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#PalHunger | Israeli court postpones hunger-striker Ayman Sharawneh’s hearing

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi MEMO | Febr 20, 2013 The Israeli Supreme Court, on Wednesday, postponed hearing in the case of the Palestinian prisoner, Ayman al-Sharawneh, who has been on hunger strike for 235 days. The hearing session was postponed until February 28, according to Al-Sharawneh’s […]

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Updates from Supreme Court Proceedings (Jan 31, 2013) Regarding the Palestinian Village of Susya ~ by @rhreng

Rabbis for Human Rights ‏| | Febr 4, 2013 The Supreme Court of Israel | cc: wikipedia Last Thursday we came to the Supreme Court to protect the future of Susya, from both demolitions and violence. Read the outcome of the legal discussion. Thanks to everyone who distributed the call for help (thousands of letters […]

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The situation in Khan al-Lubban deteriorates

22 January 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khan al Lubban, Occupied Palestine. The far-right settler organisation Regavim has filed a lawsuit against Khan al-Lubban, taking the Darragmah family and various other Israeli institutions and groups to the Israeli Supreme Court. They claim that their home is a historical site on Israeli state land. Regavim, who […]

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#PalHunger | Israeli court rules against Palestinian hunger-strikers (detained without charges)

Maan News Agency | May 7, 2012   JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s Supreme Court turned down on Monday an appeal by two Palestinians, who have been on hunger strike for nearly 70 days, to free them from detention without trial. But in its decision, released by the justice ministry, the court said security authorities should […]

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The man who would not sing the national anthem

Arab justice’s ‘Hatikva’ silence was a song of protest The refusal of Justice Salim Joubran, the first Arab to win a permanent appointment to the Supreme Court, to sing ‘Hatikva’ was an instructive lesson in Israeli democracy. By Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz 01.03.12 It was so moving on Tuesday at the President’s Residence and so stately; […]

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Israeli international law experts: the Supreme Court erred in permitting Israel to operate quarries in the occupied territories

Monday, January 30, 2012 | Yesh Din In an unusual legal move, leading Israeli international law scholars: Prof. Yuval Shany, Prof. Eyal Benvenisti, Prof. Barak Medina,Prof. Orna Ben-Naftali, Prof. Guy Harpaz, Dr. Amichai Cohen and Dr. Yael Ronen, have filed an amicus curiae brief claiming that the High Court, in its ruling in the quarries’ […]

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Racist Israeli Supreme Court Decisions ~ by Stephen Lendman

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Global Research | January 20, 2012 | Stephen Lendman Two recent Israeli High Court rulings follow a disturbing trend. On January 11, divided justices ruled 6 – 5 for Israel’s Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law. It denies citizenship rights to Palestinians with Israeli spouses. […]

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Supreme Court ruling turns village into open-air prison

Wednesday, August 24 2011|Dimi Reider | +972Magazine The Supreme Court gave the state a green light to continue walling in a village split between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, blocking the villagers on all four sides Demonstration against the wall in Walaje, August 2011. Photo: Activestills.org The Supreme Court turned down yesterday a petition against […]

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Largest West Bank Outpost Ordered Dismantled by Israel’s Supreme Court

PNN – Palestine News Network – 03.08.11 – 12:34 In an unprecedented ruling, the Israeli Supreme Court called on Tuesday for the state to dismantle by April 2012 the largest West Bank settlement that is illegal by Israeli law, the outpost of Migron which is home to some 50 families. Israeli Supreme Court President Dorit […]

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Egyptian business man and two Zionists served life sentences for spying

[ 24/06/2011 – 12:05 PM ] Tariq Abdel-Razzaq Hussain CAIRO, (PIC)– The Egyptian State Security Supreme Court in Cairo sentenced an Egyptian businessman and two Zionists to life imprisonment for spying for Israel. The indictment states that Israel established a company in China for Egyptian businessman, Tariq Abdel-Razzaq Hussain (37 years) as a cover for […]

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