27 December 2002
The Legal Advisor to the government has asked the Central Elections Committee to bar the Balad list and MK Azmi Bashara from standing in the forthcoming elections. Aeyal Gross, lecturer in Constitutional and International Law at Tel Aviv University, wonders, however, what is really the major threat to Israeli democracy? Read more about Where is the democracy here?
25 December 2002
Seven Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations made a further submission to the Supreme Court in connection with their 5 May 2002 petition seeking to prohibit the Israeli army from using Palestinian civilians as human shields. Read more about Israeli army continues to breach Supreme Court injunction prohibiting use of Palestinian civilians as human shields
26 December 2002
Israeli occupying forces have perpetrated more war crimes and human rights violations against Palestinian civilians, including willful and extra-judicial killings, shelling of and incursions into Palestinian areas, house demolitions, and agricultural land leveling. This week, nine Palestinians – all civilians including a member of the Palestinian Security Forces, three children and a woman, were killed by Israeli forces. Read more about Weekly report on human rights violations
20 December 2002
A draft resolution which would have had the Security Council condemn recent Israeli acts, including the killing of several United Nations aid workers, was defeated today by the United States, which in casting a no vote effectively vetoed the text. Read more about US vetoes Security Council draft resolution condemning recent Israeli acts
20 December 2002
Israeli occupying forces have perpetrated more illegal actions and human rights violations against Palestinian civilians, including willful and extra-judicial killings, shelling of and incursions into Palestinian areas, house demolitions, and agricultural land leveling. This week, 12 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children and a mentally handicapped young man, were killed by Israeli forces. Read more about Weekly report on human rights violations
19 December 2002
Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens were in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming forward to comply with a new rule to register with immigration authorities only to wind up handcuffed and behind bars. A disturbing Reuters report by Jill Serjeant. Read more about Hundreds of Muslim immigrants rounded up in California
19 December 2002
LAW today received a decision on an appeal filed on September 12 on behalf of four residents of Kufr Aqab in East Jerusalem to temporarily halt construction of a 3.8 km section of Israel’s “security wall,” running between Kufr Aqab and the Ofer military detention center, separating Kufr Aqab from Jerusalem. The wall shall be built near homes and built-up residential areas. Read more about Appeal to halt construction of Israel's apartheid wall denied
17 December 2002
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has asked Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz for a thorough probe of the circumstances surrounding the death of British aid worker Iain Hook, who was fatally wounded by an Israeli soldier in the Jenin refugee camp last month. Read more about Annan asks Israeli Defence Minister for report on killing of British aid worker
15 December 2002
On Sunday evening, December 15, Israeli occupying forces demolished 16 houses and destroyed 8 greenhouses in the ‘Oraiba area in Rafah. The demolition of those homes has rendered approximately 120 people, including dozens of women and children, homeless in this cold weather. Read more about Rafah: Israeli forces demolish 16 homes and 8 greenhouses
16 December 2002
A United Nations inquiry has found that, contrary to claims by the Israeli army, eight of the 10 Palestinians killed in a raid in the Gaza Strip were unarmed civilians. There was fury among Palestinians at the death toll and the timing of the raid on Bureij refugee camp early on Friday 6 December, during Eid al-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of Ramadan and is one of the most important holidays in the Muslim year. Justin Huggler reports for The Independent. Read more about 8 Palestinians killed in Israel attack were unarmed civilians says UN inquiry