Dozens of social activists demonstrated in Jerusalem on Thursday morning, August 11, against the social and economic policy of the far-right government.

Hospital MDs Strike after Budget Talks with Treasury Collapse

Hospital doctors in Israel went on strike from Thursday morning, August 11, after negotiations between representatives of the doctors and Finance Ministry officials broke down overnight. The declared strike is set to continue until at least Saturday evening, and will affect all government-run hospitals and psychiatric and geriatric facilities. During the strike, hospitals will operate…

Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women meeting about segregated maternity wards in hospitals

Joint List MKs Call on Health Ministry to Enforce Laws against Hospital Discrimination

“The law comes before patients’ preferences,” Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women chairperson MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash – Joint List) said in a meeting about segregated maternity wards in hospitals. The meeting was called after Israel Radio reported last week that several hospitals acquiesce to mothers’ requests that they not be…