Qalandia checkpoint (Photo: Activestills)

Transporting Palestinian workers inside Israel is now a crime – and that goes for taxi drivers too

The Knesset on Wednesday authorized on its second and third readings a law that codifies the criminalization of transporting “illegal workers” from the Palestinian Authority within Israel. The law specifies fines and jail time for such offenses under certain circumstances. According to the emergency order, any Israeli who transport a Palestinian worker without the appropriate…

Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank outside the Nil'in checkpoint, October 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Report: Failures in treatment of claims presented by migrant, asylum seeker and Palestinian workers to the National Insurance Institute

Kav LaOved (NGO) published a new report in English titled “National Insurance Institute (NII) and Non-Israeli Workers: Failures in treatment of claims presented by migrants, asylum seekers and Palestinian workers.” This report deals with the structure, management, and enforcement of the rights that the NII is legally required to provide to these three categories of…

Thousands Gathered in Nazareth to Celebrate May Day

Thousands gathered on Saturday for the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Hadash May Day parade in Nazareth, this after last Wednesday the police confiscated flags from the CPI branch in the city ahead of the march. Between the red flags and the flags of Palestine, banners were carried against occupation of the Palestinian territories…

Municipalities Must Act in Accordance with the Law, Kav LaOved

Following recent calls by municipalities not to employ Palestinian from the occupied territories and Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel workers, Kav-LaOved, Center for Workers Rights addressed Interior and Economy Ministers as well as the Chairman Union of Local Authorities, calling for their immediate intervention to clarify the legal obligations of local municipalities to act in accordance…