Case Dropped against Policemen Who Assaulted MK Ayman Odeh

According to the daily Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Justice Ministry unit that investigates police misconduct has recommended that the files against the police officers involved in the January 2017 assault on Joint List Chairman, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) in the Arab-Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran be closed. The confrontation between the policemen and Odeh occurred…

From left to right: MKs Dov Khenin (Hadash), Michal Rozin (Meretz), Mossi Raz (Meretz), Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash) and Ayman Odeh (Hadash) during the Saturday's night protest march in Tel Aviv; “This is the home of all of us.”

Thousands of Protesters March in Tel Aviv against “Nation-State” Bill

Seven thousand protesters marched through central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, July 14, to protest the controversial, government-sponsored “nation-state bill,” calling it racist and discriminatory. Under the banner “This is home for all of us,” public figures, MKs from Hadash and Meretz, and peace and social activists addressed the demonstration, in which participants marched from…