Supreme Court Overturns Ben-Gvir’s Ban on MKs Visits to Palestinian Prisoners

Israeli Supreme Court overturned on Monday, April 13, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s policy that severely restricted visits of Knesset Members (MKs) to Palestinian prisoners. The Court ruled that the policy implemented by Minister Ben-Gvir prevents MKs from performing one of essential duties: parliamentary oversight. Palestinian political leader and prisoner Marwan Barghouti (Photo: Al Ittihad)…

Four Arrested in Protest at Knesset Against Death Penalty Law for Palestinians, Petitions to Supreme Court

Israeli police brutally dispersed a protest Tuesday afternoon, March 31, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem for demonstrating against the passage of a law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners, according to police four people were arrested and two injured as officers cleared demonstrators from outside the parliament building. Hundreds took part in the protest called…

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton at the Trump settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights

Final: Communist Professor Denied Israel Prize over Political Positions

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton announced on Thursday, November 18, affirmation of her far-right predecessor’s decision to withhold the prestigious Israel Prize from communist Professor Oded Goldreich following the latter’s support for the Palestinian struggle, and specifically his call to boycott Ariel University in the occupied West Bank. Goldreich’s lawyer, Atty. Michael Sfard, called the decision “a…