Hadash MK Abdallah Abu Ma'aruf (Joint List) during the Knesset Interior and Environmental Protection Committee meeting, Sunday April 2

Discriminatory Amendment to Planning & Building Law Approved

The Knesset Interior and Environmental Protection Committee approved in its second and third reading, on Sunday, April 2, an amendment to the Planning and Building Law that will make its enforcement more stringent and increase penalties for “illegal construction.” The amendment, sponsored by far-right lawmakers, calls for restricting the discretion of courts regarding the enforcement of…

Hadash MK's Aida Touma-Sliman and Dov Khenin, leading members of the Communist Party of Israel, during the Saturday night march in Jerusalem, April 1, 2017

Thousands March in Jerusalem against the Occupation

Thousands of Jews and Arabs took part in a Jerusalem march against the occupation on Saturday night, April 1. The demonstration’s organizers and media estimated that some 2,000 people marched from west Jerusalem to near the Old City’s Jaffa Gate to a platform adorned with Palestinian, Israeli and red flags. A broad coalition of left-wing…