Hadash MKs slam racist Upper Nazareth mayor

Upper Nazareth Mayor Shimon Gapso tells local Arabic-language weekly “Kul el-Arab” if he had been present during October 2000 clashes between Palestinian- Arabs in Israel and police, more Arabs would have been killed. Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel) Chairman MK Muhammad Barake asked yesterday (Sunday) the attorney general…

Occupation’s 44th year: A Doctor’s Visit to Gaza

From the Diary of a Doctor, Rafik Masalha, a volunteer with Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR): A Visit to the Gaza Strip, in February 2011. At the Erez Checkpoint, as I was standing in front of the concrete walls and the enormous iron doors that exemplify the severe blockade policy imposed on the people of…