Former Hadash MK and member of the Central Committee of the CPI, Issam Makhoul

Reactionary Persian Gulf Arab States Praised by Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised the Persian Gulf Arab states for their recent decision to brand Hezbollah as a “terrorist organization.” Following the announcement by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) whose member states include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Netanyahu said that this labeling was an “important”…

MK Dov Khenin with the bill that would prohibit restaurants in Israel from counting tips for waiters towards their salaries and force management instead to pay them minimum wage

Government Rejects Paying Minimum Wage to Waiters

Far-right government ministers voted Sunday, March 6, against a bill that would prohibit restaurants in Israel from counting tips for waiters towards their salaries and force them instead to pay their staff minimum wage. According to Hadash MK Dov Khenin (Joint List), who submitted the bill in 2013, the legislation would prevent the exploitation of…

ACRI Report Condemns Bill Allowing Suspension of MKs

Prior to the discussion in the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset on February 23, 2016 on the proposed bill which would allow the Knesset to indefinitely suspend any member of that body for “inappropriate behavior,” the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) released a position paper on the proposed legislation. It…