MK Hanin Zoabi

Joint List Backs MKs Zoabi and Touma-Sliman; Blasts Fascistic Attacks Hurled against Them

The Joint List parliamentary faction stood shoulder to shoulder behind its MKs Hanin Zoabi (Balad) and Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash) on Wednesday, June 29, and blasted the “fascistic attacks” being hurled against the two women lawmakers. This followed the reported conversation the same day between Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit regarding…

A member of Israel’s Border Police assaults journalists and medics assembled near Al Bireh, West Bank, October 30, 2015.

43 Journalists Covering OPT Jailed by Israel since October 2015

The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists announced on Saturday, April 16, that Israel has detained 43 journalists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) since October 2015, including two foreign reporters. The New York based committee said in a report that journalists have reported torture, medical negligence, and unreasonable and illegal rulings by the Israeli authorities…

Palestinian journalists help an injured colleague get to safety after being attacked by Israeli soldiers near the Erez Crossing on October 13th 2015

Israeli Press Violations in OPT Reached New Peak in 2015

A Palestinian press freedoms watchdog NGO issued its annual report for 2015 on Thursday, March 17, in which it noted that 2015 was witness to an unprecedented increase in Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (also known as “MADA” in its Arabic…