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Will Israel’s High Court defy the far-right government?
As the Court hears petitions against the first judicial overhaul bill, Palestinian human rights lawyer Hassan Jabareen assesses the state of play.
By
Ghousoon Bisharat
September 15, 2023
Israel’s security brass are defending the High Court to save themselves
Israel's top court has consistently shielded soldiers from standing trial. Now they fear the judicial overhaul could expose them to prosecution overseas.
By
Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown)
September 11, 2023
Israel’s justice minister gives away the real aim of the judicial coup’s first law
In a Knesset speech, Yariv Levin listed five gov't decisions that were blocked for being ‘unreasonable.’ All were about Palestinians and the occupation.
By
Ben Reiff
July 25, 2023
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Safe from deportations, asylum seekers in Israel still living in fear
2018 began with the Israeli government attempting to deport 35,000 asylum seekers to countries where they would face persecution and possible death. The tireless work of activists stopped the government in its tracks — yet asylum seekers in Israel continue to face an uncertain future.
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Oren Ziv
December 30, 2018
Top court gives Israel even broader powers to use torture
Nearly 20 years after it banned torture, Israel’s High Court is finding new ways to justify using physical force in the interrogation of security suspects. Israel’s High Court of Justice last week ruled that Israeli authorities’ torture of a Hamas suspect was not illegal and that the Shin Bet interrogators do not need to be prosecuted. The ruling…
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Edo Konrad
December 2, 2018
This is how to fight Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law
From Palestinian refugees to High Court justices, the Jewish Nation-State law will have a significant impact on several groups affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is what we can do about it. By Said Zeedani The Jewish Nation-State Law, a new law with the force of a constitutional amendment, enshrined Israel as the exclusive nation-state of the…
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November 29, 2018
Everything you need to know about Khan al-Ahmar
Israeli authorities are set to demolish and forcibly displace the entire Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar any day now. Here is what you need to know about the village, and why rights groups and world leaders are describing Israel’s plans as a war crime. By +972 Magazine Staff For nearly a decade, the community of…
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October 16, 2018
Khan al-Ahmar demolition could be imminent, activists fear
Palestinian and Israeli activists who have been camping out in the village, which Israel says it will demolish, say they will resist nonviolently. The residents of Khan al-Ahmar are preparing for the imminent demolition of their village, which activists and residents fear could take place as early as Monday morning. Saturday night saw a record number of people staying…
By
Oren Ziv
October 14, 2018
The audacity of unchecked power in Khan al-Ahmar
An entire Palestinian village is facing destruction. What follows will dictate the fate of Palestinian communities all over the West Bank. By Hagai El-Ad Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s recent op-ed in the Jerusalem Post – designed to whitewash the war crime of the destruction of an entire Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank –…
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October 9, 2018
For Israel, Khan al-Ahmar residents lack ‘good faith’ displayed by settlers
As far as Israel is concerned, the demolition and displacement of Palestinian communities cannot be prevented, because they lack the good intentions that seemingly only Jewish settlers have. By Sharona Weiss An interim injunction that prevented the demolition and eviction of the Jahalin Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar ends on September 12. Israel will then face the weighty choice…
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+972 Magazine
September 11, 2018
Between garbage and sewage: Israel’s future plans for Khan al-Ahmar
To avoid being transferred to a garbage dump in East Jerusalem, the villagers of Khan al-Ahmar will have to convince three other Bedouin communities to evacuate the area. After that, they can live near a wastewater site. By Hagai El-Ad Since the mid-1970s, Israel has been working to drive Palestinians out of the West Bank area which lies…
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August 16, 2018
How to fight the demolition of a West Bank school? Start the year early
For years the Israeli government has tried to destroy Khan al-Ahmar’s eco-friendly school, along with the rest of the tiny West Bank hamlet. So the Palestinian Authority cut short the summer break and started the school year early. The students didn’t seem to mind. By Oren Ziv Dozens of schoolchildren welcomed the new school year in the West Bank…
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Oren Ziv
July 16, 2018
‘The law is what keeps the edifice of occupation from crashing down’
Michael Sfard has spent the past two decades fighting the occupation in Israeli courts. His new book dissects the moral dilemmas of engaging with the occupation’s legal system, its role in making the status quo sustainable, and why, despite it all, he remains optimistic that Israel’s military rule over the Palestinians will end. By Yossi Gurvitz “The…
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June 22, 2018
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