UN human rights investigators says Israel must remove settlers

UN human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes. All settlement activity in occupied territory must cease “without preconditions” and Israel “must immediately initiate a process of withdrawal of all settlers”,…

MK Khenin: Time to build inside Israel

   MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) has chimed in with criticism of the government’s decision to release tenders for the construction of 198 new housing units in the Efrat and Kiryat Arba settlements, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “not giving a damn about the world.” “Netanyahu doesn’t stop on red light,” he said. “He is…

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…

Hadash: Solidarity with Susya residents

Hadash MK’s Afo Agbaryeh, Hanna Sweid and Dov Khenin visited this week the Palestinian Susya village, along with Rabi Arik Asherman of Rabbis for Human Rights. This Friday, Israelis will stand in solidarity with the Palestinians of Susya to oppose the Israeli authorities’ plan to wipe out the entire village following demolition orders issued by…

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…

The opening event of the Communist Party of Israel 26th Congress

Tonight will be held in Haifa the opening event of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) 26th Congress. The discussions will take place this weekend in Nazareth (March 16-17th). Hundreds delegates from all over Israel, Jews and Arabs, will take part in the Congress and foreign delegations from various countries: Palestine (Palestine Liberation Organization and…