Muezzin Law

Joint List MK Basel Ghattas seen at the weekly Joint List meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, February 8, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Bid to expel Arab Knesset member an ominous sign of what’s to come
After a year in which the government incited against Arab society and the media pandered to the Right’s agenda, the attempt to expel Joint List MK Basel Ghattas points to a worrying future. By Abed Abu Shehada When the Knesset passed the so-called “expulsion law” last summer, widely seen as targeting Arab lawmakers, many believed…
By Haokets December 22, 2016
Residents of Bir Hadaj warm themselves around a fire after homes in the village were demolished. (Rami Younis)
How the Israeli Right easily manipulates Palestinians and the Left
Distracted by the ‘fire intifada’ that wasn’t and the progress of the ‘muezzin law,’ the Israeli Left and several Palestinian Knesset members failed to call out the other injustices of the last few weeks.  It’s easy to condemn the declarations that the recent wave of fires across Israel brought from Israel’s igniter — sorry, inciter-in-chief Benjamin Netanyahu,…
By Rami Younis December 5, 2016
A minaret of a mosque in Jaffa port overlooking Tel Aviv, January 5, 2008. (Jorge Novominsky/Flash90)
Silencing our mosques is the next stage in our dispossession
Moti Yogev’s ‘muezzin law’ is yet another step toward creating a public atmosphere that could lead to expelling Arabs from Israel. By Abed Abu Shehadeh As it does every year, the sounds of the muezzin reached the Knesset this past week. Last time it was Yisrael Beiteinu’s Anastasia Michaeli who brought the “muezzin law” before the Knesset;…
By Haokets November 18, 2016
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