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09/02/2010
| | Attacks on New Israel Fund, Critical Groups, Threaten Civil Society
Human Rights Watch - "What we`re seeing in Israel is a greater official intolerance of dissent." | | | Activist for detainees detained herself
Saed Bannoura/Ghassan Bannoura/Maysaa Jarour - IMEMC - The 45-year old Montaha Taweel - an activist who works to defend the rights of the Palestinian detainees, and is the wife of the mayor of al-Bireh - was among 16 Palestinians caught in last night`s army sweep of the Palestinian West Bank communities. In the past week there were 19 invasions, in which 51 civilians are known to have been taken off to detention.
| | | Report to UN on suppression of Palestinian human rights activism
Addameer - (...) those who are charged with offenses in the Israeli military courts face almost certain conviction and imprisonment by a military justice system that is heavily biased against them; those who are not charged are nonetheless often levied with administrative detention. | | | Unrest continues in Shu`fat; overnight raids, youth detained
Ma`an - Pvernight raids on Shu`fat continued and pupils on their way to shcool clashed with police and were dispersed by tear gas. The 15-year old Ahmad Abu Hamda was taken off to detention. Of those arrested the previous night, some were remanded in custody while others were released and told of having been severely beaten.
| | | `Army officers should not teach teachers how to teach`
Or Kashti - Haaretz - Dr. Zeev Dagani, principal of Tel Aviv`s prestigious Herzliya Highschool, received death threats for his decision not to take part in a joint army-Education Ministry program and was publicly rebuked by Army Commander Ashkenazi. "I am not against the army, I am against the blurring of boundaries." Students wrote a protest letter to the army chief of staff. | | | No Treatment in Gaza, No Security Risk, but Israel Prevents a Seriously ill Man from Getting Treatment
Gisha press release - The State refuses to allow Issam Hamdan out of Gaza based on its claim that he may settle in the West Bank after treatment [Sic!] -- Gisha and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel appealed to the Supreme Court. | | | Detention of international activists declared illegal
ISM/Haaretz - Spanish journalist Ariadna Jove Marti and Australian student Bridgette Chappell were detained during a pre-dawn raid on the Ramallah media office of the International Solidarity Movement. But during the proceedings at the Supreme Court, the State Prosecutor admitted that it was illegal for the Israeli Immigration Police to receive custody of the two in the Occupied Territories, where it has no legal authority. The court ordered their release on bail.
| | | What Israelis read about international grassroots pressures
Three items in Ynet - 1) Hagit Klaiman: British academics ask Elton John to read Goldstone 2) Hagit Klaiman: UK assures Ayalon he won`t be arrested 3) Yitzhak Benhorin: Arab students disrupt speech by Israeli envoy to US (includes video) | | | The Citron Turned into a Bitter Lemon
By Alex Fishman - Yedioth Ahronot - Over the years, the security establishment regraded PM Salam Fayyad as being a well-educated, non-charismatic and pro-American, a man who could be relied on to fight Hamas and maintin order in the West Bank cities. But now, instead of being a tenant he wants to be a landlord, makes bold plans for independence with or without Israeli consent and wages international campaigns against Israel. The dear citron has become a bitter Citrus aurantium. | | | Yediot`s Sima Kadmon methodically deconstructs the anti-NIF smear campaign
Didi Remez - Coteret - "Sima Kadmon is senior political commentator at Yediot, second in stature only to Nahum Barnea. She devotes much of her Friday (February 5 2010) column to a methodical deconstruction of the motivation and methodology behind the Im Tirzu anti-NIF smear campaign. Kadmon adds domestic depth to Nahum Barnea`s exposé ¯f the role mainstream Jewish-American leaders played in putting the brakes on the Knesset`s participation in the campaign" | | | For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections | |
Recommended articles
| | Gideon Spiro:
Red Rag Column
| | Uri Avnery:
A four-letter word
| | Hanan Chehata:Exclusive interview with Colonel Desmond Travers – Co-author of the UN’s Goldstone Report | | Donald Macintyre:
Israeli commander: `We rewrote the rules of war for Gaza`
| | Michael Sfard:
Laws of conflict do not allow for killing civilians in this way
| | Robert Fisk:
Israel feels under siege. Like a victim. An underdog
| | Villages Group:David Shulman: A Shepherd’s day in South Mt. Hebron | | Yoav Shamir:Yoav Shamir`s film Defamation |
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