Michael Sfard

Despite arbitrary travel ban, Israel to permit Palestinian human rights defender to meet UN expert in Geneva

Shawan Jabarin, director of human rights group Al-Haq, is to be allowed to travel to Geneva for a meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, for the first time since Israel imposed a travel ban on him six years ago.

Tristan Anderson civil suit delayed as new evidence emerges

Charlotte Silver
3 December 2011

A civil suit filed by the family of Tristan Anderson, a US activist seriously injured by the Israeli army during a protest, has been delayed due to the revelation of new material evidence.

New book exposes brutal treatment of Palestinian prisoners

Asa Winstanley
5 August 2011

The new, high-quality anthology Threat: Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel focuses on different aspects of Israel’s system of political prisons.

Multinational companies mining occupied Palestinian land

Adri Nieuwhof
17 May 2011

Documentation obtained by The Electronic Intifada confirm that HeidelbergCement and Cemex, two building materials industries from Germany and Mexico, respectively, are involved in the operation of quarries in the occupied West Bank.

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