Palestinian and Israeli Women: Break the Wall!

This coming International Women’s Day (March 7), Palestinian and Israeli women are planning a joint demonstration to be held at the foot of the separation wall at the Qalandia check-point. Scheduled to begin at 11:00 am, the Saturday demonstration will take place under the banner “Women Break the Wall.” The Movement of Democratic Women in Israel…

Palestinian journalists demonstrate against last summer's deadly war in Gaza.

Trauma Training for Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

This week, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) will conduct their third workshop in trauma training for journalists since last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip. The workshop will take place at the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza City. Designed to allow journalists to…

ICL workers demonstrate in Be’er-Sheba against planned layoffs at the Israel Chemicals Bromine Compound, February 10, 2015.

Workers at Israel Chemicals Protest Planned Layoffs

On Tuesday, February 10, workers at the Israel Chemicals (ICL) Bromine Compound in the Negev demonstrated against the announced intention to fire 140 members of the staff at their plant. They were joined outside the corporation’s headquarters in Be’er-Sheba by employees from the Dead Sea Works, also owned by the privatized Israel Chemicals, who are…

Palestinian People’s Party Celebrates 33rd Anniversary

On Monday, February 10, the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) held a series of celebrations across the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the party’s establishment. The PPP was founded in February 1982 as the Palestinian Communist Party (PCP) after prominent Palestinian communists convened to re-establish a party…