Demonstrators protest against police violence on Tuesday at Tel-Aviv University. Among the protesters were Hadash MKs Muhammad Barakeh and Dov Khenin.

Thousands Protest against Police Violence in Rahat

On Tuesday, January 20, about 2,000 persons participated in a protest vigil in Rahat, following the deaths of two Arab-Bedouin killed there in two separate events linked to police violence during the past week. The protestors marched through the southern city chanting “Police out!” and “We’re not afraid of police terrorism!” Other protests were held…

International Criminal Court Opens Probe into War Crimes against Palestinians

On Friday, January 16, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor opened an initial probe to determine whether war crimes have been committed against Palestinians, including during last year’s Gaza war. “Today the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, opened a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine,” her office announced in a statement,…

Hadash MK Dov Khenin.

MK Khenin to Run for 2nd Spot on Hadash List

MK Dov Khenin has announced that he will be running for the second place position on Hadash’s Knesset list in the Hadash Council to be held tomorrow, Saturday, January 16, in Shefa’amr (Shfaram). “In recent years, I have struggled in the Knesset to promote the values that I believe in. Along the way there were…

A tent at Khirbet Susiya, Fall 2014.

Weathering the Storm; Barred from Building a Home

Day in, day out, the Palestinian residents of Khirbet Susiya see the solid, well-built permanent housing of the settlement of Susiya, established in 1983. Although there has been a Palestinian village in the area since the nineteenth century, the Israeli military displaced the residents from the original site of the village, declaring it an archeological…