The Israeli parliament ushered in the new year with a law that made it nearly impossible for its government to hand over control of any parts of Jerusalem back to the Palestinians—a move clearly designed to wreck any future peace deal or two-state solution in the region. The legislation, sponsored by the Jewish Home party—one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition partners—raises... 

African migrants and human rights activists have demonstrated in Tel Aviv to protest against the Israeli regime’s detention policies. Hundreds of migrants, mostly Sudanese and Eritreans, along with a number of rights activists took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, shouting, “freedom” and “no more prison.” They demanded that the Tel Aviv regime not send them to open detention... 

The Israeli parliament, Knesset, has approved a law allowing illegal African migrant workers living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to be held without any charges. Under the new legislation approved on Monday, illegal immigrants face up to 12 months in detention. The law also gives Tel Aviv the right to send “illegal immigrants” to complexes called “open facilities” — until they...