Once again: the Israeli government against MK Barakeh

The Foreign Ministry files an official grievance against Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel) Chairman MK Mohammad Barakeh on Tuesday, alleging that “he traveled on an official visit to Poland on behalf of the Palestinian Authority”. The complaint said that Barakeh traveled on behalf of the PA on…

The poet and journalist Salem Jubran dies at 71

Arab-Palestinian poet and journalist Salem Jubran died Sunday at his home in Nazareth at the age of 71. He was laid to rest in his hometown yesterday. Born in 1941 in the Galilee village of Al-Bukaya (Peki’in), Jubran published three books of poetry, the last of which appeared about 30 years ago. Poet Marwan Makhoul…

Histadrut’s request to general strike refused

National Labor Court President Nili Arad refuses yesterday (Sunday) a request to hold general strike, says parties “must return to negotiating table for intensive talks”.Talkbacks () After more than four hours of closed-door discussions that ran late on Sunday evening, National Labor Court President Arad refused the Histadrut labor federation’s request to hold a general…

A wall in the torched mosque in Burqa

Yet Another Mosque Torched by Extreme-Right Jewish Racists

The residents of the Palestinian occupied West Bank village of Burqa, near Nablus, reported that their mosque “Al Nour” has been torched overnight. Defamatory slogans found on the walls, including several reading “Mitzpe Yitzhar” and “War,” suggest that the incident is in fact a racist extreme-right act.  According to Ma’an, the Palestinian news agency, at…

Arab-Jewish Center in Beer-Sheva gutted by fire

The Beer Sheva offices of the Arab-Jewish Centre for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation (AJEEC), were gutted by fire over the weekend, just hours before a big rally in Jerusalem against the Israeli government’s plan to “resettle” tens of Arab-Bedouin in the Negev. The offices were closed at the time and no one was hurt. The…

Lieberman: The communists are the only alternative to Putin

“A recent Russian parliamentary vote may have been flawed but still represented the will of the people”, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday, adding his support for a recently proposed racist bill that would ban mosques from using loudspeakers to call worshippers to prayer. Lieberman also addressed the criticism against him for his…