Emily Schaeffer

Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian at an IDF checkpoint. (photo: Breaking the Silence)
Making sure Israeli soldiers stay above the law
Abusive soldiers evade justice under the aegis of the slow procedures, as well as some creative excuses. By Yossi Gurvitz for Yesh Din Several weeks ago, Yesh Din attorney Emily Schaeffer received responses from the Military Advocate for Operational Affairs Unit (MAOA) regarding two appeals she submitted years ago on behalf of a Palestinian complainant,…
By +972 Magazine May 14, 2014
Human rights attorney Emily Schaeffer. (photo: Yossi Gurvitz)
‘Protecting Palestinians isn’t part of Israel’s ethos’
Yossi Gurvitz talks to Atty. Emily Schaeffer, coordinator of Yesh Din’s criminal accountability of Israeli security forces project, about work, how the IDF investigates its own, the negligible prosecution rate for killing Palestinians, as well as veganism, ‘Tikkun Olam’ and Passover. By Yossi Gurvitz for Yesh Din Two weeks ago I met with Emily Schaeffer,…
By +972 Magazine April 30, 2014
Illustrative file photo of IDF soldiers in a Palestinian cemetery. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
When ‘security’ means training in a Muslim cemetery
It turns out that the IDF’s legal division has no problem with soldiers holding training drills in a Palestinian graveyard. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Last Thursday, Yesh Din field investigators filmed our brave troops while they were training in a Muslim graveyard in Hebron. Here are the images (extended video at end…
By +972 Magazine November 7, 2013
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