The Coalition Against Racism: Upper Nazareth Mayor should be indicted for racist statements

Activists from the Coalition Against Racism in Israel demanded that Upper Nazareth Mayor Shimon Gafsou should be “indicted for racist statements” after he sent a letter to Interior Minister Eli Yishai claiming that Nazareth is full of “Israel-hating residents whose place is in Gaza and not here.” Mayor of Jewish-Arab Upper Nazareth claims Arab-majority Nazareth…

Hadash against Interior Minister’s racist statement

The African refugees in Israel should be rounded up in prisons or holding facilities and then deported from the country, Interior Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) said in a radio interview on Wednesday morning. “They should be put into holding cells or jails,” he said, “and then given a grant and sent back” to their countries of…

A wall in the torched mosque in Burqa

Yet Another Mosque Torched by Extreme-Right Jewish Racists

The residents of the Palestinian occupied West Bank village of Burqa, near Nablus, reported that their mosque “Al Nour” has been torched overnight. Defamatory slogans found on the walls, including several reading “Mitzpe Yitzhar” and “War,” suggest that the incident is in fact a racist extreme-right act.  According to Ma’an, the Palestinian news agency, at…

Joint left-wing Palestinians and Israeli parties and groups statement in support of the social struggle in Israel

A large group of left-wing Palestinian and Israeli parties, unions and civil society groups has issued an unprecedented joint statement in support of the Israeli struggle for social justice. The signatories demand unity in the struggle against occupation and racism. Half-million protest in Tel-Aviv, last Saturday, September 3, 2011 (Photo: Activestills) For the first time…

Emblem of the Young Communist League of Israel

Statement of the Young Communist League of Israel (August 2011)

The huge wave of demonstrations that is sweeping Israel for the last month and half, including a demonstration of 300,000 protestors in Tel-Aviv on August 6th, presented a very clear message: The Israeli working class in general, and young people in particular, revolts against the soaring prices of housing and basic commodities, and no longer…