A protest against Sharap in Beer-Sheva (Photo: Physicians for Human Rights)

Bill to strengthen the public health system

A bill to strengthen the public health system was table on Tuesday by Hadash MK Dov Henin and supported by MKs Orly Levy-Abecassis (Likud Beteinu), Ilan Gillon (Meretz) and United Torah Judaism MK Ya’acov Litzman – from both the coalition and the opposition. The bill calls for providing geriatric nursing care to which families would…

MK Barakeh during a demonstration in the Palestinian village of Bil'in in the occupied West Bank (Photo: Al Ittihad)

MK Mohammed Barakeh appeals assault conviction

On 8 June 2014, Adalah filed an appeal on behalf of Communist MK Mohammed Barakeh, chairman of Hadash to the Tel Aviv District Court against the Magistrate Court’s decision to convict him of assaulting a right-wing activist during a demonstration against the second war on Lebanon in 2006. MK Barakeh was convicted of this charge…

MK Dov Khenin during a rally in Tel-Aviv for the rights of the Nazi-fascist Holocaust survivors, Sunday, April 27, 2014 (Photo: Zo Haderech)

MK Khenin: The goal is to ensure that not a single Holocaust survivor is left without the ability to live

The Knesset Lobby for Holocaust Survivors convened a special hearing on Monday afternoon, in honor of Holocaust Memorial Day. The goal: to discuss important issues regarding the Israeli government services for survivors – and to give Holocaust survivors a platform and a voice. During the meeting, the Caucus vowed to continue working closely with other…

Demonstration in Tel-Aviv against the biometric database law (Photo: Nilly Oren)

Hadash moves to fight right-wing laws

Hadash MKs have presented bills in recent weeks in a bid to repeal laws that sharply curtail the civil rights of Israeli citizens, including the law that penalizes Israelis calling for a boycott of Israel or settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories. Hadash is also targeting the law that denies funding to groups that “undermine…

A demonstration in Beer-Sheva against nutritional insecurity and the neo-liberal social policy of the Netanyahu government (Photo: Social activists)

Food insecurity affects 900,000 Israelis

A new State Comptroller report found the government lacking in its efforts to ensure that Israelis are able to maintain a basic nutritional diet, and that by relying on charity organizations, the state was not fulfilling its duty to the public. The Nutritional Insecurity report, published on Monday, calculated that there are some 900,000 Israelis…