Activists Pulled Off Bus for Protesting Racism at Hospital

Security guards at an Israeli hospital detained 10 Arab and Jewish activists Sunday, January 20, for an act of civil disobedience protesting a policy that singles out, removes, and inspects Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel on a public bus line in southern Israel. The activists, mostly members of Hadash, from the grassroots protest movement Standing Together, were…

The European Union Parliament

MK Jabareen Attends Conference on “Nation-State Law” at EU Parl.

The EuroPal Forum held a conference yesterday, Tuesday, January 22, on Israel’s “Nation-State Law” at the European Parliament in Brussels. The EuroPal Forum is an independent organization that advocates Palestinian rights. Parliamentarians, jurists and activists attended the EuroPal Forum conference which was hosted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Keith Taylor. MK Youssef Jabareen…

Hundreds of activists marched from West Jerusalem to the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to stop the eviction of Palestinian families, January 18, 2018.

Hundreds Protest New Evictions in Occupied East Jerusalem

Hundreds of Israeli peace activists, among them members of Hadash, marched from central West Jerusalem to Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, on Friday, January 18, in solidarity with the families there who Israeli authorities want to evict.   In late November, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected the Sabag and Hamad families’ appeals…

Palestinian Left-Wing Factions Forge New Democratic Alliance

In Ramallah and Gaza City, five left-wing Palestinian factions have announced the formation of a united front named the Palestinian Democratic Alliance. The alliance was formed with the culmination of meetings between the constituent organizations that commenced in August 2016. According to last Friday’s weekend edition of Al-Ittihad, the daily newspaper of the Communist Party…