israeli high court

Israeli court rejects al-Walaja's appeal against wall

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
29 August 2011
Residents of the occupied West Bank village of al-Walaja are undaunted by a setback in their fight against home demolitions, the confiscation of land, the expansion of the nearby Jewish-only settlements of Gilo and Har Gilo and construction of a new Israeli settlement called Givat Yael.

No place for Muslims to pray in Beer Sheva

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Beer Sheva
20 July 2011
The Big Mosque in Beer Sheva is once again at the heart of a battle between the area’s Muslim residents and the municipality.

Israel's war on nonviolent protest

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
19 July 2011
The newly-passed boycott law is the latest in a series of ever-more draconian laws being introduced by Israel’s far right. The legislation’s goal is to intimidate those Israeli citizens, Jews and Palestinians, who have yet to bow down before the majority-rule mob.

Strikes likely as Israel forces curriculum on East Jerusalem schools

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
12 July 2011
Widespread strikes could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year as an Israeli-controlled municipality moves ahead with its plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools.

Rights groups: anti-boycott law "effectively a legal annexation of W. Bank"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 16:16
Human rights groups in Israel are protesting the new Israeli law passed yesterday which “prohibits boycott of businesses, universities, and social and cultural institutions based in Israel and the illegal settlements, and imposes heavy financial sanctions against civil society organizations and businesses that participate in boycotts.”

Children not exempt from widespread torture in Israeli detention

6 July 2011
Sleep deprived and suffering from a broken leg, 16-year-old Muhammad Halabiyeh endured days of torture at the hands of Israeli soldiers and police officers, who punched him repeatedly in the face and abdomen, shoved needles into his hand and leg, and threatened the Palestinian teenager with sexual abuse.

Bilin protesters bulldoze part of Israel's illegal wall

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 20:17
The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee reports today that the Israeli army opened fire at a Palestinian protester operating a bulldozer at a gate in the wall in Bilin village today. Hundreds protested today during the weekly demonstration in the occupied West Bank village today, after the Israeli army finally began to implement this week an Israeli high court decision made four years ago to dismantle part of the illegal Israeli wall in the village.

Rights groups challenge Israeli secret service impunity

30 May 2011
Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority rights in Israel, and Nadi al-Aseer, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, filed a pre-petition on 11 May demanding an end to detention in prison facilities run by Israel’s secret service agency.

Israeli high court decision a serious setback for Gaza war crimes victims

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 18:32

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued the following press release on Saturday, 30 April following the Israel high court’s rejection of an appeal to extend the two-year statute of limitations imposed on filing compensation cases.  According to PCHR, this ruling “epresents a serious setback for the victims, and their legitimate quest for accountability and redress.”

Israel’s High Court of Justice Dismisses Petition Filed on Behalf of More Than 1,000 Victims of Operation Cast Lead

Palestinians silently transferred from East Jerusalem

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
19 April 2011
The Israeli government has been increasingly revoking Jerusalem residency IDs and using tax collection as a means of forcing Palestinians out of the city. Jillian Kestler-D’Amours reports.

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