forced transfer

Ayalon prison facility, near the city of Ramla (photo: Activestills)
The forced transfer of Palestinian detainees — why it matters
International law is clear that prisoners should not be transferred outside of an occupied territory — both to allow their families access to them and to prevent forced population transfer. But that’s not all that’s at stake. By Gerard Horton Palestinian children detained in the Israeli military detention system should be held in facilities located…
By +972 Magazine December 19, 2015
Palestinian girls chant slogans at the protest against the demolition of their village, Susya, July 24, 2015. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)
Hundreds protest forced transfer, destruction of Palestinian village Susya
Despite a pending High Court case, the village is facing imminent destruction and forced population transfer. State Department, EU foreign ministers have all called on Israel to let the villagers stay on their land. Over 500 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists descended on the tiny Palestinian tent-village of Susya on Friday to protest its imminent…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 24, 2015
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, June 29, 2013. (Photo by State Dept.)
De-coding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
A breakdown of recent statements by principal players in the Kerry-led peace process. The Israeli/Palestinian negotiations remind me of a volleyball court. With a lack of hard information available to the public, each player punts a ball into the air at regular intervals with identifying marks on it, to remind everyone that he or she…
By Dahlia Scheindlin February 19, 2014
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Where is the ‘inevitable’ Bedouin Intifada Israel guaranteed?
In 2004, Israeli officials were up in arms about an impending Bedouin Intifada. But the Bedouin didn’t rebel and now, despite plans to expel tens of thousands of them from their homes in the West Bank and the Negev, things remain relatively quiet. Why? As Israel steps up its expansionist policies both inside and outside…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat February 9, 2012
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