• Video: Soldiers Beat Palestinian Demonstrators in Bil’in, Arrest Two Israelis and Detain One International

    Today marked the 134th consecutive demonstration in Bil’in Village against settlement activity on village land and against the building of the apartheid wall, which separates local villagers from their farmland. About 40 Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators participated this week. The weekly demonstration accompanies a legal challenge to the legitimacy of the attempt to expand settlements in the area, which recently resulted in the collapse of the Heftsiba real estate company, an Israeli firm which is…

  • Haaretz: “A bench in the breach?”

    By Akiva Eldar “And as always, those who are hurt more than anyone else are the Palestinians, on whose land the High Court seal of approval has been given for Jews to settle.” Something strange happened this week in the Supreme Court. Justice Ayala Procaccia, considered the heir to Mishael Cheshin in terms of judicial activism, gave her seal of approval to the breach of an order bearing her own signature. Her partners to this ruling…

  • Court Rejects Two Petitions Against Fence Route

    High Court says alternative fence route near Alfei Manashe drafted by government causes ‘proportionate harm’ to Palestinian residents in area Aviram Zino 08.29.07, 12:39 / Israel News The High Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected two petitions filed by Palestinian villagers and Israeli citizens against the security fence route near the Jewish town of Alfei Menashe. The court rejected Palestinian claims that the route should be moved away from their homes and lands toward the Green…

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