Yitzhak Aharonovich

Women hold posters depicting imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar at a protest against administrative detention in Nablus. Jarrar was put under administrative detention before Israel finally indicted her under international pressure, Nablus, West Bank. September 10, 2015. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Mainstreaming administrative detention

Israel is currently imprisoning over 350 Palestinians and three Jewish Israelis without trial and with no way of defending themselves against charges they often aren’t even allowed to see. As Palestinians demand international intervention, Israeli lawmakers move to codify the practice. Activists in the West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday demanded that the International…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man September 12, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon survey a military exercise. (Photo by GPO/Kobi Gideon)

Israelis deserve more from their leaders

We deserve thought-out policies that can bring an end to the current cycle of violence and prevent the next. By Ilan Manor Henry Ford once said that thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Over the past few days, some Israelis have felt that…

By +972 Magazine November 29, 2014

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of an Israeli flag (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu government’s true colors are shining through

Even as the flames spread from Jerusalem into the West Bank and back over the Green Line, Israeli leaders are showing no restraint in their statements and actions. It feels like they just don’t care anymore. These are tough, disgusting times in Israel/Palestine. The flames in Jerusalem, which were ignited well before the recent war…

By Ami Kaufman November 10, 2014

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A police officer shoots and kills Kir Hamdan from Kafr Kanna. (CCTV footage)

WATCH: Police kill would-be attacker as he runs away

Police shot and killed 22-year-old Khir Hamdan in the village of Kafr Kanna overnight on Saturday after he attempted to attack them with a knife. A security camera that captured the shooting show that Hamdan was fleeing from the officers when they shot him, which ostensibly means he posed no threat to the lives of…

By Haggai Matar November 8, 2014