Study Tour in English of Occupied East Jerusalem

A study tour in English of occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem will be given by Ir Amim on Friday August 28. Ir Amim’s study tours provide ground-level exposure to East Jerusalem, creating a platform for critically assessing the notion of Jerusalem as the “eternal, undivided capital of Israel” and understanding the city’s fundamental role in the…

Jaffa Luxury Apartment Complex is “for Jews Only”

A new luxury apartment complex under construction in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa is only offering homes to Jewish buyers, Channel 10 television reported last week. The “Yopea” project includes 63 housing units with a communal private courtyard, and is located in Ajami, in the southern part of the city. The alleged discrimination was discovered two…

Part of the crowd attending Saturday's solidarity visit at Duma. Addressing the audience, MK Aida Touma-Sliman

Hundreds Gather at Duma to Express Solidarity with the Village and Opposition to the Occupation

Hundreds of local residents, Palestinians from throughout the West Bank, Palestinian Arabs from inside Israel, and Jewish leftest activists from Hadash, including members of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Tarabut Movement attended a solidarity visit initiated by Hadash in conjunction with the popular committees in the region southeast of Nablus on Saturday,…

Israeli extreme right-wing activist Benzi Gopstein, leader of the Lehava organization, takes part in a protest near the tram station in East Jerusalem, October 23, 2014. The sign reads: "Jews, Revenge."

Israeli Extreme-Right Leader Calls for Churches to Be Torched

On Thursday, August 6, Knesset members Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash – Joint List) and Michal Biran (Zionist Union), heads of the Anti-Racist Lobby in the Knesset, requested that the Attorney General open a criminal investigation against Benzi Gopstein, the leader of the extreme-right group Lehava, who said in a meeting with rabbinical students that Christian houses of worship should…