Police Arrested Hebrew University Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Hebrew University professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was arrested on Thursday afternoon, April 18, on suspicion of incitement. She was transferred to the crime-fighting unit for investigation. Two weeks ago, the police recommended opening a criminal investigation against the lecturer. The head of investigations and intelligence in the police, Superintendent Yigal Ben Shalom, recommended to the prosecutor’s…

Car Rams Protesters Injuring Five, as 100,000 in Tel Aviv Demand Elections Now

Opponents of far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, April 7, issued harsh condemnations of his failure to immediately address an incident the previous evening in which a car rammed into anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv. “Cease fire now!” and “Israel-Palestine, two states for two peoples,” Hadash demonstrators at Kaplan Street in Tel-Aviv, Saturday evening,…

Knesset Passes Law Aimed at Silencing Al Jazeera

The Knesset approved on Monday evening, April 1, the so-called Al Jazeera law, giving the government temporary powers to prevent foreign news networks from operating in Israel if they are “deemed by the security services to be harming national security.” The law passed 71 to 10 in its second and third readings in the Knesset…

Hadash MK Cassif: ‘They Want to Silence Us’

MK Ofer Cassif (Hadash) is being threatened with expulsion from Israel’s parliament after he signed a petition supporting South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of acts of genocide. Cassif says the impeachment is based on an antidemocratic law that suppresses free speech. “They want me and my friends…

Communications Minister Threatens Haaretz Newspaper, Penalizing Its Gaza War Coverage

Far-right Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi submitted Friday a proposal to take action against Haaretz by ending the publication of government notices in the daily newspaper. Karhi, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, said the newspaper was “sabotaging Israel in wartime” and was an “inflammatory mouthpiece for Israel’s enemies.” The proposal, which was…

Police Banned Jewish-Arab Meeting Against the War in Haifa

The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee announced held a press conference Thursday in the northern city of Nazareth following police ban on a scheduled Jewish-Arab meeting that was supposed to be held in Haifa on the against the war and its tragical consequences. Higher Arab Monitoring Committee chairman Mohammad Barakeh (Photo: Social TV) According to the…

Histadrut Will Not Announce a General Strike, Yet

Histadrut Labor Federation chairman Arnon Bar-David said on Wednesday that the country’s largest union will step in to prevent a constitutional crisis if the government refuses to abide by a potential High Court of Justice decision to strike down legislation. Bar-David met with a forum of employers leaders to discuss the possibility, against the backdrop…