tristan anderson

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
Latest
Most Read
  1. Netanyahu's ‘total victory’ vow kept him in power. Now it may be his undoing
  2. Under Israel’s watch, Palestinian gangs are sowing chaos in the West Bank
  3. Farewell to the artist who connected Palestinians to themselves
  4. PODCAST: What happens to Palestinians in Israeli prisons?
  5. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  1. Under Israel’s watch, Palestinian gangs are sowing chaos in the West Bank
  2. Netanyahu's ‘total victory’ vow kept him in power. Now it may be his undoing
  3. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  4. What’s behind Israel’s growing assault on West Bank healthcare
  5. Qusra is where Israel’s lies about settler violence hit a wall
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. As Israel sabotages Gaza talks, Hamas’ new ‘warrior leader’ faces his first challenge
  3. Arms sales to Israel are slowing. But that's only half the story
  4. Qusra is where Israel’s lies about settler violence hit a wall
  5. Life in a laboratory of Israeli ethnic cleansing