Anti-boycott bill passes first Knesset reading

    Hadash MK says legislation aimed at punishing Israeli companies which do not sell to settlements violates freedom of expression. Bill allowing State to revoke citizenship of individuals convicted of terror, espionage offences also approved in first reading           The Knesset plenum on Monday (March 7, 2011) passed in first…

After Protests, University Lifts Suspension on Lecturer Who Criticized War and Occupation

After five days of protests, Ben-Gurion University decided Tuesday, March 11, to lift the suspension of Dr. Sebastian Ben-Daniel. The southern Israeli university suspended the lecturer and announced that it has suspended Ben Daniel “indefinitely” following a series of online statements criticizing the war in Gaza and the occupation of the Palestinian territories on an…

I Was Suspended from the Knesset for Highlighting the Tyranny of Netanyahu, MK Cassif

The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former defence minister Yoav Gallant caught many in the international community by surprise. How is it that a perceived constitutional democracy, bound by the rule of law, with a supposedly autonomous judiciary, could allegedly be in such grave violation of international…

Israel Has Banned the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, 14 Arrested During Protest in Jlm

Israel’s parliament has voted on Monday evening, October 28, to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences for millions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. The Knesset passed two bills; one barring UNRWA from activity within Israel, and another banning Israeli…

Netanyahu’s Far-right Coalition Decided to Ban Hadash

The Israeli far-right government is working systematically to disqualify Arab and Left-wing representatives from the Knesset to secure a permanent majority. It is trying to prevent public and parliamentary dissent against the occupation of the Palestinian territories and the endless war in Gaza and Lebanon. Hadash activsits during a protest against the war in Gaza…