Thousand Professors Defend BGU Dept. vs. McCarthyist Allegations

Over one thousand faculty members of academic institutions all over Israel last week signed a petition protesting the Israeli Council of Higher Education’s subcommittee’s decision not to allow Ben-Gurion University’s Department of Politics and Government to register students beginning in the 2013-14 academic year. The decision, which still needs approval from the plenum, effectively closes the…

Settlers attack rally against land annexation in the West Bank

Settlers attacked Palestinian demonstrators in the Hebron town of Yatta on Saturday, a local committee official said. Ratib al-Jubour, coordinator of local Hebron committees, told Ma’an Palestinian news agency that settlers threw rocks at Palestinians and international activists who had rallied to protest the confiscation of land in al-Hamra and al-Kharrouba. Israeli forces were deployed…

Journalists on struggle against expected firings

Hundreds of Maariv daily newspaper employees, joined by journalists from the rest of the Israeli media protested (20.9.12) the expected firings of over 1,000 journalists and printing staff. It seems that for years Maariv management did not deposit all the pension deductions they were supposed to, for at least some of the workers, nor funds…

Israeli government want to privatize the courts and denying access to justice

The Knesset Constitution Committee will discuss  today (Tuesday) the Courts Bill (Mandatory Arbitration) in preparation for its second-third readings. According to this proposed bill, the president or deputy of a Magistrate Court could forward civil lawsuits to an arbitration process by a private lawyer without needing permission from the parties to the case. The Association…