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Attorney Michael Sfard in his Tel Aviv law office, July 23, 2013. (Photo: Matt Surrusco)

‘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…

By Matt Surrusco July 28, 2013

Masked Israeli Border Police officers (Illustrative photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Seeking justice for Tristan Anderson: Who watches the watchmen?

Israel’s High Court of Justice will hear a petition demanding simply that an investigation into the wounding of a foreign citizen also investigate the real suspects. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz On March 13, 2009, Tristan Anderson was standing in the forecourt of the mosque in the village of Ni’lin. Anderson, an American…

By +972 Magazine July 9, 2013

New flaws in the IDF’s account of Rachel Corrie’s death

New flaws are starting to come out in the case of American peace activist Rachel Corrie’s death in Gaza in 2003. Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while non-violently standing in front a Palestinian house slated for demolition in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafeh. Today, the state is providing testimony in a civil…

By Joseph Dana September 5, 2010

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