MK Heba Yazbak voting in last September's election

Hadash, CPI Reject Barring of Joint List MK Heba Yazbak from Election

Likud MK Ophir Katz filed a request with the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee on Tuesday, January 21, to disqualify Balad MK Heba Yazbak (Joint List) from running in the March 2 general elections, just a day before the deadline for submitting such requests. Senior Blue & White lawmaker and former neo-liberal Ministry of Treasure, Yair Lapid, subsequently announced…

The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the racist newcomer to the far-right Israeli government, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, address the press following last week’s coalition agreement.

Zionist Union, Yesh Atid Mostly OKed/Abstained From Racist Bills

The Zionist Union and Yesh Atid either supported or merely abstained from most of the votes on controversial bills submitted to the Knesset during the past year, the first year of Netanyahu’s far-right government, a Palestinian research institute has found. The Palestinian Forum for Israel Studies (MADAR) surveyed the Israeli opposition’s votes on various bills.…