Category: In the Media
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Jerusalem Post: “Rabbis for Human Rights volunteer held”
Theresa in the Bengurion airport detention centre after being prevented by Israel from attending the Celebrating Nonviolence conference in Bethlehem last December. UPDATE: Theresa remains in detention after an Israeli judge today postponed a decision on her appeal against denial of entry until November 15th. by Ori Raphael, November 13th Theresa McDermont came to Israel…
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CNN editors pull Palestinian quotes, replace with US
by cnnexposed.com CNN editors replaced all Palestinian quotations with quotes from the US and Israel in its story ‘U.S. vetoes U.N. condemnation of Israel’s Gaza strikes’. The new, more prominent article begins with the exact same wording as the original, but all Palestinian remarks are gone. The two versions have identical first and second paragraphs:…
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Ma’ariv: “Forbidden by the High Court, Built by Construction Companies, Approved by State Prosecutor”
translated from the Hebrew orginal by Rann Bar-On The [Israeli] state prosecutor is singing from two hymn sheets: it submitted a document to the High Court condemning illegal construction in Modi’in Ilit, but is also asking to legalize it to ease the lives of residents. by Efrat Forsher, November 2nd Ignoring the High Court Despite…