Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank outside the Nil'in checkpoint, October 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Report: Failures in treatment of claims presented by migrant, asylum seeker and Palestinian workers to the National Insurance Institute

Kav LaOved (NGO) published a new report in English titled “National Insurance Institute (NII) and Non-Israeli Workers: Failures in treatment of claims presented by migrants, asylum seekers and Palestinian workers.” This report deals with the structure, management, and enforcement of the rights that the NII is legally required to provide to these three categories of…

The unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip: 32.5 %

Over 100,000 Palestinians work in Israel with around 20,000 working exclusively in Israeli settlements, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. The results are part of a survey taken from July-September to document labor participation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. According to the survey, 103,000 Palestinians were employed in Israel between July-September…

Israeli activists and African refugees protest in the center of Tel Aviv against the forced deportation of Sudanese asylum-seekers. February 28, 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Israeli human rights organizations against the deportation of asylum-seekers

In response to reports of an agreement to deport asylum-seekers from Israel to Uganda, Israeli human rights organizations said they doubted the likelihood that the agreement will materialize. In a joint statement the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Hotline for Migrant Workers, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, A.S.A.F., Amnesty International Israel and Kav…

McCarthy is still alive in Israel: Knesset votes to probe Left groups accused of “de-legitimizing” the armyMcCarthy is still alive in Israel: Knesset votes to probe Left groups accused of “de-legitimizing” the army

  The Israeli parliament (the Knesset) plenum voted today (Wednesday, January 5) to order the House Committee to debate establishing a parliamentary panel of inquiry into left-wing Israeli organizations that allegedly participate in “de-legitimization campaigns against Israel Defense Forces soldiers”. The initiative, brought forth by fascist Foreign Minister Yvette (Avigdor) Lieberman’s (from Yisrael Beiteinu faction),…