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Palestinian Prisoner On Hunger Strike Loses Appeal Before Israel Supreme Court

AP | Associated Press | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
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JERUSALEM — A lawyer for a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike says Israel's supreme court has rejected a petition to release his client. Att...

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Borking Barak: Why the Right's Newest Attack on Kagan Is Wrong

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Aaron Zelinsky

This week, Republicans ramped up their newest attack on Elena Kagan: her praise in 2006 for Aharon Barak, Israel's former Chief Justice. This line of attack is as baseless as it is unsound.

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Israel Must Respect the Rule of Law

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Palestine, West Bank, World News, Israeli Supreme Court, Israel, Foreign Workers, Migrant Labor, Anat Kamm, Home News
Mya Guarnieri

The gag on the case of Anat Kamm, the former soldier who leaked classified military documents to Haaretz journalist Uri Blau, was lifted less than two...

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Israel Supreme Court Rules Against Army In Palestinian Abuse Case

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem won a victory over the army in Israel's Supreme court Wednesday when a stronger indictment was unanimously ord...

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Israel: On the Right Side of History

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Syria, Supreme Court, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United Arab List, Dorit Beinisch, Torture, Executive Orders, Jerusalem, Gaza, Rule of Law, Obama Executive Orders, Fatah, Barack Obama Israel, Lebanon, Hamas, The Basic Law, Civil Rights, Guantanamo Bay, Operation Cast Lead, Obama Inaugural Address, Voting Rights, Israel, Israeli Supreme Court, Israel Gaza, Jamal Zahalkeh, Kach, Balad, World News
Aaron Zelinsky

The Israeli Supreme Court defended the rights of Israel's two Arab parties, Balad and the United Arab List, to stand for election, overturning a vote by Israel's Central Election Committee.

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