08.13.2023 Thousands Protest Violence in Arab Community: “We’re Tired of Counting the Dead” Protesters carry 140 coffins through Tel Aviv to symbolize 140 Arab Israeli murder victims this year | Protest organizer Rada Zoabi: “The first step is to protest not just in our communities, but also in the heart of Tel Aviv. We are one society with one fate” By Yaniv Sharon
08.10.2023 New Collective Bargaining Agreement Raises Wages, Improves Working Conditions for Teachers’ Aides The agreement changes the name of the role to “education support person,” an expression of the job’s professionalization | In addition to receiving a higher base salary, 55,000 teachers’ aides will also receive seniority benefits, professional development incentives, and other benefits By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
08.10.2023 Arab Authorities Protest Government Cuts to Critical Budgets Millions of shekels for the development of poor Arab municipalities is being intentionally withheld by the current government | "We will not open the school year in the shadow of crime and the budget cuts" By Yaniv Sharon
08.09.2023 Major Donor to Forum Kohelet Announces End to His Support Multibillionaire Arthur Dantchik announced the end of his support for the conservative organization that led the idea of legal reform promoted by the Netanyahu government | "Society is dangerously divided on democracy" By Davar
08.09.2023 Hundreds of Women March in Nazareth for Basic Health and Safety Protesters: "Imagine a situation in which a woman lives in a community where there are no specialist doctors and no safe walking routes" By Yaniv Sharon
08.03.2023 To Combat Jewish Fundamentalism, Secular Judaism Must Reinvent Itself A controversy on Tisha B’Av reveals how opposition to religious coercion can transform into a rejection of Judaism itself | Rather than run away from Judaism, secular Israelis ought to develop a deep, holistic secular Judaism that can stand on its own By Yoav Rimer