Women Organizations in Israel: Our Feminism is Indivisible, Human Rights are Indivisible

Women organizations in the Arab-Palestinian community in Israel published a joint statement and express, “We vehemently oppose occupation, racism, discrimination, male dominance, and extremism, irrespective of time or place. Our firm stance against sexual assaults, harassment, and rape remains unwavering, supporting every woman who speaks out, regardless of nationality, religion, or ethnicity. Feminists worldwide have made remarkable…

Far Right Government Torpedoes Bill Requiring Domestic Abusers to Wear Monitoring Bracelets

Knesset on Wednesday rejected an opposition bill that would have let courts order men hit by a restraining order to wear monitoring bracelets following domestic violence offenses. When the results came in, female opposition lawmakers put on bracelets and waved their hand in protest against the outcome. As the bill failed to pass, it cannot…

Human Rights Organizations in Israel: Solidarity with Women in the United States

Several human rights organizations in Israel send a solidarity message with women in the United States after a leak published by Politico on an expected ruling by the US Supreme Court that will overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Among the organizations that endorsed the message: Physicians for Human Rights, Na’amat – Histadrut Women’s…

MK Touma-Sliman After Roe v Wade Leak: We Cannot Let US Decision Happen Here

Millions of women across the US could soon lose their legal right to abortion, according to a leaked Supreme Court document. The document, published on Tuesday by Politico, suggests the country’s top court is poised to overturn the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. If the court strikes down the Roe v Wade ruling, individual…

International Women’s Day Greetings from the CPI: “No to Discrimination, Yes to Equality!”

Towards tomorrow, March 8, International Women’s Day, last Saturday, March 5, Tandi (The Democratic Women’s Movement of Israel) and partners held a rally against the policy of the Bennet government and a cultural event at the Arab town of Kafr Yasif, “to demand respect, recognition and equality for all women” — this in the words of a call…

MK Touma-Sliman: Women in Israel Still Earn Less than Male Counterparts

“Israeli working women still earn less than their male counterparts in both public and private sector,” said Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Joint List), who heads the Knesset’s Committee on the Status of Women, according a new report published Tuesday. The annual Van Leer Institute’s Gender Inequality Index in Israel find that there are still worrying…

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Thousands Protest in Tel Aviv

Thousands of demonstrators marched from Rabin Square to Habima Square in Central Tel-Aviv on Thursday night to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Among them were Hadash MK Ofer Cassif (Joint List) and several Communist Party, Hadash, and Communist Youth activists. Banner in Hebrew and Arabic carried by young Communists…

Members of Na'amat, the Histadrut's women's movement, took part in the protest held against racism and homophobia outside the Knesset, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. On the placards various slogans are written including: "Parties of Hate?! An offense to the state!"; "Na'amat calls to cease the rhetoric of hate!"; "I am an equal woman!"

Hadash, Balad MKs Vow to End the Occupation & Fight for Democracy

The swearing in of the 120 members of the 24th Knesset took place Tuesday afternoon, April 6, amidst the looming threat of yet a fifth election, just hours after President Reuven Rivlin mandated far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attempt to form the next governing coalition. However, when the swearing in ceremony began, four of the…

Gov’t Rescinds Emergency Measure Harming Women Following Outcry

Following petitions to Israel’s High Court of Justice by a Hadash MK and NGOs, the far-right, neo-liberal government decided on Friday, April 17, to rescind one of the anti-worker Emergency Regulations it had adopted a week earlier, allowing employers to place on unpaid leave women who are pregnant, undergoing fertility treatments or who are on…

Inbal Hermoni, Chairwomen of the Social Workers Union, is arrested by police during a workers' demonstration in Central Tel Aviv, August 1, 2019.

International Women’s Day Event by Hadash, Last Night in Tel Aviv

Last night, Saturday March 7, on the eve of today’s International Women’s Day, Hadash held a public event in south Tel Aviv “spearheaded by the brave women who were workers’ struggle leaders in the past year and dare to stand up to injustice and against discrimination and who demand respect, recognition and equality for women.”…

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