Report:10% Increase in Homophobic Incidents in Israel in 2021

The year 2021 saw a 10 percent increase in homophobia-related incidents, according to a new report published by Aguda, an umbrella organization representing the LGBTQ community in Israel. According to the report, almost 3,000 homophobic incidents were reported in 2021, compared to 2,696 incident reports the previous year. “This is a resounding warning light to the…

Occupation Forces Brutally Attack Sheikh Jarrah Protesters

Israeli occupation forces on Friday brutally attacked Palestinian protesters and Israeli peace activists in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, Zo Haderech and Al-Ittihad reported. Palestinians have been angry with the Israeli occupation over its unjust plans to evict Sheikh Jarrah’s residents from their homes to replace them with settlers, under the pretext that the Palestinian homes and lands were…

Occupation Forces Lock Down East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood

Israeli occupation forces imposed on Thursday evening a nearly full lockdown of occupied East Jerusalem’s highly-tense Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, shortly after dozens of local Palestinian citizens and Israeli peace activists supporting them in the neighborhood were assaulted by the forces. WAFA correspondent said Israeli Police physically assaulted Palestinians and solidarity activists outside the home of…

Joint List Demands a State Commission to Probe Police Spyware Allegations

Joint List lawmakers on Monday called for the establishment of a state inquiry to look into explosive claims that the Israel Police conducted extensive extrajudicial spying against dozens of top public officials, journalists, social activists, anti-Netanyahu protest leaders, mayors, leaders of Ethiopian-Israeli protests against police, a union chairman and citizens. The new report by Calcalist claims that…