Police Deny Permit to Hold Annual Nakba Day March of Return

Police have refused Monday, April 28, to grant a permit for this year’s annual March of Return on Israel’s Independence Day, organized by Arab-Palestinians in Israel to commemorate the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” referring to the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that established the state. Each year,…

Police Interrogate Left-Wing Ultra-Orthodox Journalist

Journalist Israel Frey was questioned by police on Wednesday, March 12, on allegations of “incitement to terrorism after he praised attacks” on occupation soldiers and West Bank settlers. Officers interrogated the reporter, a left-wing ultra-Orthodox resident of Bnei Brak, regarding several posts he made on X, specifically his post claiming Palestinian attacks on IDF soldiers…

Knesset Passes Law Granting Far-Right Gov’t Control Over Judicial Appointments

The Knesset passed a controversial law Tuesday morning, March 4, granting the far-right government full control over the appointment of the Public Complaints Commissioner against Judges. The law appointment power to a justice minister-led committee dominated by political figures, replacing the selection committee’s role in approving candidates jointly proposed by the justice minister and the…

MK Cassif: There’s a Fascist Atmosphere in Israel

Racist Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen announced past week that he would begin collecting lawmakers’ signatures to initiate impeachment proceedings against Hadash MK Ofer Cassif, condemning what he described as the Communist legislator’s “vile and disgraceful comparison of the voluntary emigration program for Gaza residents to the voluntary emigration of Jews from Nazi Germany.” In November,…

Far-Right Advance Bills to Block Arabs from Holding Local Office and to Shutter Public Broadcaster

Knesset approved in a preliminary reading on Wednesday, November 28, an amendment to a law that would make it easier to disqualify Arab candidates from running in municipal elections, while also creating a mechanism for impeachment after being elected. A citizen votes in the municipal elections in Jerusalem, February 27, 2024 (Photo: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)…

MK Touma-Sliman: Israel Must Be a State with Equal Rights for All its Citizens

Last week, while visiting the European Parliament on the invitation of the Portuguese Communist Party, MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Hadash) give an interview to Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on the escalating repression against Arab-Palestinians in Israel, the Gaza war, Netanyahu’s plans for territorial conquest, and the shrinking space for left-wing forces in the country. Above some excerpts of…