High Court has been wrongly besmirched

High Court has been wrongly besmirched
By Amira Hass
As a war of petitions rages between supporters of the Supreme Court and supporters of the justice minister, it should not be forgotten that on the really important issues, Supreme Court justices demonstrate national responsibility and are synchronized with the prevailing mood. They proved this once again last [...]

U.S. court rules that evidence seized in IDF raid is inadmissible

Lawyers for Muslim charity leaders accused of aiding Hamas terrorists scored a rare victory in court Tuesday when a federal judge blocked some evidence seized by Israel Defense Forces soldiers during raids of Palestinian organizations.
Defense lawyers had objected that some of the documents were not signed or dated, and they cast doubt on Israel’s [...]

Superfluous Israeli advice

It is obvious to everyone today - that is, apart from the policy wonks at the White House - that the United States has failed in its policy in Iraq and that the chances of stabilizing the situation there are close to zero. This also has to be admitted by those who justified the war [...]

Princeton in the West Bank

An embarrassed smile crossed the face of Prof. Ester Fride as the conversation moved from her study on using cannabis in food supplements for infants, who are poor eaters, to the part-political, part-academic furor over the self-upgrading of the college in Ariel to a “university center” - where she teaches. As proof of the institution’s [...]

Who is a Jew?

The question of “who is a Jew?” has been debated since Israel attained statehood. It is a fundamental question for matters of citizenship and marriage here. But as with many other issues, the emphasis is not always on the primary essence of the question: We deal with matters of quantity, rather than quality. Even if [...]

U.S.: No strings attached to $30 billion defense hike

The new $30 billion American defense package for Israel is not conditioned on diplomatic progress or concessions to the Palestinians, a top U.S. aide said yesterday as representatives from both countries signed the memorandum of understanding in Jerusalem.
U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said the aid to Israel was meant to counter “an [...]

Germans protest sale of food from West Bank settlements

BERLIN - The opening of “Israel Week” at the Galeria Kaufhof department store in Berlin spurred a demonstration Saturday against Israeli food products originating in the territories.
Protesters held signs reading “No to settlement products” and “Stop the Israel-EU Association Agreement.”
Groups protesting included The Jewish Voice, a Jewish-German organization opposed to the occupation, and [...]

ILA leasing Arab-owned land in Jerusalem to Ateret Cohanim

The Israel Lands Administration (ILA) is working together with the Ateret Cohanim association to wrest from Palestinian landowners control of 30 dunams (7.5 acres) of land in East Jerusalem and to transfer it to the association without a tender. Such is the claim outlined in a petition submitted two weeks ago to the High Court [...]

Land grab in East Jerusalem

It is difficult to escape the sense that the Israel Lands Administration, a governmental body, worked hand in glove with the settlers’ non-profit organization Ateret Cohanim to take control of the 30-dunam (7.5-acre) plot in East Jerusalem known as Kerem Hamufti. (See article by Meron Rapoport, Page 4.) This plot, one of the most expensive [...]

UK ‘damaged’ by Lebanon war delay

The UK’s reputation was damaged when the government hesitated in calling for an immediate end to the Lebanon war last year, MPs have said.
At the time, then-PM Tony Blair was criticised for waiting a few weeks before eventually calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
The foreign affairs committee also said it was “counterproductive” not [...]