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Illustrative photo: A judge ruling in court (Shutterstock.com)
The ‘reasonable person’ standard and murdering one’s rapist
Yonatan Hailu was convicted of murdering his rapist, Yaron Eileen, and sentenced to 20 years in prison because his actions did not meet the “reasonable person” standard. Did the judges not only hear but really listen to his testimony? Did they take his trauma into account? Did they understand that his soul was murdered, over…
By Haokets February 9, 2014
Memorial for the Kafr Qasim Massacre, in Kafr Qasim. (Photo: Avishai Teicher)
48 human beings were massacred – and we have forgotten them
When a country accepts responsibility for such a significant event in its past, one might expect it to erect a monument to the victims, to sponsor the annual memorial ceremony and to honor the memory of those murdered rather than leave the matter to the families left behind, as if it were their problem alone.…
By +972 Magazine November 3, 2013
Nora Yusuf, the relative of a domestic violence victim, at a demonstration in Nazareth. (Social TV)
Women in Nazareth stand up against domestic violence
Palestinian women citizens of Israel demonstrated against the police’s failure to address domestic violence and violence against women earlier this month. At the start of the October a Palestinian woman and her two children were killed by an ex-husband in a murder-suicide. The woman had asked for police protection months before, but was denied. Following…
By Social TV October 16, 2013
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WATCH: Arab women protest against domestic violence in Israel
In the past decade, 76 Arab women have been murdered in domestic violence in Israel. The ‘Committee for the Struggle against the Murder of Women in Arab Society’ held an event protesting murder and violence against Arab women. Families of the victims are still demanding justice since most of the murderers are still free.
By Social TV May 24, 2013
Violence is a cruel reminder of a reality that is neither calm nor stable
When murder and violence flash in the West Bank, Israelis should remember that on the other days they don’t hear about terror, lots of violence is taking place. Those who choose to live in an illusion of calm and stability should consider themselves both privileged and lucky. And neither of those things can last forever. …
By Mairav Zonszein April 30, 2013
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