A Palestinian child within a kite in front of the destroyed Al-Nada towers in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, August 4, 2014. The towers had had 90 flats

MK Touma-Sliman on UN’s 2014 Gaza Conflict Report: Submit Allegations of War Crimes to ICC

The United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 2014 Gaza conflict has gathered substantial information pointing to the possible commission of war crimes by both Israel and Palestinian armed groups. “The extent of the devastation and human suffering in Gaza was unprecedented and will impact generations to come,” Justice Mary McGowan Davis, chair of…

Israeli Artists Protest Anti-Democratic Intimidation by Right-Wing Government

More than 2,000 Israeli artists have signed a petition warning against anti-democratic measures being taken by the government against freedom of expression. The petition, entitled “The Blacklist: Members of the artistic community will not be silenced,” has been signed by well-know Israeli cultural figures, including veteran actress Gila Almagor, filmmaker Ronit Elkabetz, writer Yehonatan Geffen,…

Waleldin at a protest for refugee rights at Tel-Aviv University (Photo: Danielle Shitrit)

Hate crimes against refugees in Israel go unabated

Hate crimes against asylum-seekers rarely receive media coverage or public attention in Israel, but they continue unabated and most of the perpetrators are never brought to justice. The victims are afraid of filing complaints with the police or feel that there is no point in doing so, and policemen at times belittle the victims. In…

Hadash demonstration in Tel-Aviv, December 2011. The banner said: "Democracy we'll defend it, so that it will defend all of us." (Photo: Lisa Goldman)

ACRI opposes yet another anti-NGO bill

On Sunday March 2, 2014, the Ministerial Committee for Legislative affairs reviewed a bill tabled by extreme-right MK Miri Regev  (Likud) – an amendment to the Non-Profit Organizations Law under which the state will be able to prevent an organization’s registration if any of its objectives contradict the definition of “Israel as a Jewish and…

Activists blocking a road in center Tel Aviv during a protest against the Prawer-Begin plan, last Saturday, December 7, 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

MK Barakeh: Prawer plan is a racist law

Former cabinet minister Benny Begin, who in the previous government was in charge of gathering and implementing right wing government proposals to Arab-Bedouin evictions, said on Monday that he never presented the bill to representatives of the Bedouin community and did not ask for their positions on the matter. The draft law is commonly known…