Over 1,470 Israeli Academics Call for End to War in Gaza

Over 1,470 academic staff and administrators from all institutions of higher education in Israel have signed a petition urging the Israeli far-right government to promptly end the war in Gaza and to secure the immediate release of the hostages. Lecturers and student’s protest against the war in Gaza and for the release of hostages held…

Knesset Plenum Rejected No-Confidence Motion Submitted by Hadash-Ta’al, Protests in JLM

The opening sitting of the Summer Assembly of the Israeli parliament the Knesset Plenum voted down three no-confidence motions submitted by parliamentary groups from the opposition. The motion submitted by Hadash-Ta’al, entitled “Continuation of the war and its destructive consequences for the public, including the Arab public,” was supported by 32 members of Knesset, without…

Thousands Protest Across Israel; Right-wing Activists Attacks October 7 Survivor in Tel Aviv

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered Saturday evening (May 18) in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square for a rally on Saturday night headlined by world-renowned Israeli popstars. Just a few blocks away, at Kaplan Street, anti-government protesters, including bereaved and hostage families, skirmished with police equipped with horses and water cannons.   Hadash and Communist Party…

A Common Appeal from Cyprus for an End the War in Gaza

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of AKEL (Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus), Stefanos Stefanou, met Friday, May 17, with MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash), member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Israel, with whom the situation in Gaza and in Israel in general was discussed. In statements made after the…