MK Odeh and the European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels

Israeli Officials Pressured EU Chief to Cancel Meeting With MK Odeh

Israeli officials pressured the European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in recent weeks to cancel her meeting with Joint List Chairman MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) regarding the racist Nation-State Law. Haaretz claimed the Israeli officials tried to convince Mogherini to have a lower-level EU official meet with Odeh in her stead. However, the sources say, Moghernini…

Under the proposed legislation, taking or distributing photos like this would be a crime punishable by 5 or 10 years of imprisonment.

Government Plans to Jail Anyone Documenting Soldiers in Occupied West Bank or along Gaza Border

Israel’s far-right government and coalition is advancing an anti-democratic law that would ban the photographing or videoing of soldiers “carrying out their duties” in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Despite reservations by Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, who considers the legislation problematic from a constitutional point of view, on Sunday, June 17, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation…