The Culture Hall in the West Bank Settlement of Ariel

Culture Minister Probes Troupes That Shun Settlements in the OPT

Far-right Minister of Culture Miri Regev (Likud) has sent out a controversial questionnaire to theater companies and dance troupes to determine whether they refrain from performing in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The questionnaire is the first step in a campaign Regev is leading to allow her ministry to penalize publicly-funded cultural institutions…

Protesters in London demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinian circus performer Mohammed Abu Sakha whose administrative detention has been extended for another six months by Israel.

Palestinian Circus Performer’s Detention Extended for 6 Months

An Israeli military judge confirmed on Thursday, June 16, the continued administrative detention of Palestinian circus trainer and performer Mohammad Abu Sakha for an additional six months until December 12, 2016. This followed the decision, subject to judicial review, by Israeli authorities three days earlier to extend the administrative detention of the 23-year-old Palestinian circus…

A British soldier guarding the fenced off Tel Aviv central bus station during a curfew imposed under martial law in 1947. Israel’s new Terror Law is based on imperialist British Mandatory emergency statutes in Palestine.

Knesset Enacts Totalitarian Terror Bill; Extends Racist “Citizenship and Entry into Israel” Provision

A broadly-inclusive, far-reaching law codifying the right-wing government’s attack on democracy was approved by a Knesset vote of 57-16 on Wednesday evening, June 15, following six years of negotiations and review by the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. The bill, which applies only to Israel and not to the occupied Palestinian West Bank, will…