Demonstrators in Tel Aviv against alleged corruption by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Police Recommendations for PM Corruption Cases to Be Presented

The top echelons of the Israel Police are reportedly set to finalize their recommendations on whether criminal charges should be lodged against far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of two corruption probes. Police chiefs, including Commissioner Roni Alsheich, and the heads of the national police force’s Investigations Department will present their recommendations on…

A demonstrator participating in last Saturday night’s anti-corruption protest in Tel Aviv carries one of Hadash’s anti-government placards: “When the government is against the people, the people are against the government.”

Tens of Thousands Protest against Government Corruption in Tel Aviv

Tens of thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, December 9, for an anti-corruption demonstration directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, currently being investigated in two graft probes, amidst intense efforts by his far-right government to push through the so-called police “recommendations bill.” Netanyahu’s close political ally and chairman of the coalition, MK David…

Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women meeting about segregated maternity wards in hospitals

Joint List MKs Call on Health Ministry to Enforce Laws against Hospital Discrimination

“The law comes before patients’ preferences,” Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women chairperson MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash – Joint List) said in a meeting about segregated maternity wards in hospitals. The meeting was called after Israel Radio reported last week that several hospitals acquiesce to mothers’ requests that they not be…

Residents of Haifa demonstrating against pollution in their city.

MK Khenin: Unreasonable Concentration of Polluting Industries in Haifa Bay Area

The privatized Israel Oil Refineries Ltd. remains the country’s worst polluter, according to an Environmental Protection Ministry report released Monday night, October 26. The ministry unveiled the data, which includes a survey of 507 factories and their emissions levels, among other information, in its 2014 Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). For the second consecutive…

Teva-Tech workers' committee chairman Avraham Zohar speaks during a workers assembly held on Monday (Photo: Histadrut – Negev Region)

Teva-Tech workers leader: We’ll break the company

The workers committees at Oil Refineries in Haifa Bay and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries all over Israel are planning to fight managements’ decisions to fire 240 employees at Oil Refineries and 700-1,000 employees at Teva. On Monday Teva-Tech workers’ committee chairman Avraham Zohar threatened “to break the company”.   “In Petah Tikva, there are employees with…