Armenia Announces Its Recognition of the State of Palestine

The Foreign Ministry of Armenia announces Friday morning (June 21) that it is recognizing the state of Palestine. In a statement on its website, the ministry cites the “catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza” as well as the “establishment of lasting reconciliation between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.” “Armenians for justice in Palestine” (Photo: Armenian Action…

Hadash-Ta’al to Vote Against Draft Law

Hadash-Ta’al MKs announced that they would vote against the Draft Law in order “to topple the destructive Netanyahu far-right government.” Hadash-Ta’al faction chairman MK Ayman Odeh reiterates his opposition to the enlistment law coming up for a vote in the Knesset plenum this evening (Monday), hours after tweeting that he would not “lend a hand…

Knesset Passes Law Aimed at Silencing Al Jazeera

The Knesset approved on Monday evening, April 1, the so-called Al Jazeera law, giving the government temporary powers to prevent foreign news networks from operating in Israel if they are “deemed by the security services to be harming national security.” The law passed 71 to 10 in its second and third readings in the Knesset…