Case Dropped against Policemen Who Assaulted MK Ayman Odeh

According to the daily Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Justice Ministry unit that investigates police misconduct has recommended that the files against the police officers involved in the January 2017 assault on Joint List Chairman, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) in the Arab-Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran be closed. The confrontation between the policemen and Odeh occurred…

Demonstrators protest house demolitions in Sakhnin, Tuesday evening, July 24.

Thousands Demonstrate against House Demolitions in Sakhnin

Thousands demonstrated on Tuesday evening, July 24, against house demolitions in the Arab municipality of Sakhnin in northern Israel. The day before, authorities demolished a home there while injuring two residents protesting the demolition. According to Al-Ittihad, the daily Arabic-language newspaper of the Communist Party of Israel, on Monday morning dozens of police officers assaulted…