A demonstration in Tel-Aviv against outsourcing and privatization (Photo: Histadrut)

Labor Federation Okays Work Disputes against Privatization

Every day more government workers are rushing to join driving test examiners who continue to protest the Transport Ministry’s plan to authorize the privatization of driving license testing. Several weeks ago, the ministry advertised a tender for private groups to test prospective drivers on their on-road skills. According to Histadrut Chairman Avi Nissenkorn: “We cannot…

For a 35-Hour Work-Week in Israel

Since 2014, Israel has been ranked sixth among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the grouping of the world’s developed capitalist countries, in the average number of hours worked per year. The average Israel worked 1,853 hours that year, compared to an OECD average of 1,770. In Western Europe the averages…

Israeli soldiers carrying the corpse of Abd al-Fatah al-Sharif

Palestinian Autopsy Observer: Fatal Shot Was That of Suspected Soldier

The autopsy conducted on the body Abd al-Fatah al-Sharif on Sunday, April 3, confirmed that the 21-year-old Palestinian assailant in Hebron was still alive before a bullet fired point-blank at his head by an Israeli soldier killed him, according to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. The Palestinian physician, Dr. Rayan al-Ali, who attended al-Sharif’s autopsy,…