Hussein Wael al Najjar, 14, in front of the shelter he currently lives in with his family in the village of Khuza'a, November 16, 2014. The family’s home was destroyed during the Israeli attacks on their village in the Gaza Strip. Hussein’s family includes eight children.

UN Doubles Estimate of Homes Destroyed in Gaza

On Thursday, December 19, the UN warned it was running out of funds to house families in Gaza, after having doubled its estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed in this summer’s war with Israel. “Unless the situation changes urgently, we will run out of funds in January, meaning we will not be…

The Histadrut has approved labor disputes at a number of workplaces including Haifa Port, Israel Railways, and the Israel Military Industries.

Histadrut Okays Outsourcing-Related Labor Disputes

The Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) has authorized a number of labor disputes over outsourcing, two of the most prominent being at Haifa Port and Israel Railways. The labor dispute declared at Haifa Port, involving 1,100 port workers, is related to plans by port management to outsource operational work in a specific area…

Saturday night's demonstration against racism at Zion Square, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem: Protest against Racist “Lehava” Organization

Saturday night, December 13, hundreds of protesters gathered in Zion Square in West Jerusalem demanding the outlawing of “Lehava,” the rascist organization whose members are allegedly behind a recent arson attack on a Jewish-Arab bilingual school in the city. Lehava opposes “Jewish assimilation,” in particular interfaith marriages between Jews and Arabs. During the demonstration, the…

A demolished home in the unrecognized Arab-Bedouin village of Wadi Al-Na'am.

New Report Reveals: Hundreds of Bedouin Houses Demolished this Year in the Negev

On Wednesday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF) published its annual House Demolition Policy report. The report makes evident that Israel’s house demolition policy, primarily directed against the Bedouin community in the Negev, continued unabated during the past year and included 859 Arab Bedouin-owned structures. The report explains…