Joint Statement in Solidarity with the Sudanese People

Communist and workers parties published on Friday, April 28, a joint statement in solidarity with the Sudanese people and democratic forces against the military rulers and their bloody war: “We, the undersigned Communist and Workers’ parties, strongly condemn the continuing bloody war between the military rulers in Sudan, which has resulted in hundreds of innocent…

Fascist Violence Against Protesters Escalates, Next Thursday: ‘Day of Paralysis’

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis participated in nationwide demonstrations held for the 11th straight Saturday evening against the far-right government. Protest organizers vowed to escalate demonstrations if the fascist-clerical coalition doesn’t halt its legislative proposals, which lawmakers are due to advance next week, declaring this coming Thursday a “National Day of Paralysis.” “Next week Israel’s…

Hadash Set Sights on Democratic Jewish Voters

Hadash-Ta’al joint list launched appeal calling on Israel’s democratic Jewish to support them with a “strategic vote” amid growing worries over a low projected turnout at the polls. According to internal surveys held in recent days, turnout is expected to range between 47 and 51 percent among Arab voters. In the last Knesset, turnout in…

Hadash, Balad to Run Again Under Joint List

Leaders of the Hadash and Balad parties have agreed to once again join forces in the coming November 1 election under the banner of the Joint List, as they have done since 2015. Ta’al, the third party in the alliance of Hadash and Arab parties, has yet to sign on. The deadline for submitting election…

Journalist Nidal Agbarieh Murdered in Umm al-Fahm

Nidal Agbarieh, an Arab journalist who ran the Baladna news site, was shot to death, in his car in Umm al-Fahm on Sunday night. The Union of Journalists stated that it was “shaken” by the murder and expressed condolences to Agabrieh’s family. “Israel Police must act immediately to locate the murderers and bring them to justice…

French Left MPs Sign Draft Resolution Condemning Israel’s Apartheid and Occupation

Some 38 Left French MPs have signed a draft resolution condemning Israel’s “institutionalization of an apartheid regime against Palestinian people,” L’Humanite reported on Friday. The draft resolution was originally submitted on 13 July by Communist MP Jean-Paul Lecocq vice-president of the Foreign Affairs Committee but stirred a public debate on Friday. Resolutions are opinions, issued by…