Stuff going on in Haifa that American expats who aren’t particularly stuck up might be interested in.
Israel’s top trade union chief called a general strike Monday over the hard-right government’s controversial judicial reforms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister who had called for a stop to the overhaul.”I am calling a general strike,” Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David said in a televised address. “From the moment this…
STORY: Facing mounting mass protests inside of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he would soften his controversial judicial overhaul plan. But the changes failed to satisfy an opposition that has organized a campaign against the government over the proposed reforms.The plan would give the government more control of the appointment of judges…
Demonstrators on Thursday morning blocked traffic into the departures area at Ben-Gurion Airport as part of the nationwide judicial reform protests taking place throughout the country.
As people crowd into the streets to protest against the judicial reform bill, the century-old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” certainly rings true. Source: Israel’s ‘Day of Disruption’ protest by land, air and sea – In pictures – Israel Politics – The Jerusalem Post
Nobel laureate Prof. Avram Hershko told a rally in Haifa: There will be no-one to protect the citizen from the tyranny of the regime.
Speaking in Haifa, Prof. Avram Hershko, a Nobel prizewinner for chemistry, said, “We must stop the madness. I can no longer stand aside, I must now express my opinion. What is happening here is an attempt to turn Israel from a democracy into tyranny, a dictatorship. There will be no-one to protect the citizen from…
We recently painted the building of Urban Nation Museum in Berlin. We were invited as part of their new group show that deals with communication in our times, so it felt right to paint a cycle of dogs sniffing ass… In collaboration with the Museum, we’ve produced a limited edition print from the same image Source: ‘Dog…
https://youtu.be/hl4tqrFD4Yk A huge fire in a logistics complex on Bar Yehuda Road in Haifa, near the bridge leading to Electric Street. Firefighters report that the fire also burned asbestos roofs that burned completely. We conclude that there is now a grave concern that a large amount of brittle asbestos fibers has risen to a great…