Israel has made it nearly impossible for Palestinians to claim compensation for injuries caused by Israeli authorities, a new report says, reflecting “how little value it places on the lives, bodies and property of Palestinians living under its control”. The report, by B’Tselem, traces the exemptions Israel has introduced over the years to make it …
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Israel’s Parliament has struck back at the international boycott movement against the country and its settlements in the West Bank by passing a law barring entry to foreigners who have publicly supported the movement. The measure, passed on Monday night, received little notice in Israel, but by Tuesday it set off alarms in the United …
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An Israel Defence Force (IDF) soldier sentenced to 18 months in prison for killing a wounded Palestinian assailant has had his jail sentence postponed. Elor Azaria appealed against his mansaughter conviction and his lawyer asked that the start of his incarceration be deferred until the end of legal proceedings. Azaria was serving as an army …
Israel has begun dividing East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by creating a prayer space for Jewish worshippers, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) warned Wednesday. “The placement of a glass room inside the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex is a first step toward the spatial division of the mosque,” Ahmad al-Ruwaidhi, the OIC’s representative …
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On Tuesday, Elor Azarya was sentenced to 18 months in prison for firing a fatal shot to the head of 21-year-old Abd al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif who lay incapacitated on a Hebron street, in what Israeli judges found beyond any doubt was an act purely motivated by revenge. Israel claims that al-Sharif, whose slaying was caught …
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Israel’s government has approved the building of the first new settlement in 20 years in the occupied West Bank – a move swiftly condemned as an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. The move late on Thursday – considered illegal under international law – was adopted less than a week after the United …
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Israel’s moral claim to land comes from the Bible, not Google, Communications Minister Tzachi Hanegbi said in Washington on Tuesday at an event held in support of placing West Bank settlements within final borders of the Jewish state. “Defense is important and security is important, but the most important thing is the moral claim of …
Israeli police arrested four Israelis after they were accused of stabbing and seriously wounding a 19-year-old Palestinian Friday evening, according to an Israeli police spokeswoman, who claimed initial investigations indicated that the attack had criminal motives. Luba al-Samri said in a statement that the “Arab” victim was stabbed on the street in his hometown of …
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The Israeli army has arrested a Palestinian lawmaker at his West Bank home, his daughter told the Anadolu Agency today. Rahma Dahbour, daughter of Palestinian Legislative Council member Ibrahim Dahbour, said Israeli soldiers arrested her father yesterday evening near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. “They also confiscated his vehicle,” she …
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Israeli police have launched an investigation after an officer was filmed assaulting a Palestinian truck driver in East Jerusalem. The police authorities have described the officer’s behaviour as “shameful.” Footage published on Thursday shows an Israeli police officer head-butting, kicking and slapping a 50-year-old Palestinian truck driver. “I got to work this morning in my …
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