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Israeli State Implicated in Criminal Acts Against Human Rights Lawyer

January 27, 2016 by Richard Silverstein 11 Comments

Back in 2010, Im Tirzu (Fascists) published the private legal work product of Israeli human rights attorney, Michael Sfard, regarding the human rights work of his NGO clients.  At the time, Sfard believed that Im Tirzu itself had broken into his offices to pilfer the confidential documents.  As one would expect, given the Israeli police […]

IDF Ambushed, Murdered Unarmed 14-Year Old Palestinian Foraging for Wildflowers

June 16, 2015 by Richard Silverstein 9 Comments

 In March 2014, the IDF murdered a 14 year-old boy , Yusuf a-Shawamreh, who crossed the Separation Barrier near Hebron to forage for edible plants his family could sell at the market.  His family owned farmland that the Barrier had made inaccessible to them.  He was crossing to harvest plants from his family-owned plot.  This is […]

Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Netanyahu

May 10, 2013 by Richard Silverstein 27 Comments

Bibi Netanyahu is visiting China where he’s negotiated trade deals, lobbied unsuccessfully for a tougher Chinese diplomatic stance against Iran, and likely cooked up some secret arms deals with the Chinese military. But one of the oddest of his public appearances was at the Great Wall, where he extolled its supposed virtues and promised to […]

Palestinian Family Appeals to Supreme Court in Abu Rachmeh Murder, IDF Drags Heels

March 4, 2013 by Richard Silverstein 21 Comments

The following story is a perfect parable of the cluelessness of the IDF in enforcing the Occupation regime.  Military forces routinely kill or maim protesters (Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists) at the weekly protest in Bilin against the Separation Wall.  One of the worst series of tragedies befell the Abu Rachmeh family, whose son and […]

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