Hadash MK Ofer Cassif Calls to Sanction Israel to Save Palestinians, Hostages and Israeli Society

Hadash lawmaker Ofer Cassif called on the international community to sanction Israel, to save the “hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been starved and slaughtered,” as well as the “tortured Israeli hostages.” “He said that sanctions would “save the dying soul of Israeli society,” he wrote on social media, Saturday, August 9. “No state…

950 Israelis Sign Petition Calling to Sanction Israel

More than 950 Israelis sign a petition calling to international sanctions against Israel The petition begins with the statement, “Israeli citizens are calling for actual international pressure for an immediate ceasefire,” and states, “We, Israeli citizens, living in Israel and abroad, are calling on the international community – the United Nations and its institutions, the…

COVID-19 crew at Soroka Medical Center in Beer-Sheva

Medical Workers Have Begun Sanctions over Labor Dispute

Starting Tuesday, August 24, 1,500 medical technologists, including 150 operators of ventilators and ECMO heart-lung machines, will only be working until 3 pm  and won’t be available for night shifts. These sanctions are part of these workers’ fight for better employment conditions and a continuation of their labor dispute that was first declared in 2019. The…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel during their meeting in Havanna, May 2018

Latin American Leaders Reject any Israeli Annexation in West Bank

More than 320 public figures from Latin America, including former national presidents, signed a statement on Friday, July 3, calling for the imposition of sanctions on Israel in response to its plan to annex portions of the occupied Palestinian territory and for its apartheid practices. Among the most prominent signatories to the statement were former presidents…