Tag: Yesh Din

  • Bil’in vs. Green Park

    Corporate Watch 24 July 2009 The Green Park construction company is engaged in building illegal settlements in the West Bank, notably, the settlements of Mattiyahu East and Modi’in Illit, which have been built on land annexed from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, by the Israeli apartheid wall. The village of Bil’in has been struggling against…

  • HeidelbergCement tries to sell West Bank mines as legal, boycott pressures grow

    Adri Nieuwhof | Electronic Intifada 13 July 2009 HeidelbergCement, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials, has become the target of legal action in Israel because of its activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The company’s subsidiary, Hanson Israel, manufactures ready-made cement, aggregates and asphalt for Israel’s construction industry and operates a…

  • Israeli High Court rules against Judge Advocate General’s “extremely unreasonable” decision

    B’Tselem, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, Yesh Din 1 July 2009 The Israeli High Court ruled today in favor of changing the indictments filed against the soldier and commander who were involved in the shooting of a handcuffed detainee in Ni’lin, so as to reflect the…