‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’, HRW Report on Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Wednesday, November 13, that Israel’s repeated evacuation orders in occupied Gaza Strip amount to the war crime of forcible transfer, and to “ethnic cleansing” in the Palestinian territory. The 154-page report, “‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” examines how Israeli…

Far-Right Government Attack on Hadash is Intensifying

The far-right government attack on Hadash is intensifying. After banning MK Ofer Cassif from Knesset proceedings for 6 months, the Israeli police has summoned Hadash Secretary General Amjad Shbita for questioning. The renowned Communist member of the Knesset has been suspended from parliament for six months after denouncing the brutal colonial war on Gaza, where more than…

Stormy Debate in Knesset on Bill for Preventing Administrative Detention of Settlers

​The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, chaired by a settler in the Palestinian occupied West Bank, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism), on Wednesday, November 6, began to prepare for first reading the Emergency Powers Bill (Detentions) (Amendment—Administrative Detentions for Membership in a Terrorist Organization), 2024, sponsored by Committee Chair. Settles set fire to a number…

Knesset Passes Law on Deporting Terrorists’ Relatives Despite Anti-Constitutional Concerns

The Knesset passed on Thursday, November 7, two more draconian laws that severely violate the rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of occupied East Jerusalem. The passage of these two laws—one aimed at expelling family members of individuals defined as “terrorist operatives” under Israeli law and the other targeting Palestinian minors as young as…