Pre-Trial House Arrest for Duma Case Minor Signals New Court
byIsraeli Supreme Court Justice Ofer Grosskopf rejected the state prosecutor’s appeal against the district court decision to release the minor accused of involvement in…
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Protest Against Nation-State Bill in Tel Aviv
byThousands of demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday night to protest the controversial nation-state bill, slamming it as discriminatory and racist….
Labor Quits Socialist International over BDS
byIsrael’s Labor party sent a letter to the Socialist International (SI) organization on Tuesday, stating that the party would immediately leave the organization. The SI…
Khenin Blasts Givat Shmuel for Anti-Ḥaredi Discrimination
byMember of Knesset Dov Khenin (Joint List) joined ḥaredi lawmakers on Monday in condemning the central Israeli town of Givat Shmuel for imposing a thinly…
Charges Dropped Against J20 Anti-Trump Protesters
byThe United States government has dismissed all charges against the remaining 39 people arrested over their alleged participation in a protest against President Donald…
Court Injunction Halts Khan al-Ahmar Demolition
byIsrael’s Supreme Court issued an injunction Thursday night, temporarily holding up the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, a West Bank Bedouin village near Jerusalem that…
Israel Post Privatization May Limit Service to Periphery
byThe Israeli government’s ministerial privatization committee voted to sell off stakes of the state-owned Israel Post on Monday, in a bid to restore profitability…
Landslide Victory for López Obrador in Mexico
byAndrés Manuel López Obrador, leader of the Movement for National Reconstruction, was elected president of Mexico in a landslide victory.
IfNotNow Activists Stage Birthright Walkout
byA group of five Birthright participants from the United States staged a walkout on the final day of their trip on Thursday in order…
Activists Protest Arms Sales to Human Rights Violators
byIsraelis need to ask ourselves if selling arms to human rights abusers is really an expression of the Jewish values we want our state to represent.
Hunger Strike Demanding State Tax Rolling Tobacco
byMember of Knesset Rabbi Yehuda Glick (Likud) entered his fourteenth day of hunger strike on Monday. MK Glick began his hunger strike to demand…
Kushner Pressures Abbas with Al Quds Interview
byUnited States President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner has said that he is “ready to work” with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud…