I spent a day in the Haifa court trying to see a friend who has been detained for two weeks on charges of publishing lines from a poem on Facebook. I can report the State of Israel is functioning as intended.
On June 24, Palestinian leaders inside Israel held a national protest to address the recent spike in violence in their communities. They say the rise in crime is the direct result of the Israeli government empowering violent criminals.
Reem Hazzan was invited to address an anti-Netanyahu rally in Haifa but refused after organizers censored her speech. Her experience shows why the current protest movement is alienating Palestinians.
The racist mobs who lynched Palestinians in May 2021 are now a major political force in Israel. The mask is off for Israeli apartheid.
Activists in Haifa prevented a construction crew from beginning to destroy the Muslim cemetery in Balad a-Sheikh, but fears remain the bulldozers may return soon.
The struggle to save the al-Qassam cemetery in Haifa is one of the major issues that unites the Palestinian community. It is an effort to defend the community’s rights, and reconnect with its pre-Nakba past. The Palestinian community has succeeded so far to prevent its destruction. But now, facing new plans to build on the cemetery, the struggle is entering a new phase.
Since May 9th, Israel has detained more than 2,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel. None have been more dramatic or notable than the detention of Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib.
Israel commonly uses administrative detention against Palestinians in the occupied territory. Now, the Israeli government is also indefinitely detaining Palestinian citizens of Israel following the recent uprisings in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah and Gaza.
Yoav Haifawi reports on how the “Strike for Unity,” the general strike that was observed throughout historic Palestine on May 18, unfolded in Haifa. He says it was a defiant display of unity across all sectors of the Palestinian community, even as ongoing governmental repression intensifies.
Yoav Haifawi continues his reporting from the uprising in Haifa, where the resistance is drawing from all sectors of the Palestinian community, as the Israeli government brings in the Shin Bet to help smash the protests.