Hadash and Communist Party activists during the rally held on Saturday night in Tel-Aviv (Photo: Al Ittihad)

10,000 people rallied in Tel-Aviv against deadly Gaza war

More than10,000 people arrived Saturday night at Rabin Square to rally for a political solution to the occupation of the Palestinian territories under the slogan, “Changing direction: toward peace, away from war.” Many carried signs proclaiming, “Whoever doesn’t want peace is making excuses” and “Yes to democracy, no to fascism.” At the rally speeches were…

Hundreds gathered in Tel Aviv to protest Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, despite a police decision to revoke the demonstration’s permit, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Tel Aviv anti-war rally held despite police order

Ignoring police orders to call off the large-scale protest due to the continuing rocket fire in the south, hundreds of left-wing activists gathered in Rabin Square on Saturday demanding an end to Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Roughly 800 peace and Left activists flooded Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square in defiance of the ban, which was…

Knesset discussion on limiting pardons for Palestinians

Right-wing legislators hoped Monday to speed up the passage of a bill that would deny certain murderers the right to be considered for a pardon, but the proceedings stalled over whether “only terrorists should be denied this right.” The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee met in a special session Monday to discuss the bill,…

Protest against forced feeding of Palestinian prisoners, Jerusalem, June 16, 2014. Activists and doctors take part in a demonstration, organized by Physicians for Human Rights organization, against the bill to legalize forced feeding of hunger-striking prisoners in Israel, in front of the Knesset. Sign in Hebrew reads: "Judge, what is legal in administrative detention?" and in English and Arabic: "Force Feeding = Torture." (Photo: Activestills)

MK Khenin: Force-feeding is torture

The Attorney General’s Office defended on Monday a controversial bill to allow hunger-striking prisoners to be force-fed, telling the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee it had suitable checks and balances and was not a “torture law.” The Knesset had been scheduled to vote on the bill in a final reading on Monday, as it had been…