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Israel uses banned torture methods

  PressTV – Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:9PM GMT A man looks at pictures of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails during a protest in the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem). (File photo) A Palestinian rights group says the Israeli Supreme Court has allowed Israeli interrogators to use banned methods of torture against Palestinian prisoners. On […]

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Israeli Knesset passes record number of racist laws

[ 24/07/2011 – 02:29 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The preliminary reading passage of a bill placing West Bank museums under Israel law would not be the last racist law passed by the Knesset. The draft, which was passed with a 51-9 vote in the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday, was designed ”as a step toward annexing” […]

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‪No Minor Matter – ילד אסור, ילד מותר‬‏ – Video

Every year, Israeli security forces arrest dozens of Palestinian minors in the West Bank on suspicion of stone-throwing. B’Tselem’s report “No Minor Matter” reveals that their rights are severely violated throughout the criminal justice process. While Israeli law meets international standards in granting criminally suspected minors special protections, Israeli military law in the West Bank […]

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Israel is unable to cope with non-violent Palestinian activism

  Abir Kopty | July 14, 2011 | Mondoweiss This week, Israeli Knesset passed the anti-boycott bill, which outlaws the non-violent action of economic, academic and cultural boycott. Last week, it attacked another non-violent action, the fly-in campaign, and week before that, it was the flotilla. Every Friday, it oppresses non-violent demonstration in Bil’in, Nabi […]

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Everything you (never) wanted to know about Israel’s anti-boycott law

    Wednesday, July 13 2011| Noam Sheizaf | +972 Magazine A reader’s guide to democracy’s dark hour What does the law say? Basically, the anti-boycott law allows all those who feel they have been harmed by a boycott, whether against Israel or an Israeli institution or territory (i.e. the settlements in the West Bank) […]

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We Will Not be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law

Wednesday, 13 July 2011 07:45 | AIC |  Multiple Signatories “We’re going to arrest you, but it’s difficult with you because all you do is talk.” – Israeli soldier to Palestinian organizer Mohammad Othman, 2009 [1] We, Israeli citizens, members of Boycott![2], hereby reiterate our support and promotion of the Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment […]

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Israel’s refusal to allow entry breaches international law

1 June 2007 | The Electronic Intifada To date, Israeli authorities have failed to provide a transparent policy on which foreign nationals wishing to enter or maintain their presence in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) can rely. Instead, Israel has continued to pursue both policies and practices that fail to comply with International Humanitarian Law. […]

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Israel’s contempt for Law of the Seas

  …and EU’s contempt for safety of its citizens who bring humanitarian relief to Gaza’s women and children By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | June 24, 2011 In 2008 two humanitarian vessels got through to Gaza. In an article entitled “Keeping the sea-lane to Gaza open“, I wrote: The success of the […]

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Gaza detainees barred from family visits

  23-06-2011 News Footage Ref. V-F-CR-F-01095-A In June 2007, the Israeli authorities announced the suspension of family visits for Palestinians from Gaza who were being held in Israel. This decision, which was made a year after Palestinian armed groups captured the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, deprives both the detainees and their relatives of an essential […]

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Aid? When will the UN bring Human Rights to Palestine?

Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity| Water | Communication By occpal June 18, 2011 ” Annual UN-backed Summer Games to give Gaza’s children ‘a chance to be kids’  ” This is the headline of an article posted on the News section of the United Nations on 16 June 2011:  The United […]

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Nimer Sultany on Israel’s New Discriminatory Laws – video

IMEU |  Palestine Studies TV, Jun 4, 2011 Nimer Sultany is a lawyer trained in Israel and a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School. He spoke about recent measures passed by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, and how they impact Israel’s Palestinian citizens. Source

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Should be Fired. Upholds the Violation of International Law – Abuses his UN Mandate

  Reneges Findings of UN Human Rights Council Report on Gaza by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, May 29, 2011 United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has taken the unusual decision of pressuring member governments to respect the “legal channels of the Israeli government pertaining to the flow of goods and aid to the Gaza […]

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Gaza fishermen call for international protection from Israeli practices

Fisherman in Gaza subjected to armed attacks by the Israeli navy ask for security and an end to the maritime siege Saleh Naami , Thursday 26 May 2011 | Al Ahram Online Gaza fishermen have asked the international community to intervene to lift the maritime siege imposed upon them by the Israeli government, reduce restrictions […]

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Technical problems hinder probes into situations in Palestine – International Criminal Court Chief – القوانين والتشريعات – 24/05/2011

Law  5/24/2011 11:36:00 PM DOHA, May 24 (KUNA) — President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Sang-Hyun Song said Tuesday that technical legal problems blocked the investigation Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo planned to conduct into the Israeli military campaign on Gaza Strip four years ago and other similar probes in the occupied Palestinian territories. One […]

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Israel: New Laws Marginalize Palestinian Arab Citizens

Measures Threaten Discrimination; Chill Freedom of Expression  | Human Rights Watch March 30, 2011 (Jerusalem) – Two new Israeli laws affecting Israel’s Palestinian Arab residents would promote discrimination and stifle free expression, Human Rights Watch said today. One would authorize rural, Jewish-majority communities to reject Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel and other “unsuitable” applicants for […]

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