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Ynet: Bulldozer driver testifies in Rachel Corrie case

Posted on: October 21, 2010
Photo displayed during court hearing (Photo: Avisag Shear Yeshuv)

21 October 2010 | YNet News

The bulldozer driver who ran over Rachel Corrie in Gaza in 2003 said Thursday he did not realize he had trampled the American left-wing activist to death until he heard what had happened over the radio network.

The driver, whose name has not been released, testified during a Haifa District Court hearing on a civil wrongful-death lawsuit filed in March by the activist’s parents, Cindy and Craig, against the State of Israel and Defense Ministry. The driver testified from behind a wooden partition to keep … Continue reading


Updated on October 24, 2010
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YNet: 1,000 rally for Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: August 8, 2010
Solidarity protest for Sheikh Jarrah - Photo: Sheikh Jarrah

Ronen Medzin, Ynet

6 August 2010

Arab, Jewish left-wing activists mark first anniversary of protests against evacuation of Palestinian families from east Jerusalem neighborhood in favor of Jews. Rallies held in Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa as well

More than 1,000 people across Israel on Friday took part in activities marking one year since Jewish residents entered the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Every week for the past year, Arab and Jewish left-wing protestors have been holding a protest in the neighborhood, calling for the return of three Palestinian families to their homes.

Hundreds of participants, including intellectuals and politicians, began marching … Continue reading


Updated on August 9, 2010
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Transportation Ministry to Hebraize road signs

Posted on: July 13, 2009

Udi Etzion | YNet News

13 July 2009

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz recently ordered a change in roadside signs across Israel’s highways so that the all names appearing on them in English and Arabic would be a direct transliteration of Hebrew.

For example, the sign directing drivers to Jerusalem would read Yerushalayim, Nazareth will become Natsrat and Caesarea will become Kesariya. Arab names are to be changed accordingly.

The Transportation Ministry has been working on the project for over a year and says its main purpose is to create uniform roadside spelling for more than 2,000 names of cities, towns and villages.

Current … Continue reading


Updated on July 13, 2009
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Israel to deport peace activists sailing to Gaza

Posted on: July 1, 2009

Efrat Weiss | YNet News

1 July 2009

Israel is planning to deport within the next few days the 21 peace activists who arrived on a boat from Cyprus with the intention of entering the Gaza Strip. An Israeli Navy unit boarded their boat and escorted it to Ashdod port. Immigration police will transport the detained activists to Ben Gurion Airport, and from there they will be deported out of the country.

Among the peace activists are two Israeli-American citizens, and 19 others, including five from Ireland, three from Britain, five from Bahrain, three Americans, and Danish, Jordan, and Yemenite … Continue reading


Updated on July 1, 2009
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Israeli Navy takes control of aid boat headed for Gaza

Posted on: June 30, 2009

Ali Waked & Anat Shalev | YNet News

30 June 2009

At around noon Tuesday the Israeli Navy intercepted and took control of a boat that had set sail for the Gaza Strip with three tons of medical supplies, Palestinian sources said, adding that the Navy jammed the boat’s radio signals.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Office confirmed the report. Israeli military sources said there was no violence after the small ferry, sailing from Cyprus with activists from the US-based Free Gaza Movement, was intercepted off Gaza.

Earlier Tuesday, “Free Gaza” founder Greta Berlin told Ynet that at around 11:00 am six Navy vessels … Continue reading


Updated on June 30, 2009
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YNet News: ‘Palestinians: IDF sanctions land theft’

Posted on: June 30, 2009

Aviad Glickman | YNet News

30 June 2009

Two residents of the West Bank Palestinian village of Qadum filed a High Court petition against the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday asking that it overturn a military appellate board decision and order a Kedumim settler who they claim invaded their land to return it to them.

The petition was filed with the assistance of the Yesh Din human rights organization. According to the brief, the two realized the settler invaded their property in May 2007, fencing off some of their agricultural land as his own, planting hundreds of plants and setting up … Continue reading


Updated on June 30, 2009
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Palestinian says settlers repeatedly damaged his home

Posted on: June 25, 2009

Ali Waked | YNet News

24 June 2009

Ibrahim Ayid, of the village of Borin near Nablus, says he cannot complete construction on his home because it has been attacked three times during the past week by settlers.

The IDF stated that a number of incidents have occurred on the scene and that forces had to prevent physical violence from breaking out between Palestinians and settlers.

Ayid said that on Wednesday three settlers, one of them armed, had arrived at the construction site to threaten him.

“The settlers came down to the house, took apart the wood intended for construction, broke the water … Continue reading


Updated on June 25, 2009
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Gaza fishermen petition High Court

Posted on: June 16, 2009

Aviad Glickman | YNet News

16 June 2009

Four Palestinians from Gaza petitioned the High Court of Justice Tuesday in an effort to get back their confiscated fishing boat, seized by the IDF last month.

The fishermen claim that their livelihood had been gravely undermined by Israel’s Defense Ministry and demand compensation in addition to the ship’s return.

The Navy operates near Gaza’s shores regularly in a bid to prevent maritime terror attacks and often encounters innocent fishermen, who are promptly warned to sail back to permitted zones. However, the petitioners claim that they were sailing in an approved area during the … Continue reading


Updated on June 16, 2009
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Settler documented firing in Hebron won’t be tried

Posted on: June 8, 2009

Aviad Glickman | YNet News

8 June 2009

The Jerusalem District Prosecutor’s Office plans in the coming days to renege on an indictment filed against Ze’ev Braude, who was accused of firing at an Arab family during the evacuation of a disputed building in the West Bank city of Hebron in December 2008.

Ynet learned on Monday afternoon that the decision was made following the State’s refusal to disclose evidence defined as classified information during the trial.

Braude, who has been under house arrest in the past few months, was indicted for shooting and injuring two Palestinians during a clash … Continue reading


Updated on June 8, 2009
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Leftists protest siege on Gaza

Posted on: June 8, 2009

Daniel Edelson | YNet News

7 June 2009

Dozens of left-wing activists arrived at the Erez crossing Sunday morning with sweets, toys, food items and medicines they asked to transfer to Gaza in defiance of the Israeli siege on the Hamas-ruled territory.

In protest of the IDF’s ban on the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Strip, the activists, all members of the Coalition of Women for Peace and the American group Code Pink, erected a playground on the Israeli side of the crossing.

“We came here despite knowing that the chances of transferring these ‘goods that threaten Israel’s security’ were slim. … Continue reading


Updated on June 8, 2009
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