Demonstrators against gas deal, last Saturday, in Holon

Economic Affairs Committee Session Heats Up Over Gas Deal

A session of the Knesset’s Economic Affairs Committee held to discuss implementation of the outline for the country’s long-disputed privatized natural gas degenerated into shouting matches several times on Sunday, November 22, as Knesset members across the political spectrum and social activists disrupted each other when speaking. The session, the first in a series of…

Bill Banning Entry to Boycott Supporters Passes 1st Reading

The Knesset approved Wednesday, November 11, the preliminary reading of a bill forbidding entry into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) of anyone who calls for a boycott against Israel. The bill, which passed 55-31, followed Wednesday morning’s decision of the European Union to adopt new guidelines for labeling products from Israeli settlements. “Anyone…

Joint List MK Dov Khenin (Hadash), right, shared a photo on Facebook of the lawmakers removed from the session, which included all the members present from Kulanu, the Zionist Union, Meretz, and the Joint List.

Ten MKs Booted Out of Knesset Meeting with Fascist Leader

Ten opposition lawmakers were ejected from a raucous Knesset committee meeting on Tuesday morning, November 10, after they protested the presence of the leader of the fascist Lehava group at the session. Bentzi Gopstein, who dubbed the lawmakers “terrorists” and “traitors,” was not asked to leave. The Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee was meeting to discuss…

CPI Secretary General Adel Amer, center, and MK Dov Khenin, seated to his left in the picture, during the 17th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties held in Istanbul, (30-31 October to 1 November, 2015)

Communist Parties: Solidarity with Struggle of the Palestinian People

The 17th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties held in Istanbul (30-31 October to 1 November, 2015) focused on the theme of the “tasks of Communist and Workers’ Parties in strengthening the struggle of the working class against capitalist exploitation, imperialist wars and fascism; for workers’ and peoples’ emancipation and for socialism.” The meeting…

Oded Gelfand on Facebook, October 2015: "Hate is not a value, racism is not the way."

Facebook Campaign Battles Hatred of Arabs

The wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks against Israelis and the occupation of the Palestinian territories is riling social media. An Israeli soldier named Eden Levy, however, posted last week a photo on Facebook— she had scrawled on her palm: “Hating Arabs isn’t racism, it reflects values.” Levy removed the photo after it had garnered 20,000…