Israeli police stand next to a vehicle that rammed into police officers in the Arab-Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, January 18, 2017.

Nine Police Officers Questioned over Attack on MK Ayman Odeh

Nine police officers have been questioned under caution on suspicion they helped to cover up an alleged assault on a Hadash lawmaker during a deadly police operation at an unrecognized Arab-Bedouin community in January of this year. The officers, including a superintendent, were questioned Tuesday night, November 28, by the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigations Department…

Hadash Unequivocally Opposes Trump’s New “Peace Initiative”

The administration of US President Donald Trump is planning to table a proposal to recognize a Palestinian state, without requiring the demolition of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories. Saturday night, November 18, Channel 12 News reported that Trump would propose that the Palestinian Authority declare “full independence” alongside Israel, complete with US recognition…

Joint List chairperson, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash; back row center) with activists from the Young Communist League in Israel (Banki-Shabiba) during the opening festive session of the 9th Hadash Conference, April 7, 2017.

Hadash Condemns Gas Attack in Syria, Slams US Air Strikes

Over last weekend, April 7-8, the 9th Conference of Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) took place in Shefa-‘Amr, an Arab city in northern Israel. During his address before delegates and other participants, Hadash chairperson, former MK Mohammad Barakeh, condemned last Friday’s US air attack in Syria. Barakeh had reacted on his Facebook…