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Israel sends veiled threat to attorneys of outlawed Palestinian NGOs
A letter from the Defense Ministry to the lawyers representing the six groups hints that their legal work may be viewed as violating anti-terror laws.
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Oren Ziv
July 18, 2022
‘An illegitimate regime’: How a top rights group shed Israeli myths to recognize apartheid
In an exclusive interview, human rights lawyer Michael Sfard explains what led Yesh Din to charge Israel with the crime of apartheid in the West Bank.
By
Amjad Iraqi
July 9, 2020
No justice for Bil’in Palestinian activist shot dead by Israeli soldier
Nearly a decade after an Israeli soldier killed Bassem Abu Rahmeh while he was nonviolently protesting in Bil’in, Israel’s High Court decides once and for all that his killer will never see the inside of a courtroom. More than nine years after an Israeli soldier killed Palestinian activist Bassem Abu Rahmeh at a protest in…
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Henriette Chacar
September 18, 2018
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Rights groups to Israel’s top court: Home demolitions are collective punishment
Within the legal community, Israel’s High Court and the state attorneys are isolated and alone in thinking that home demolitions are an acceptable practice, the petitioners argue. No date is set for a decision in the case. Demolishing the homes of suspected — or convicted — Palestinian terrorists amounts to collective punishment that in some…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
December 3, 2014
Not even a ‘bump on the wing’ these days when killing Palestinians
No one in Israel really talks about the killing of innocent Palestinians anymore. There was a time when we murdered people and it actually bothered us. On Tuesday, the IDF attempted to kill Mohammed Deif, the military leader of Hamas in Gaza, by dropping five one-tonne bombs on a home. As these lines are written…
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Ami Kaufman
August 21, 2014
PHOTOS: Gaza’s half-million internally displaced
Photos by: Basel Yazouri and Anne Paq/Activestills.org Text by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler The most commonly cited statistic from Gaza is the death toll, now rising past 1,814, according to UN figures. Such numbers can be numbing, as absorbing the reality of so many faces and names is impossible. Yet another staggering figure that is difficult…
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Activestills
August 6, 2014
When ‘security’ means training in a Muslim cemetery
It turns out that the IDF’s legal division has no problem with soldiers holding training drills in a Palestinian graveyard. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Last Thursday, Yesh Din field investigators filmed our brave troops while they were training in a Muslim graveyard in Hebron. Here are the images (extended video at end…
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+972 Magazine
November 7, 2013
‘The peace process has become a major enemy of human rights’
+972 speaks with Michael Sfard, human rights attorney and legal counsel and co-founder of Yesh Din – Volunteers for Human Rights, about litigating key human rights cases, past and pending, and the ‘mighty price to be paid’ when advocating Palestinian rights from within the Israeli legal system. With Palestinians and Israelis expected to restart negotiations…
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Matt Surrusco
July 28, 2013
Report that claims ‘there is no occupation’ presents an opportunity
What is behind the left’s anger at a government commission report that rejects the existence of the occupation? The report presents an opportunity to replace empty political rhetoric and legality with a focus on facts on the ground. By Itamar Mann The Israeli left responded with a mixture of laughter and rage to former Justice…
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+972 Magazine
July 10, 2012
The Wall, 10 years on / Part 3: An acre here and an acre there
When brought before the High Court, the state promised villagers free access to their lands through special gates to agricultural lands. As the years went by, the court and the public lost interest, the villagers’ rights were ignored and their will to fight the system depleted. Land is being deserted, waiting for new settlements to…
By
Haggai Matar
April 13, 2012
Michael Sfard: Is Israel on the high road to fascism?
Will the anti-democratic legislation underway in Israel soon make progressive advocacy redundant? Is it an exaggeration to say Israel is on the high road to fascism? And what can the Left do to reverse the process? An interview with Israel’s pre-eminent human rights lawyer, Michael Sfard. It’s no longer a secret to anyone Israel is…
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Dimi Reider
March 31, 2012
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