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Archaic gag order lifted: Two Israeli civilians being held in Gaza
This is the third time in five years — that we can discuss — in which Israeli authorities have tried to use comprehensive gag orders to stop the publication of stories of public interest. This also is the third time that the Internet has made a mockery of such efforts to control information. A 28-year-old…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
July 9, 2015
Analysis: How Israel taught Hamas that violence is effective
The Islamic group has good reason to believe that violence will work for it, and maybe even set the stage for diplomatic engagement with Israel: it has in the past, both for itself and the PLO. It is ironic that Israel rushed to point to the kidnapping of three Israeli teens as the reason it…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
June 15, 2014
Hunger-striker Samer Issawi is another statistic in an unjust legal system
Unlike Prisoner X, there is no public outrage in Israel over the way the legal system is preventing Samer Issawi from receiving a fair trial. But then again, Issawi is Palestinian. Samer Issawi, the Palestinian prisoner who has been on an intermittent hunger strike for over 200 days, had his day in court on Thursday.…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
February 21, 2013
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Ex-political prisoner shares journey though Israeli jails
There were 4,937 political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers in November 2011 according to Adameer, a Palestinian non-governmental organization. Yazan Abdulhadi was one of them before he was released on November 28, 2011, between the two swaps of the deal between Israel and Hamas to free Gilad Schalit (not as part of the…
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February 17, 2012
Noam Schalit – instead of Knesset, go home
It’s not enough that for years, Israeli society dropped everything it was doing and ultimately risked people’s lives to bring Noam Schalit’s son home. Now he wants Israeli voters to send him to the Knesset. The whole Gilad Schalit saga was so weird, so unnatural, so out of proportion – why didn’t we all just commit mass suicide to show…
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Larry Derfner
January 10, 2012
What do genocide, Schalit have to do with Palestinian prisoners?
The recent curtailment of the rights of Palestinian prisoners was presented by Israel as leverage designed to secure the release of Gilad Schalit. But Schalit has been released, while the sanctions remain. This past summer, somewhere around the fifth anniversary of Gilad Schalit’s capture, and several months before his release, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
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Haggai Matar
November 25, 2011
WATCH: Livni explains why she opposed Schalit exchange deal
Livni speaks out on the prisoner swap, regional relations and the Arab Spring – but dodges a question on settlement policy During her visit to France this week, Kadima leader and head of the opposition Tzipi Livni sat for an interview with Annette Young of France 24‘s English-language service. Previously foreign minister in the Olmert…
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Lisa Goldman
October 26, 2011
This government WANTS Hamas for its “partner”
Mahmoud Abbas’ popularity in the West is a headache for Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s no wonder he’d rather do business with Hamas If I were Bibi Netanyahu, that’s what I’d want. I’d say to myself: “Mahmoud Abbas is a pain in the neck, he’s popular with the West, he makes Israel look bad – he cooperates…
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Larry Derfner
October 24, 2011
Rick’s Weekly Wrap: The boy is back in town
Welcome, one and all, to the Weekend Holyland Wrap. No, you cannot take your haz-mat suits off. There’s still Schalit Fever in the air. And smoke. And keep those helmets on. They’ll be needed too. This here is the extreme tour version. | Raging Rechavia “Rick” Berman gives you the week’s top stories as they…
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+972 Magazine
October 23, 2011
WATCH: Schalit deal a tough dilemma for Herman Cain, too
During the Gilad Schalit swap, Wolf Blitzer asked Herman Cain if he could see himself authorizing something similar. And then came the Republican debate… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RtISrjYPOk[/youtube]
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Ami Kaufman
October 21, 2011
Neocon lobbyist marks Schalit release with calls for genocide?
Right? I mean, that’s the immediate impression when you read it (h/t Political Correction). Rachel Abrams, who blogs at Bad Rachel, sits on the board of the Emergency Committee for Israel, the very same group that tried accusing Occupy Wall Street of anti-Semitism. Take a deep breath: Yeah. Rwanda, make way, here comes Mrs. Abrams.…
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Dimi Reider
October 19, 2011
WATCH: CNN interview on prisoner exchange
CNN interviewed me again, this time with Israeli Nir Weintraub, in order to hear our opinions on yesterday’s prisoner exchange. Watch the interview here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvItBRdfn1Y[/youtube]
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Aziz Abu Sarah
October 19, 2011
Hoping Bibi’s Schalit photo-op could be a Dukakis moment
As my colleague Dimi Reider posted yesterday, the social networks are swamped with pictures of PM Binyamin Netanyahu popping up in famous historical photos, after seeing him in almost every picture that the government released yesterday during the Schalit prisoner swap. The momentum seems to be in full swing, and anyone who opened up their…
By
Ami Kaufman
October 19, 2011
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