Activists Pulled Off Bus for Protesting Racism at Hospital

Security guards at an Israeli hospital detained 10 Arab and Jewish activists Sunday, January 20, for an act of civil disobedience protesting a policy that singles out, removes, and inspects Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel on a public bus line in southern Israel. The activists, mostly members of Hadash, from the grassroots protest movement Standing Together, were…

The European Union Parliament

MK Jabareen Attends Conference on “Nation-State Law” at EU Parl.

The EuroPal Forum held a conference yesterday, Tuesday, January 22, on Israel’s “Nation-State Law” at the European Parliament in Brussels. The EuroPal Forum is an independent organization that advocates Palestinian rights. Parliamentarians, jurists and activists attended the EuroPal Forum conference which was hosted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Keith Taylor. MK Youssef Jabareen…

Hadash electoral committee meeting last weekend to launch the party's campaign for the upcoming general elections for the 21st Knesset; the red placard held up in the background reads "Opposing Fascism."

Hadash Launches Electoral Campaign for 21st Knesset

Last weekend, Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, the electoral front headed by the Communist Party of Israel) launched its campaign for the upcoming April 9th general elections for the 21st Knesset. Preparatory meetings were held last week in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Nazareth. Hadash is part of the Joint List parliamentary…

The memorial to Palestinian writer and activist Ghassan Kanafani in the Muslim cemetery in Acre prior to its removal this week

Memorial to Palestinian Writer in Acre Removed following Thinly-Veiled Threats by Interior Minister

Israel’s Interior Minister Arye Deri has successfully wielded pressure in Acre to rid the seaside city of a recently erected memorial to the Palestinian author and playwright Ghassan Kanafani. Dery’s intervention came only a week after he and the prime minister foiled the appointment of the Palestinian-Arab Communist activist Raja Zaatry as deputy mayor of…