MK Khenin: Public housing crisis a deliberate policy

MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) accused the neo-liberal government of deliberately underfunding public housing in a Knesset special session Tuesday. “Too many people in Israeli society are finding themselves in an extreme crisis regarding housing,” he said. “When there are so many cases, it becomes clear – this is not a mistake, but rather, a policy.”…

Israel won’t cooperate with UNHRC settlement mission

Israel said Friday that it would refuse cooperation with a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) fact finding mission who will investigate whether Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories violate human rights law. The UN considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law. The president of the UNHCR’ Uruguay Ambassador Laura Dupuy-Lasserre, named three delegates…

CPI: The South African decision delivers a clear message

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) welcomes the decision of the South African ministry of Trade and Industry, headed by Comrade Rob Davies (Member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party), to ban labeling of West Bank settlement products as “Made in Israel”. The policies pursued by the Israeli government, of expanding…

MK Khenin: Israel prefers settlements over human rights

Israel decided Monday to sever all contact with the United Nations human rights council and with its chief commissioner Navi Pillay, after the international body decided to establish an international investigative committee on the West Bank settlements. The Foreign Ministry ordered Israel’s ambassador to Geneva to cut off contact immediately, instructing him to ignore phone…