Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, Tuesday evening, May 10, in Tel-Aviv

Thousands of Israelis, Palestinians Participate in Alternative, Joint Memorial Day Ceremony in T-A

Some 3,000 Israelis and Palestinians, including hundreds from the occupied West Bank, participated on Tuesday, May 10, in an Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day eve ceremony that was held for the 11th consecutive year in Tel-Aviv. The ceremony was organized by Combatants for Peace Movement in cooperation with the Parents’ Circle – Families Forum. The ceremony included…

MK Touma-Sliman during a demonstration for Arab-Bedouin rights in the Negev, August 2015

MK Touma-Sliman: Battle for Equality and Ending the Occupation are Inseparable

A leading Knesset member from the Joint List has described press reports of a $3.8 billion budget allocation to improve infrastructure and services in Arab communities in Israel has been exaggerated upward. In an interview with Al-Monitor, Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman commented, “Our estimate is that it amounts to nearly 10 billion shekels [$2.5 billion].” Touma-Sliman…

The demonstration last Saturday night, December 19, in front of the Likud headquarters in central Tel-Aviv

Thousands March in Tel Aviv against Right-Wing Provocations

3,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Tel Aviv Saturday night, December 19, to protest right-wing provocations against human rights and peace activists. Organizers gave the protest the title: “Standing together against a government that incites instead of offering solutions; against the far-right’s attempts to silence and intimidate, from inside the government and from without.”…