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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.
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING
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
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports on the Israeli national strike as thousands call for an end to the war