Hadash Chairman attends Bil’in protest

Hadash Chairman Muhammad Barakeh participated yesterday, Friday, at an anti-fence protest staged in the Palestinian village of Bil’in, west of the city of Ramallah. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was also present. The protesters brought a bulldozer to the site in order to dismantle the fence, and were actually successful in removing part of it.…

Bil’in protesters continue to rally as IDF moves barrier

Activists against the occupation barrier in the area of the West Bank Palestinian village of Bil’in vowed this week to continue their struggle, even though the IDF (Tzahal) began relocating the fence earlier this week. Today, on Friday, protesters will hold their weekly rally against the barrier along the regular route to the old location…

Army officer indicted for vandalizing Palestinian vehicles

On 12 and 13 October, B’Tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) documented eight vehicles owned by Palestinians that had been vandalized, apparently by soldiers, near Jenbah in the southern Hebron hills. The vehicles, which were used to transport Palestinian laborers wanting to enter Israel without permits, were abandoned when…

MK Khenin: We must guarantee that crises like the Gulf of Mexico will not occur in the Mediterranean

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday approved an environmental law that will require factories to publicize their hazardous chemical emissions. But it also rejected two other green bills, a spokesman for MK Dov Khenin (Hadash – the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel) announced. The approved National Registry Act,…

Facebook group calls for boycott of high-priced foods

As cost of dairy product nears that of gas, Facebook group calls for boycott of high-priced foods and ‘No reason for us to be screwed’, organizer says.  With revolution sweeping the Arab countries, Facebook-inspired protests have come to Israel in an unlikely form, in a carton of cottage cheese. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a…

Occupation’s 44th year: A Doctor’s Visit to Gaza

From the Diary of a Doctor, Rafik Masalha, a volunteer with Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR): A Visit to the Gaza Strip, in February 2011. At the Erez Checkpoint, as I was standing in front of the concrete walls and the enormous iron doors that exemplify the severe blockade policy imposed on the people of…

Next Week in Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Beer-Sheva: Marx Forum 2011

The fourth annual Marx conference devoted to “Left Perspectives on the International Crisis of Capitalism” took place in Tel Aviv on May 16 and 17, 2010,  under the auspices of Hagada Ha’smalit (Left Bank) Alternative Cultural Center. In addition to 25 panelists, approximately three hundred people participated in the meetings and discussion. Summaries of lectures…