27 January 2012
An Israeli law forbidding Palestinians gaining citizenship upon marrying an Israeli leaves thousands of families in limbo. Read more about Palestinian families denied rights by Israel's racist marriage laws
13 January 2012
Badil center responds to the Israeli high court’s rejection of a challenge to the racist “citizenship law”: “This illustrates once more the Israeli self portrait as an exclusively Jewish state with a different set of rights for its Jewish and non-Jewish (mainly Palestinian) inhabitants.” Read more about Badil center for residency and refugee rights' response to Israel's racist "citizenship law"
12 January 2012
Israel’s High Court has rejected a legal challenge to the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, in a 6-5 decision on Wednesday. Despite a “security” justification, the ruling has been praised in explicitly racist terms, as helping Israel maintain its ‘Jewish majority’. Read more about Israel's High Court upholds racist 'Citizenship Law' to avoid "national suicide"
18 November 2011
The recent forced closures of Palestinian nonprofit organizations in Jerusalem is an example of the Israeli authorities’ continued attacks on the city’s Palestinian identity and their attempts to maintain control over occupied East Jerusalem, according to local human rights groups. Read more about Israel shuts down Palestinian groups in Jerusalem
30 October 2011
Israeli police arrested 16 activists at a protest at HaSharon prison calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoners Read more about Activists in Israel arrested for calling for release of prisoners
Sydney 26 September 2011
How two 69-year-old women challenged Israel’s restrictions on Welcome to Palestine protest. Read more about Australian activists put Palestine travel ban on trial
Negev 16 September 2011
More than 70 percent of Bedouin girls drop out of school in Israel, where access to education is restricted. Read more about "Recognized" Bedouin villages still denied schools by Israel
Beer Sheva 20 July 2011
The Big Mosque in Beer Sheva is once again at the heart of a battle between the area’s Muslim residents and the municipality. Read more about No place for Muslims to pray in Beer Sheva
12 July 2011
Human rights groups in Israel are protesting the new Israeli law passed yesterday which “prohibits boycott of businesses, universities, and social and cultural institutions based in Israel and the illegal settlements, and imposes heavy financial sanctions against civil society organizations and businesses that participate in boycotts.” Read more about Rights groups: anti-boycott law "effectively a legal annexation of W. Bank"
16 June 2011
A new Israeli proposal that would forcibly transfer more than 40,000 Bedouin citizens into government-planned townships in the Negev (Naqab) desert has raised the ire of Bedouin communities and their supporters, who say that the plan is both discriminatory and ignores the Bedouins’ historic connection to the land. Read more about Israel plans to forcibly transfer 40,000 Bedouin citizens