultural Center. In addition to 25 panelists, approximately three hundred people participated in the meetings and discussion. Summaries of lectures…

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…

Strike on all medical centers

Sanctions by public sector doctors continued today in the hospitals around the country, after the Israel Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday night said the Treasury had refused to discuss upgrading manpower in the hospitals and failed to advance negotiations. The strike was held today on all medical centers on a reduced “Shabbat schedule” with only…

The Communist Party of Israel condemned Israel’s deadly repression in the Golan Heights, Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) condemned on Sunday Israel’s deadly repression in the Golan Heights, Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon where Israeli forces had fired to disperse pro-Palestinian protests. As many as 16 were said killed by Israeli fire in incidents on the Syrian and Lebanese borders on Sunday, as Palestinians marked…

High Court Petition: Nakba Law Is Unconstitutional

In a petition filed to Israel’s High Court of Justice today last week by human rights groups, alumni of an Arab school in Haifa, parents, and a geography professor, the petitioners asked the court to announce that the “Nakba Law” is unconstitutional and should be annulled, as it violates a long list of constitutional rights,…