Communist Professor Will Receive Israel Prize, Supreme Court Rules

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton must award the Israel Prize to a professor who supports the struggle against occupation of the Palestinian territories. A petition against Shasha-Biton’s decision was filed by the members of the prize committee that had initially awarded the honor to mathematician Prof. Oded Goldreich, a researcher…

Hadash Condemn Beersheba Terrorist Attack

Four Israelis were killed on Tuesday in a terrorist stabbing attack at a shopping center and gas station in Beersheba, with a number of others injured in the attack. One of the victims was Doris Yahbas, a resident of Moshav Gilat. Yahbas left behind her husband and three children. The second victim to be identified,…

Hadash Lawmakers Boycotted Zelensky’s Knesset Speech

Hadash lawmakers of the Joint List parliamentary faction boycotted Sunday an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Members of the Knesset gathered for a Zoom call on Sunday evening for a speech by Zelensky. Hadash MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset plenum (Photo: Knesset) All Knesset members and ministers have been invited to attend the…

Racist Activist Sets Up Armed Militia in the Negev with Police Support

A racist activist has established an armed civilian unit of rangers to “save the Negev from problematic absence of personal security.” According Haaretz, the initiative was initially supported by the police and the Be’er Sheva municipality, but on Tuesday, police walked back their endorsement. Police vs. Arab-Bedouin protest in the Negev, January 13, 2022 (Photo: Activestills) The…

Prevent Expulsion of Palestinians from Hebron Hills

Israel’s Supreme Court has held on Tuesday a hearing over an attempt to displace more than 1,300 Palestinians from a rural part of the occupied West Bank that the Israeli army has designated for military exercises. The army wants to demolish eight small communities in a rocky area of the southern West Bank near Hebron.…

Foreign Students Recognized as Human Trafficking Victims

Ten foreign students who arrived in Israel to take part in an apprenticeship program in the agriculture sector were recognized last year by the State as victims of human trafficking, the Knesset’s Special Committee for Foreign Workers found on Monday. Foreign agricultural students in Israel (Photo: Kav LaOved) Nine Vietnamese students and one Rwandan student…