Anti-boycott bill passes first Knesset reading

    Hadash MK says legislation aimed at punishing Israeli companies which do not sell to settlements violates freedom of expression. Bill allowing State to revoke citizenship of individuals convicted of terror, espionage offences also approved in first reading           The Knesset plenum on Monday (March 7, 2011) passed in first…

Hadash-Ta’al to Vote Against Draft Law

Hadash-Ta’al MKs announced that they would vote against the Draft Law in order “to topple the destructive Netanyahu far-right government.” Hadash-Ta’al faction chairman MK Ayman Odeh reiterates his opposition to the enlistment law coming up for a vote in the Knesset plenum this evening (Monday), hours after tweeting that he would not “lend a hand…

Knesset Passes Law Aimed at Silencing Al Jazeera

The Knesset approved on Monday evening, April 1, the so-called Al Jazeera law, giving the government temporary powers to prevent foreign news networks from operating in Israel if they are “deemed by the security services to be harming national security.” The law passed 71 to 10 in its second and third readings in the Knesset…

Blocked Roads, Clashes with Police: Thousands Rally Against Far-Right Gov’t; Labor Union Head Attacks Netanyahu

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators called for an early election and the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Be’er Sheva. Caesarea and gathered on Saturday at some 50 locations across Israel. The common theme at the multiple protests held across the country for several consecutive weeks on Saturday nights is against…

Palestinians Convicted of ‘Terror Acts’ Could Be Expelled from East Jerusalem

Israel’s interior minister may soon be able to deport hundreds of Palestinians by cancelling their Israeli citizenship or revoking their residency status in occupied East Jerusalem. The Knesset passed last year legislation allowing for the deportation of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel or Palestinians residents of East Jerusalem if they are convicted of a terror act and have allegedly…