Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 17:09
Despite rejecting an appeal from two Palestinian hunger strikers, Israel’s supreme court appeared to send a signal that Israeli authorities should not let the men die in custody.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:59
Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk of death, and being denied necessary medical treatment, the Israeli high court has once again delayed action on an appeal against their prolonged detention without charge.
Sheerin al-Araj, a resident of al-Walaja village, is fighting tooth and nail against Israel’s encroaching settlement projects and the wall, which both continue to rapidly confiscate more village land.
Bedouin communities not recognized by the Israeli government not only face frequent home demolitions and land confiscation, but limited access to clean water.
After a recent Israeli high court decision allowed Israeli companies to maintain quarrying and mining activities in the occupied West Bank, human rights activists say the decision has opened the door to Israel’s pillaging of other Palestinian resources.
