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At The Hague, Aharon Barak will play Dr. Jekyll to Israel’s Mr. Hyde
As Supreme Court president, Barak provided legal armor for Israel's occupation and façade of democracy. Now he’s back to continue the job.
By
Orly Noy
January 10, 2024
The ‘mistaken’ killing of three Israeli hostages was a tragedy long foretold
Far from an aberration, the hostages’ deaths are the result of Israel giving its soldiers license to kill innocent Palestinians without repercussions.
By
Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown)
January 9, 2024
Chronicle of an acquittal foretold
In the end, the Israeli judge simply played her role in a sideshow of due process. Iyad al-Hallaq was a Palestinian, and that means he had to die.
By
Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown)
July 21, 2023
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Welcome to Simcha Rothman’s vengeful coup
Embodying the rage that drives the Israeli right’s judicial assault, the chair of the Knesset’s Law and Justice Committee is poised to bring his once-fringe ideas to fruition. And, he tells +972, he is just getting started.
By
Nate Orbach
March 9, 2023
Who is paying the price for the violence of May 2021?
Sentences handed down after the May 2021 unrest reveal stark disparities depending on whether the accused was Jewish or Palestinian.
By
Baker Zoubi
December 20, 2022
The man who helped build Israel’s legal infrastructure of oppression
Aharon Barak says he is concerned about Israeli democracy, but he bears responsibility for no small part of where the country is today. By Hagai El-Ad Former Chief Justice Aharon Barak is completely at peace with his ruling on targeted assassinations. On a recent episode of an Israeli investigative TV program, he went so far…
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+972 Magazine
July 4, 2019
In bid to expel Arab MK, Israel manages to break its own record
MK Basel Ghattas will serve two years for smuggling cellphones to Palestinian security prisoners. That’s a longer sentence than the one handed down to an Elor Azaria, who executed an incapacitated Palestinian. Congratulations are in order to the attorney general and the Knesset for the latest Arab they managed be put up on the cross.…
By
Orly Noy
March 18, 2017
Who needs justice when suspects can be executed in the street?
From one fatal police shooting to the next, the Israeli legal system is becoming less and less relevant, and is losing its ability to fulfill its role. Yesterday I published John Brown’s latest article on my Facebook wall. The article includes a video that clearly shows Fadi Alloun, the young Palestinian man from Issawiya, being…
By
Orly Noy
October 11, 2015
Imprisoned for incitement on Facebook? Only if you’re Arab
Racist and inciting Facebook statuses by Israeli Jews have become commonplace on the Internet. Yet not a single Israeli has ever been sent to prison for publishing a status on social media. By John Brown* and Noam Rotem We do not live in a state where people are equal before the law. This is a…
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+972 Magazine
July 10, 2015
Who’s afraid of Israeli hate crimes?
What the government calls ‘nationalist crimes’ are not random acts of violence—they have a clear goal: dispossessing Palestinians of their land. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz From time to time, this country is shaken by a particularly severe wave of nationalistically-motivated hate crimes against Palestinians, often in the form of arson or desecration of a religious…
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+972 Magazine
June 28, 2015
A court of non-convictions when the victim is Palestinian
When Israelis are accused of victimizing Palestinians, nearly 25% of convictions are simply thrown out — to avoid tarring the criminal with a criminal record. By Yossi Gurvitz, written for Yesh Din Every year Yesh Din publishes data about police investigative failures regarding crimes carried out by Israelis against Palestinians in the West Bank. They…
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+972 Magazine
June 13, 2015
When the judge is your enemy, to whom shall you complain?
The Israeli justice system – from its inaccessible police stations to its lenient prosecutors, from its negligent investigators to its judges who won’t convict – makes it clear to the Palestinians that there is simply no point in lodging complaints. By Yossi Gurvitz, written for Yesh Din “The spectrum of possible reasons for the lack…
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June 3, 2015
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