Hadash MKs Dov Khenin (center in red shirt), Ayman Odeh (to Khenin’s right), and Aida Touma-Sliman (far right) along with the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Israel Adel Amer and leading CPI activist Mohammed Barakeh (third and second from the right, respectively) during the May Day march in Nazareth, last Saturday, April 29

Thousands Take Part in Hadash’s May Day March in Nazareth

A crowd of thousands, Arabs and Jews, gathered in Nazareth on Saturday morning, April 29, to take part in the city’s annual May Day march. As well as marking International Workers’ Day, the demonstrators marched against the occupation and the government’s repression of Palestinians and the neo-liberal social and economic policies of Netanyahu’s far-right government.…

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…

Hadash MK's Aida Touma-Sliman and Dov Khenin, leading members of the Communist Party of Israel, during the Saturday night march in Jerusalem, April 1, 2017

Thousands March in Jerusalem against the Occupation

Thousands of Jews and Arabs took part in a Jerusalem march against the occupation on Saturday night, April 1. The demonstration’s organizers and media estimated that some 2,000 people marched from west Jerusalem to near the Old City’s Jaffa Gate to a platform adorned with Palestinian, Israeli and red flags. A broad coalition of left-wing…