Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, Tuesday evening, May 10, in Tel-Aviv

Thousands of Israelis, Palestinians Participate in Alternative, Joint Memorial Day Ceremony in T-A

Some 3,000 Israelis and Palestinians, including hundreds from the occupied West Bank, participated on Tuesday, May 10, in an Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day eve ceremony that was held for the 11th consecutive year in Tel-Aviv. The ceremony was organized by Combatants for Peace Movement in cooperation with the Parents’ Circle – Families Forum. The ceremony included…

Earth Day at Kishon Park, near Haifa, last Monday, April 25

Earth Day: Thousands Visit the Kishon Park near Haifa

Haifa has been in the headlines for months due to its alarming pollution problem and that was what apparently made it the appropriate spot for Israel’s annual Earth Day celebration. On Monday, April 25, thousands of celebrants made their way to the city’s Kishon Park, bordering the notoriously polluted namesake river that has been the…

For a 35-Hour Work-Week in Israel

Since 2014, Israel has been ranked sixth among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the grouping of the world’s developed capitalist countries, in the average number of hours worked per year. The average Israel worked 1,853 hours that year, compared to an OECD average of 1,770. In Western Europe the averages…