Former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg, in the past a member of Knesset from the Labor Party.

Former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg Joins Hadash

Former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg, in the past a member of Knesset from the Labor Party, attended a meeting of Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) which took place in Nazareth on Saturday, January 3, and expressed his support for the Jewish-Arab front. “In the next elections I will support Hadash,” he said, though…

Saturday night's demonstration against racism at Zion Square, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem: Protest against Racist “Lehava” Organization

Saturday night, December 13, hundreds of protesters gathered in Zion Square in West Jerusalem demanding the outlawing of “Lehava,” the rascist organization whose members are allegedly behind a recent arson attack on a Jewish-Arab bilingual school in the city. Lehava opposes “Jewish assimilation,” in particular interfaith marriages between Jews and Arabs. During the demonstration, the…

A demolished home in the unrecognized Arab-Bedouin village of Wadi Al-Na'am.

New Report Reveals: Hundreds of Bedouin Houses Demolished this Year in the Negev

On Wednesday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF) published its annual House Demolition Policy report. The report makes evident that Israel’s house demolition policy, primarily directed against the Bedouin community in the Negev, continued unabated during the past year and included 859 Arab Bedouin-owned structures. The report explains…