The oppressive permit regime imposed on Palestinian workers must be abolished. When the black movement in the United States raised the slogan “let us breathe”, for us here, in our struggle for rights of Palestinian workers it was a natural…
Article Author: Adiv, Assaf
New wave of Arab popular revolt undermines Israel’s strategy to ally with Arab regimes
Waves of popular protest are challenging Israel’s partners in the “moderate Sunni axis” and bringing back the Arab Spring in full force. There is a consensus in the Israeli establishment, including the Labor Party and Benny Gantz’s new party, about…
Israëlische vakbondsleider verbindt zich aan extreem Rechts
Vakbeweging: naar allianties met sociale bewegingen Israëlische vakbondsleider verbindt zich aan extreem Rechts Assaf Adiv 1 Avi Nissenkorn, voorzitter van Histadrut – de grootste Israëlische vakbondsfederatie – bood kort geleden Ze’ev Elkin zijn steun in diens race om het burgemeesterschap van…
Israeli labor leader allies with extreme Right
Mr. Avi Nissenkorn, who chairs the biggest Israeli Trade Union federation, the Histadrut, recently announced support for Ze’ev Elkin in the race for mayor of Jerusalem. Mr. Elkin serves currently as the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs in Netanyahu’s government and…
A fantasy of partnership between two peoples
An exhibition by artist Noam Toran at Tel Aviv’s RawArt Gallery takes us back to Arab and Jewish rail workers in 1930s Haifa and imagines an alternative to the bloody conflict between the two peoples. Instead of death and hatred,…
Equality for Israel’s Arab citizens? Don’t hold your breath!
The Prime Minister’s Conference on Minorities, held on Oct. 29, 2013, was entitled “Growth in Partnership.” PM Binyamin Netanyahu and senior ministers took part, including the “brothers in arms” Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, as well…
The Rothschild protest: Israel’s “1905 revolution”
On Asher Schechter’s Rothschild – A Chronicle of Protest (Hebrew), Published by Kav Adom – HaKibbutz HaMeuhad, 2012, 309 p. In the summer of 2011, Tel Aviv was boiling over. Anyone taking part in the events and demonstrations organized by the Rothschild…
You want a welfare state? It’s not about nostalgia, it’s about class struggle
A review of The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State by Asbjorn Wahl. Pluto Press, 2011. Since the hot summer of protests in Israel everyone here has been talking about the Welfare State, Scandinavian style. The Rise and Fall of the Welfare…
The crisis of violence in the Arab street
Um al-Fahm’s residents live in fear. Every day sees another violent brawl. Just ten days ago, a 16-year-old was stabbed to death. Last October, a father and his two sons were shot, and they were not even involved in the…
The Arab spring is alive and well and living in Egypt
The claim that there is no and has never been an Arab Spring has become the bon ton in Israel. Millions of people in the Arab world are taking to the streets to realize their ambitions for freedom, but that…