MK Ayman Odeh, last week

Gov’t to Place Conditions on Aid Package for Arab National Minority

Channel 2 News reported Monday night, January 4, that in the wake of last Friday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering withholding funds earmarked for Arab-Palestinian communities in Israel unless they accept new measures for “increased law enforcement.” According to the report, the prime minister instructed government ministers Ze’ev Elkin…

Protest in Umm el-Fahm on Saturday, November 28, against the banning of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement

Thousands of Arab-Palestinians in Israel Protest Ban of Islamic Movement

Thousands of Arab-Palestinians protested Saturday evening, November 28, in northern Israel over the far-right government’s decision to declare the northern branch of the Islamic Movement an illegal organization. The demonstration, organized by the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, took place in the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, and included Arab lawmakers as well as the movement’s…

Higher Arab Monitoring Committee Chair Mohammad Barakeh

Arab Community Strikes to Protest Outlawing of Northern Branch of Islamic Movement

Arab municipalities and educational institutions in Israel went on strike Thursday morning, November 19, to protest the government’s decision to declare the northern branch of the Islamic Movement an illegal organization. The strike has almost completely shut down the official institutions of the Arab local authorities, including schools, according to reports by the respective mayors…