Israel Chemicals’ Dead Sea workers protest Potash Deal

Hundreds of employees of privatized Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) unit Dead Sea Works today launched on Monday labor sanctions to protest negotiations on a possible merger of Israel Chemicals with multi-national Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. The workers committee is accusing management of a lack of transparency about the merger talks with the Canadian company.…

Hadash :The new neo-liberal coalition is dangerous

Hadash MK Dov Khenin called creating strong progressive political and social coalitions in order to challenge policies of the dangerous new right-wing and neo-liberal government lead by Benjamin Netanyahu that has been formed tonight, on Friday. “Democracy Coalition,” which would stand against eliminating minority groups and civil rights, is one of several he suggested.  …

Universities protested planned budget cuts with a strike

Israel‘s universities protested planned budget cuts on Tuesday with a strike by students and faculty. The universities highlighted a list of possible results of a likely budget cut and used the two-hour duration of the strike to explain the dangers and problems of the looming situation to students, professors and other staff. A student’s demonstration…

Secret deportation of Sudanese migrants

News that Israel has deported secretly more than 1,000 Sudanese migrants and refugees via a third country sparked an outcry Tuesday among human rights activists. MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) calling for them to be halted immediately. MK Khenin also asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to investigate who ordered the repatriation in the first place. Sudan…