Demonstrators face off with police as the latter clear them from where they had gathered to protest the visit of racist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Arab city of Nazareth, Wednesday, January 13. Among the demonstrators were a number of Joint List MKs. In the photo are Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman under the sign in the dark coat and to her left, MK Heba Yazbak from Balad in the light jacket. The sign reads: "We will scrutinize the Zionist Nation-State Law; after all we are the owners of country."

22 Protestors Arrested in Nazareth during Visit to City by Netanyahu

Protesters gathered in the Nazareth on Wednesday, January 13, to demonstrate against the arrival of racist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who was visiting the Arab city. “Bibi, get out! Get out! Go home!” the demonstrators chanted. The protesters were a mix of hundreds local Nazareth residents, among them members of Hadash and Communist Party of Israel…

Elderly residents of Israel have already been receiving vaccinations against COVID-19 for a week and a half, this one in Tel Aviv.

Security Minister Blocks COVID-19 Vaccine for Palestinian Prisoners

The Israeli Health Ministry reported on Wednesday, December 30, that the total number of residents in the country inoculated against COVID-19 is currently more than 500,000. However, Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana has issued a directive preventing Palestinians detained by Israel from receiving vaccinations, in violation of mandatory Health Ministry guidelines. Adalah – The Legal…

"This is the first time in Israeli legal history that the Supreme Court has to deal with the legal status of the Arab-Palestinian minority in Israel," said Atty. Hassan Jabareen, founder of Adalah, during the hearing on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.

High Court Hears 15 Petitions against Racist Nation-State Law

Israel’s High Court of Justice heard 15 petitions against the controversial Nation-State Law on Tuesday, December 22, in a hearing broadcast live from the court. An expanded panel of 11 Supreme Court justices heard the case. Far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the hearing in a statement posted to his Facebook page: “The court receives…

Leading members of the Joint List, including Hadash MK Youssef Jabareen (second from left) and the chair of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, Mohammed Barakeh (third from left), are among the hundreds who blocked traffic for about an hour on Route 6, Monday, December 21, to protest government and police inactivity in eliminating violent crime in Israel's Arab communities. The Hasash poster reads in Hebrew: "The government and police are complicit in the crime."

After Triple Murder, Arab Protest Convoy Blocks a Major Highway

Hundreds of cars set out in an organized convoy on Monday, December 21, from northern Israel to Jerusalem to protest the far-right government’s chronic inaction on gun violence and crime in the country’s Arab communities. The idea for Monday’s convoy was initiated following the triple gangland murder last Friday, December 18, of three Arab citizens of…

Hadash MK Youssef Jabareen (Joint List), right, addresses a protest held in the Negev against land expropriation, November 26, 2020. The white banner reads in Arabic and Hebrew: "Our Demand – Recognition of Our Ownership of Our Lands."

MK Jabareen: We Must Fight Any Application of the Nation-State Law

A Justice Ministry official told a Knesset committee on Monday, December 7, that Israel’s Nation-State Law is not intended to hurt any of the individual rights of citizens in practice, this after a judge cited the racist law to justify dismissing a lawsuit by Arab residents of the northern city of Carmiel. Eyal Zandberg, head of…

Attorney Nizar Bakri, a Carmiel resident who filed a lawsuit on behalf of his nephews asking the municipality to fund transportation for Arab children to their schools

Court Denies Funds to Arab Pupils Based on Racist Nation-State Law

An Israeli court cited on Monday, November 30, the controversial nation-state law when it dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Arab schoolchildren against their northern town of Carmiel, ruling that the municipality’s “Jewish character” must be preserved. The lawsuit, which charged that the northern Israeli city was violating its obligation to provide transportation for Arab children…

Young communists take part in the Tel Aviv demonstration against the far-right government, Saturday night, November 28, 2020. The Hadash placards read: (right) "Democracy for All," (left) "When the government is against the people, the people are against the government."

Thousands Protest against PM in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Arab Towns

Thousands of protesters demonstrated on Saturday evening, November 28, against far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at intersections, on overpasses and in squares across Israel, as weekly demonstrations continued for the 23rd consecutive week. In Jerusalem, some 4,000 demonstrators gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Official Residence on Balfour Street. In Tel Aviv, several hundred protested in Rabin…

Members of the La Familia gang brandish a blue Likud flag and placards reading "Leftists are traitors" and "Leftists, go with them" [i.e., leave with the Arabs] opposite an anti-Netanyahu demonstration in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, October 17, 2020.

Following Demand by MK Odeh, YouTube Removes Racist Videoclip

Leading Hadash activist and head of the Joint List, MK Ayman Odeh demanded on Wednesday, October 28, not for the first time, that YouTube remove from its website a racist song insulting the Prophet Muhammad which had been posted by a racist and fascist group of supporters of an Israeli soccer team. “Any offense against a…

Demonstrators protest near the Mediatheque in Holon, last Saturday, October 24. The Hadash placard held by a Communist demonstrator reads: "Capital, Rule, and the Criminal Underworld"; the sign on the fence in front of him reads: "When the government is against the people, the people are against the government."

Anti-Netanyahu Demonstrators Continue to Rally throughout Israel

Tens of thousands of Israeli citizens gathered on Saturday evening, October 24, to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government. In this latest round of demonstrations, rallies were held outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv’s Rabin and Habima squares, near Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea and at hundreds of overpasses and…

Demonstrators in Haifa, Thursday evening: "We are the hope."

Thousands Attack Far-Right Gov’t in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa

Thousands demonstrated throughout the country on Thursday evening, October 22, against the far-right government of criminally indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a series of protests directed at the social and economic crisis, police brutality and high-level corruption. Large protests were held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa, while smaller rallies were held at hundreds of…