MK Cassif to Be Charged with Aggravated Assault Against Cop

Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara will formally charge Knesset member Ofer Cassif (Hadash) for assaulting a police officer in the Palestinian occupied territories last year, Zo Haderech reported Tuesday. The Israel Police and State Prosecutor’s Office had previously recommended that Cassif, a leading member of the Communist Party of Israel be prosecuted over the May…

Occupation Army Blocks Peace Activists March to West Bank Settlement

The far-right government on Friday acknowledged for the first time that it allowed illegal construction to take place at Homesh in the occupied Palestinian territories, as soldiers barred hundreds Israeli peace activists and Palestinians from reaching the illegal outpost. The occupation army blocked several hundred activists, among them Hadash and Communist Party of Israel members,…