MK Odeh Against Israel’s Ban on Foreign Press Access to Gaza

Defense Minister Israel Katz justifies on Monday, December 30, Israel’s ongoing ban on foreign press access to the Gaza Strip, citing the risk posed to media personnel from occupation soldiers, Haaretz reports. Katz’s comments come in response to an inquiry from Hadash-Ta’al chair MK Ayman Odeh, who had questioned the far-right government’s policy prohibiting journalists…

MK Odeh Says Hadash Will Oppose Haredi Draft Bill

MK Ayman Odeh tells journalists that his Hadash front will not support the far-right government’s proposed bill to regulate ultra-Orthodox enlistment, stating that “there will be no scenario in which Hadash-Ta’al faction will support, be absent, abstain, or act in any way that could be interpreted as a lifeline for the government.” “We want to…

MK Odeh in Berlin: Germany – Recognize Palestine

“Germany – recognize Palestine!”, said MK Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Hadash–Ta’al parliamentary faction, speaking at the Haaretz Conference in Berlin, at the Haaretz conference on Thursday, November 6, titled, “Fault Lines and Futures: Israel, Gaza and Germany in Wartime and After,” were speakers discussed this moment in time for Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories,…

MK Odeh Urges Opposition to Work Together for Topple Netanyahu’s Far-Right Govt

Hadash-Ta’al chairman MK Ayman Odeh called on fellow opposition factions to join to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government “as soon as possible.” Addressing lawmakers at faction meeting in the Knesset on Monday, October 20, Odeh says that the government has three aims during the current parliamentary session, “harming Palestinian people at the occupied…

MKs Odeh, Cassif Ousted from the Knesset at Trump Speech

Hadash MKs Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif were ousted on Monday afternoon, October 13, from the Knesset plenum during US President Donald Trump’s speech. During the speech, the MKs shouted “terrorist” at Trump and held up signs that read “Recognize Palestine”. “That was very efficient,” Trump said, as Cassif and Odeh were forcibly escorted out by Knesset…