Levy Committee

An Israeli soldier tries to arrest a Palestinian boy during the weekly demonstration against the occupation in the village of Nabi Saleh, September 21, 2012. (photo: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)
The art of legitimizing occupation
Resting on documents older than the state itself, the Bibi-commissioned Levy Report claimed that there is no occupation in the West Bank. The problem? Levy’s findings are still being quoted in other reports. By Yossi Gurvitz for Yesh Din As some may remember, two years ago the Netanyahu government commissioned the Levy Committee Report in a…
By +972 Magazine May 20, 2014
Settlement of Halamish, next to Nabi Saleh (Activestills)
Resource: Inventing retroactive ‘solutions’ for land theft
In February 2012, the Netanyahu government established a committee to provide retroactive approval for illegally-constructed outposts in the West Bank. The Levy Committee, headed by Supreme Court Justice Edmund Levy, attempted to find a juridical solution to the growing number of petitions submitted to the Supreme Court on behalf of Palestinian landowners demanding the state enforce…
By +972 Resources May 20, 2014
Palestinian woman in Susya stands next to a tent that reads "No for demolition" (photo: Mya Guarnieri)
Is Israeli annexation of Area C of the West Bank imminent?
I started to think that a formal, unilateral annexation of Israeli-controlled Area C is imminent in May, when I saw this video (Hebrew) advocating the move. A public relations ploy designed to convince Israelis that annexing Area C is good for their future—and that giving the Palestinians who live in the area citizenship or residency won’t…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat July 26, 2012
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Israeli human rights lawyer: Levy Report shows occupation is not temporary
The recent government-sanctioned Levy Report on settlement outposts unmasks the comfortable lie that Israeli government lawyers have told the courts and the rest of the world for decades, namely that Israel’s presence in the West Bank is temporary and measures designating Palestinian land and natural resources for Israeli use are motivated by security concerns. By Sari…
By +972 Magazine July 23, 2012
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