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Lara Alqasem, who was denied entry into Israel over her alleged support for BDS, is seen in the Tel Aviv District Court during a hearing on her appeal, October 11, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Judge orders Palestinian-American student to remain in Israeli custody

According to the state, it is enough that Lara Alqasem clicked ‘attending’ on pro-Palestinian Facebook events to prove she is pro-BDS. By Edo Konrad and Oren Ziv A Tel Aviv District Court ordered Lara Alqasem, the 22-year-old Palestinian American who was denied entry into Israel due to her political views and has been held by Israeli…

By Edo Konrad October 11, 2018

Palestinians workers walk next to the Wall and an Israeli military tower to cross very early the Eyal Israeli military checkpoint into Israel in order to reach their workplace, Qalqiliya, West Bank, 22.11.2011. Thousands of Palestinians are passing this checkpoint every morning, some coming as early as 4am. (Photo by: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

How Israel’s military gov’t keeps Palestinians in the dark

An Israeli judge rebukes the state over its failure to publish all protocols and procedures that govern the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A long-running legal battle over the transparency of Israel’s military government took another step on Wednesday when a Tel Aviv District Court judge rebuked the Coordination of…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth January 14, 2016

Harsh prison sentence for Eritrean in order to ‘deter foreigners’

By Noam Wiener The Tel Aviv District Court, roughly comparable to a circuit court in the American federal system, sentenced on Wednesday an Eritrean refugee convicted of aggravated robbery to four and a half years imprisonment. Explaining the harsh sentence, he cited the need to deter “foreign citizens” from committing crimes. Without detracting from the brutality…

By +972 Magazine May 31, 2012

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