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In a compromise reached between the petitioners from Gush Shalom and the State prosecutors, based on the suggestion of Judge Naor, it was agreed that if the Tirkel Committee will ask to investigate military officers, and the Government will not enable it, the issue will go back to court. The compromise was given the status … Read more

photo gallery The Gush Shalom petition to the Supreme Court achieved today (July 12, 2010) another victory. For the first time in Israel’s history, the court has decided to intervene in the government’s appointment of a commission of inquiry, something the court has refused to do many times in the past. The court has also … Read more

photo gallery “Today they expel Hamas members, tomorrow they’ll expel Fatah people, then they’ll expel all the Arabs from East Jerusalem, and in the end they’ll revoke the citizenship of Israeli peace activists and expel us too,” Uri Avnery said today (July 7, 2010) in a meeting with members of the Palestinian Parliament who have … Read more

On the eve of the hearing of Gush Shalom’s petition, PM Netanyahu accepted the request of Judge Ya’akov Tirkel to broaden the powers of the Committee headed by Tirkel, charged with probing the Gaza Flotilla raid. The Supreme Court hearing is delayed for ten days, and until July 11 the activities of the Tirkel Committee … Read more

“Netanyahu and his partners consider every day in which they do not instigate a new provocation in East Jerusalem to be a lost day”, said Uri Avnery in response to the decision to expel Mohammed Abu-Tir from Jerusalem. (Avnery met Abu-Tir a few times in his home.) “East Jerusalem is one of the most sensitive … Read more