No Probe of Rabbi Who Called Jews to Avoid Christmas Tree

Israel’s state prosecutor will not open an investigation against a university rabbi for telling students to avoid the student union in a campus building because it had the “pagan” symbol of a Christmas tree inside. Rabbi Elad Dokow, of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, made the remarks last December. “The Christmas tree is a religious…

Joint List chairperson, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash; back row center) with activists from the Young Communist League in Israel (Banki-Shabiba) during the opening festive session of the 9th Hadash Conference, April 7, 2017.

Hadash Condemns Gas Attack in Syria, Slams US Air Strikes

Over last weekend, April 7-8, the 9th Conference of Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) took place in Shefa-‘Amr, an Arab city in northern Israel. During his address before delegates and other participants, Hadash chairperson, former MK Mohammad Barakeh, condemned last Friday’s US air attack in Syria. Barakeh had reacted on his Facebook…