Because of the efforts by Palestine solidarity activists to expose the colonization project of the Jewish National Fund, 2012 could perhaps be the organization’s last year holding charity status in the UK. Read more about Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes "on the retreat" in UK
Open incitement against Arab Members of Knesset has reached new heights, creating an atmosphere of real danger to the political work - and physical safety - of these elected members of the Palestinian minority. Read more about Incitement intensifies against Arab MKs - are threats encouraging physical attacks?
Badil center responds to the Israeli high court’s rejection of a challenge to the racist “citizenship law”: “This illustrates once more the Israeli self portrait as an exclusively Jewish state with a different set of rights for its Jewish and non-Jewish (mainly Palestinian) inhabitants.” Read more about Badil center for residency and refugee rights' response to Israel's racist "citizenship law"
Israel’s High Court has rejected a legal challenge to the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, in a 6-5 decision on Wednesday. Despite a “security” justification, the ruling has been praised in explicitly racist terms, as helping Israel maintain its ‘Jewish majority’. Read more about Israel's High Court upholds racist 'Citizenship Law' to avoid "national suicide"
Danny Danon, a member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, is proposing that all Israeli citizens – especially the 1.4 million Palestinian citizens of Israel – should be forced to declare an oath of loyalty to the political ideology of Zionism as a condition for obtaining an ID card. Read more about Israel lawmaker wants to force Palestinians to swear "Zionist" oath