State Prosecutor Says Calling Arab Lawmaker ‘Terrorist’ is ‘Freedom of Speech’
Israel’s state prosecutor’s office said on Monday, July 1, that referring to lawmakers of the Ra’am (United Arab List) Islamist party as “terrorists” is considered “protected speech”. The statement came in response to MK Waleed Alhwashla’s (Ra’am) request to revoke racist National Missions and for Settlement Minister Orit Strock’s immunity in order to file an…



![Hadash MK Ofer Cassif, left, with Young Communist League activists at the Gay Pride Parade held last week in Rehovot; the placard reads: "Homophobia [and] Racism are the same violence."](https://maki.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-15a-220x126.jpg)