Jonathan Cook: The myth of Israel’s liberal Supreme Court exposed

25 February 2012 – Israeli Occupation Archives By Jonathan Cook, MERIP – 23 Feb 2012 Jonathan Cook Little more than a decade ago, in a brief interlude of heady optimism about the prospects of regional peace, the Israeli Supreme Court issued two landmark rulings that, it was widely assumed, heralded the advent of a new, […]

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High Court reaffirms settlements are integral to Zionism

Friday, February 24 2012|Haggai Matar 972 Magazine   The High Court of Justice re-validated a law defining the demolition of settlements as “traumatic” – and denying claims that demolition of Palestinian houses is just as bad. Won’t be pardoned – action against siege on Gaza, 2009 (Yotam Ronen/ Activestills) A couple of years ago I […]

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Israeli Military Courts as Enforcement Mechanism of Occupation

By Charlotte Kates Palestine Chronicle Febr 23 2012 ‘As for your judicial apparatus…: it is one of the instruments of the occupation whose function is to give the cover of legal legitimacy to the crimes of the occupation, in addition to consecrating its systems and allowing the imposition of these systems on our people through […]

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What Adnan’s release tells us about the occupation

Thursday, February 23 2012|Yossi Gurvitz | 972 magazine The Khader ‘Adnan affair showed the true face of all of the Israelis involved in the occupation, from its enablers in the courts to the Israeli mob Khader ‘Adnan became a Palestinian national hero two days ago, and rightly so. He brought the Netanyahu government, as well […]

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Resheq: Deporting Sheikh Salah undermines credibility of the British judiciary

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. [ 30/10/2011 – 06:20 PM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has criticized the British judiciary for endorsing the deportation of Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in 1948 occupied Palestine, despite his proven innocence of charges leveled […]

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Knesset member calls Turkel Report “professional and moral scandal for Israeli judiciary”

Wednesday, 26 January 2011 12:00| MEMO Taleb El-Sana: The Turkel Report “A professional and moral scandal for the Israeli judiciary”. A member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has called the Turkel Report “a professional and moral scandal for the Israeli judiciary”. Taleb El-Sana MK, who heads the Arab Democratic Party, made his statement about the […]

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