A demonstration in Jerusalem, last November, against oil drilling in the Golan Heights.

Israel Drilling for Oil in Occupied Golan Heights

Heavily subsidized Israeli settlements, extensive military areas, and tanks dot the rolling green hills of the Golan Heights, Syrian territory occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war. It is here that Afek Oil and Gas, an Israeli company, has been granted exclusive license to conduct exploratory drilling for oil. Afek is a subsidiary…

The Communist Party of Israel condemned Israel’s deadly repression in the Golan Heights, Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) condemned on Sunday Israel’s deadly repression in the Golan Heights, Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon where Israeli forces had fired to disperse pro-Palestinian protests. As many as 16 were said killed by Israeli fire in incidents on the Syrian and Lebanese borders on Sunday, as Palestinians marked…

Destroying Hamas as Unifying Project: The Netanyahu’s Govt and the Continuation of War

Before October 7th, the far right-wing government in Israel was bound together by the joint political project of a “legal coup.” Against the Netanyahu government was a slightly more liberal Zionist opposition. The judicial revolution project was halted by the protest movement, but it was not eliminated.  The shock-and-awe massacre by Hamas on October 7th deeply…

Knesset Speaker Ohana: The Occupied Western Sahara is Moroccan

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (Likud), currently visiting the Kingdom of Morocco, has clearly expressed his recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara occupied territory. During a press conference following a meeting, Thursday in Rabat, with the president of the house of representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, Ohana had these words: “The Sahara is Moroccan” According…