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ISRAEL’S parliament approved the first of three readings of a new Bill on Monday night that is intended to exclude Palestinian members.
The amendment to existing legislation was drafted after three Palestinian members of the Knesset (MKs) were suspended for visiting the families of Palestinians killed in alleged attacks against Israeli occupation forces and illegal West Bank settlers.
The three, all members of the Joint Arab List bloc, were sanctioned by the Knesset’s ethics committee.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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82 MPs and peers test incoming premier Andy Burnham’s intentions to reset government policy towards Israel
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena