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Israel’s ‘thought police’ law ramps up dangers for Palestinian social media users
Rights advocates warn the draconian law will enable unprecedented surveillance, raising Palestinian fears of arrest for their online activity.
By
Sophia Goodfriend
November 24, 2023
Will Israel’s High Court defy the far-right government?
As the Court hears petitions against the first judicial overhaul bill, Palestinian human rights lawyer Hassan Jabareen assesses the state of play.
By
Ghousoon Bisharat
September 15, 2023
Explainer: Israel expands power to strip Palestinians of citizenship and residency
A new law, passed by an overwhelming Knesset majority, is part of an ongoing process of entrenching separate legal systems for Jews and Palestinians.
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Adalah
February 20, 2023
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Israel spraying herbicides inside Gaza violates int’l law, rights groups say
In an urgent letter to Israeli military officials, three human rights groups demand that Israel immediately stop spraying the dangerous chemicals into Gaza. The Israeli army is continuing to spray dangerous herbicides on agricultural fields inside the Gaza Strip, three years since +972 Magazine first reported on the practice. This week, three Palestinian and Israeli human rights…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
January 9, 2019
Israel’s Nation-State Law: ‘Apartheid is a process’
With the passage of the ‘Jewish Nation-State Law,’ Israel has constitutionally enshrined discrimination against its Palestinian population. ‘We don’t have to keep looking for policies that resemble Jim Crow,’ says Attorney Fady Khoury. The Israeli parliament passed the “Jewish Nation-State Law” in the early hours of Thursday morning, defining Israel as the exclusive nation-state of…
By
Edo Konrad
July 19, 2018
The Israeli gov’t is arguing that annexation is good for Palestinians
In a High Court case over a law to legalize Israeli settlements built on stolen, privately owned Palestinian land, the attorney hired to represent the government (because the attorney general refused to do so) argues that Palestinians, and not just settlers, would actually benefit. Israel’s High Court of Justice heard arguments on Sunday against the…
By
Orly Noy
June 6, 2018
In Haifa, a display of Palestinian grassroots power
The combined efforts of Palestinians in using their bodies, cameras, and voices to support detained protesters made it impossible for the police to hide the severity of their actions. The release of 19 Palestinian citizens of Israel on Monday, who had been arrested since Friday, after police violently dispersed a demonstration in Haifa against last…
By
Amjad Iraqi
May 21, 2018
Top court hears first major challenge to IDF’s live fire in Gaza
Human rights groups argue the army’s open-fire regulations violate international law. The government claims the use of deadly force is justified — even against unarmed demonstrators. Israel’s High Court of Justice heard on Monday a major challenge to the IDF’s rules of engagement, which permit the use of live fire against demonstrators who pose no danger…
By
Joshua Leifer
April 30, 2018
IDF using Facebook to threaten to destroy Gaza family’s home
The army says Hamas built a tunnel under a six-story apartment building that houses the Hammad family, threatening to destroy it. Most of the family has already fled. The IDF is using Facebook to threaten to destroy the home of a Gaza family, claiming Hamas has built a tunnel directly underneath it. On August 10, Yoav Mordechai, commander…
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Edo Konrad
October 30, 2017
Israel is razing a Bedouin village to build a Jewish-only town on its ruins
Israeli authorities have promised the courts that the displaced Bedouin residents would have an opportunity to live in the new community. New documents show that is far from the case. Despite assurances made to Israel’s High Court of Justice, a new town being built on the ruins of a Bedouin village in southern Israel is…
By
Edo Konrad
August 10, 2017
Palestinians hold general strike in support of hunger-striking prisoners
Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners have refused food for nearly two weeks to protest prison conditions and practices like administrative detention. A ‘day of rage’ is planned for Friday. A general strike in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners on took place across the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday. Shops in commercial districts shuttered their…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 27, 2017
When the High Court has to intervene so a Palestinian family can mourn
After Israeli police shot and killed Yaqub Musa Abu al-Qi’an before demolishing his home, the state held onto his body for nearly a week. Only an appeal to the High Court allowed his family to bury their loved one. The only way to describe what took place on Monday in Israel’s High Court, during a…
By
Orly Noy
January 24, 2017
Strip-searching Arab passengers at Israeli airports is illegal, rights group says
Not only are Arabs profiled at Israeli airports, it turns out the way security personnel search and follow them may also be illegal. Despite dozens of testimonies, Airport Authority denies utilizing strip searches at all. Israeli airport security is notorious for profiling and discriminating against Arab passengers, from invasive and humiliating questioning and strip searches, assigning security officer…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
September 19, 2016
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