Arab Follow-Up Committee Head to Meet with EU Foreign Policy Chief on Racist Nation-State Law

The head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, former Hadash MK Mohammad Barakeh, will meet with EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini as part of the committee’s fight against the controversial Nation-State Law. Barakeh said that the  passage of the  law constitutes racist conduct by the Israeli government against the Palestinian-Arab…

UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, left, and head of the Joint List’s International Relations, Hadash MK Yousef Jabareen

UN Will Conduct Investigations into Israel’s “Nation-State” Law

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, has started official proceedings to investigate a complaint against Israel submitted by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel regarding the racist “Nation-State” law. During its recent meetings, the Follow-Up Committee decided to take international action against the law which was passed by…

Case Dropped against Policemen Who Assaulted MK Ayman Odeh

According to the daily Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Justice Ministry unit that investigates police misconduct has recommended that the files against the police officers involved in the January 2017 assault on Joint List Chairman, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) in the Arab-Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran be closed. The confrontation between the policemen and Odeh occurred…