Knesset Meeting on Arab Employment in High-Tech

​The Science and Technology Committee, chaired by MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash-Ta’al), and the Special Committee on Young Israelis, chaired by MK Naama Lazimi (Labor), held a joint meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to increase the employment of Arab workers in the high-tech sector. MK Ayman Odeh during the meeting on ways to increase the…

Weekly Protests Against Govt Shift Focus to Arab Community as Murder Toll Reaches 100

Weekly protests against the far-right government took place for the 23rd week in a row Saturday night. Demonstrators this week began to spotlight the government’s inability to combat the soaring homicide rates in the country’s Arab-Palestinian national minority following two separate mass shootings in Arab villages in Israel’s north. Protesters held signs “Dead-class citizen” during…

Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony Draws 15,000

Nearly 15,000 participants attended a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony for victims of the occupation in Tel Aviv on Monday night. The event was organized by Combatants for Peace and The Parents-Circle Families Forum and some 200 Palestinians from the occupied territories attend Tel Aviv ceremony, after Israel’s top court ordered the state to grant them…

16th Set of Weekly Rallies Against Far-Right Govt Held Across Israel

Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied Saturday evening as part of ongoing demonstrations against the far-right government, with tensions elevated ahead of Memorial Day and Israel’s 75th Independence Day next week. Hadash chair Issam Makhoul at the Anti-Occupation Bloc demonstration in Kaplan Street, Central Tel-Aviv on Saturday evening, April 23, 2023 (Photo: Zo Haderech) Protest organizers…

Communist Party of Israel: Far-Right Gov’t Aggressive Policy Will Only Increase.

The regime coup advanced by the Netanyahu government will obliterate all democratic space still left in Israel and solidify Israel’s status as a right-wing dictatorship. By eliminating the independent judiciary in general and removing the supreme court’s power in particular, the government will be able to institutionalize apartheid, attack groups within Israel such as Palestinians…

Protests Continue after Netanyahu Suspends Judicial Reform

Judicial reforms in Israel temporary delayed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night amid massive protests all over the country. Netanyahu announced he was temporarily delaying his government’s highly contentious judicial overhaul legislation to allow time for dialogue over the far-reaching reforms. Despite Netanyahu’s agreement to suspend the legislation, his far-right coalition partners insisted…