Israel’s travel ban: Knesset bars entry to foreigners who call for boycott of settlements
New law doesn’t include caveat urged by Justice Ministry: To exempt Palestinians who reside in Israel.
Source: Haaretz
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Israel passes contentious Palestinian land-grab bill in late night vote
Right praises vote as ‘historic day for the settlement movement’ | Bill allows Israel to declare private Palestinian land state property | Israeli opposition warns: bill will land Israel in The Hague.
The Hague: The reason the Palestinians are jubilant and Israel is spooked
The fresh support from the Security Council could cause the prosecution in International Criminal Court to dare to move ahead from a preliminary examination to an investigation on the settlements.
Israeli education chief orders ‘ethics rules’ for professors aimed at curtailing ‘political preaching’
Bennett asks former IDF ethics chief to take on ‘ongoing situation of overlap between academic and political activity.’
Ministry summons Jerusalem school principal for hosting anti-occupation group Breaking the Silence
The summons was prompted by a complaint over alleged incitement at the program, but no incitement has been found and there is no formal ministry policy banning such programming, sources say.
EU committee recommends states ask Israel to pay for ruined West Bank projects
European diplomats attributed new non-binding resolution to lack of progress in negotiations between Israel and EU over the situation in Area C.
B’Tselem Head: Why I Spoke Against the Occupation at the UN
There is no chance Israeli society, of its own volition and without any help, will end the nightmare. Too many mechanisms insulate the violence we conduct in order to control the Palestinians.
Before firing at a Palestinian, the Israeli sniper asked: Where do you want to be shot?
Four rounds of sniper fire hit Mohammed Amassi, a young Palestinian baker standing on the roof of his home in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp. As he tries now to recover from his wounds, he still remembers the mocking words of the soldier who shot him.
Arab students in Jerusalem get less than half the funding of Jewish counterparts
Municipality transfers less to East Jerusalem schools than the budget provided by the Education Ministry.
Light in the Kafkaesque sanctuary of Israel’s Supreme Court
It’s enough for our judges to know why a journalist is detained without trial.