Bill Banning Entry to Boycott Supporters Passes 1st Reading

The Knesset approved Wednesday, November 11, the preliminary reading of a bill forbidding entry into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) of anyone who calls for a boycott against Israel. The bill, which passed 55-31, followed Wednesday morning’s decision of the European Union to adopt new guidelines for labeling products from Israeli settlements. “Anyone…

The GUE/NGL European Parliament Group in solidarity with the Palestinian people (Photo: AKEL)

Regional Meeting of Communist and Workers parties of the Middle East: Statement in solidarity with Palestine

The undersigned parties and international organizations convened in Larnaka, Cyprus on the 24th and 25 of November 2014 under the slogan “Towards a Just and Lasting Peace & for Solidarity with the Palestinian People” and after thorough deliberations and discussions have agreed on the following statement: They call to:          -Recognize an independent viable state…

Peace demonstrators arrived on November 2006 to a military camp, between the Carni and Erez crossings, near Gaza Strip, serving as a parking lot for some 100 armored personal carriers (APC), tanks and Caterpillar's D9 armored bulldozers. While some activists climbed on the D9 bulldozers to occupy them, others displayed dummies soaked in blood and photos of Palestinian victims on and around the armored vehicles (Photo: Al Ittihad)

New report: Heavy engineering machine and the Israeli occupation

Who Profits Research Center published a new report: “Facts on the Ground: Heavy Engineering Machinery and the Israeli Occupation,” which describes in depth how construction machinery became a vital component of the occupation mechanism Since the early days of the 1967 occupation, Israel has used heavy construction machinery in order to strengthen its hold over the Palestinian territories…

MK Dov Khenin speaks at an anti-war in Gaza demonstration in Jerusalem (Photo: Al Ittihad)

MK Dov Khenin blames Netanyahu for Gaza war

“I know it’s a terrible thing to say, but not a single drop of blood spilled in Gaza really brought us any closer to something better,” says Knesset member Dov Khenin from the Hadash Front (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel) in summarizing Israel’s Operation Protective Edge. Though a majority of Israelis…

Palestinian women sit among the ruins of the Al-Nada towers after they were destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, August 4, 2014. The towers had 90 flats. So far, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,870 Palestinians, and injured 9,470 since the beginning of the Israeli offensive (Photo: Activestills)

The Long Road to Gaza

Practically everywhere around the globe, it is not possible to read the newspapers or watch the news without witnessing – either briefly or at great detail – the human tragedy in Gaza. The unjust war launched by the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, has resulted in vast destruction in one of the most densely populated…