Al-Midan Arabic-language theatre in Haifa

Amid Protests Culture Minister Regev Revokes Funding for al-Midan Theatre in Haifa

Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) decided on Tuesday, June 16, to freeze state funding for the al-Midan Arabic-language theatre. For months, the Haifa theatre has been staging the controversial play A Parallel Time. Earlier this month, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (HaBayit HaYehudi) removed the play from the educational culture stipend, stating that Israeli school-children should…

The Max Rayne Hand-in-Hand School in Jerusalem.

Arab-Jewish Bilingual School Set Ablaze in Jerusalem

Saturday night, November 30, the only bilingual school in Jerusalem for Arab and Jewish children was torched after, on its walls, were sprayed messages of hate: “Kahane was right!” “Death to Arabs!” “There is no coexistence with cancer!” One classroom, the kindergarten, was totally gutted by the blaze while another was partially consumed, as was…