The Association for Civil Rights in Israel stands at the forefront of protecting human rights in Israel and the OPT. ACRI recognizes the crucial role that media plays in shaping and informing public opinion and debate around current human rights issues and developments. ACRI’s work appears on a daily basis in a wide range of domestic and international print, broadcast, and electronic media outlets.
October
Israeli Artists, Academics Protest National Theater Performance in West Bank
By: Yair Ashkenazi, Haaretz, 25 October 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives
Israel delays Bedouin council local elections for five months amid voter eligibility dispute
By: Almog Ben Zikri, Haaretz, 14 October 2016
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
Ministry’s bid to fine Israeli artists who ‘boycott’ settlements taken to court
By: Yair Ashkenazi, Haaretz, 6 October 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives
Miri Regev’s culture policy once again under fire, High Court petitioned
By: Yair Altman, Yisrael Hayom, 5 October 2016
September
Denying Palestinian laborers access to justice
By: +972 Magazine, Sawsan Zaher, 30 October 2016
Topics: The Occupied Territories
Citing national security, Israel likely to keep army file on Palestinian refugees from 1948 sealed
By: Barak Ravid, Haaretz, 20 September 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives
Reform Movement petitions for legal action against Tzfat Rabbi
By: Arutz Sheva, 14 September 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives
Police visit Negev Bedouin leaders to mark Eid al-Adha
By: Eliyahu Kamisher, Jerusalem Post, 14 September 2016
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
Groups warn of ‘humanitarian crisis’ if Israel introduces contentious asylum-seekers plan
By: Ilan Lior, Haaretz, 13 September 2016
Topics: Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Despite court decision, Jerusalem has not built 2,000 classrooms for Arab neighborhoods
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 6 September 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem, The Right to Education
In the Jewish state, most prisoners are Arabs
By: Noam Rotem, +972, 2 September 2016
Topics: Arab citizens of Israel, Discrimination
ָAugust
New bills seek to criminalize fat-shaming, discrimination
By: Sue Surkes, Times of Israel, 22 August 2016
Topics: Discrimination
Health minister fighting for nursing reform
By: Ynet, 15 August 2016
Topics: Right to Health
After being shot, this Israeli photographer refused to turn a blind eye to victims
By: Tali Mayer, Haaretz, 12 August 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
Common-law spouses of Israelis can now naturalize without renouncing previous citizenship
By: Omri Efraim, Ynet, 7 August 2016
Topics: Citizenship and Residency, LGBT rights
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 7 August 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
Civil rights group: MK Yehuda Glick should be compensated for Temple Mount ban
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 1 August 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
July
Israel approves controversial new Bedouin town in Negev desert
By: Almog Ben Zikri, Haaretz, 25 July 2016
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
Palestinian village in the West Bank could soon cease to exist with Israeli ruling
By: The National, 23 July 2016
Topics: The Occupied Territories
Israeli parliament passes controversial impeachment law
By: BBC News, 20 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Health groups blast gov’t plan to boost public medicine
By: Judy Siegel, Jerusalem Post, 20 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, The right to health
Israeli parliament passes controversial legislation allowing MP expulsion
By: Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 20 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Israeli Parliament passes law enabling ouster of legislators
By: Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 19 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Be’er Sheva Gay Pride Parade canceled in protest of police diverting route
By: Almog Ben Zikri, Haaretz, 14 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, LGBT rights
Gay pride parade diverted from Israeli city’s main road over ‘threats, hurt religious feelings’
By: Almog Ben Zikri, Haaretz, 13 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, LGBT rights
Beersheba pride parade called off after court orders march rereouted
By: Tamar Pillegi, Times of Israel, 13 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, LGBT rights
UN’s Ban calls NGO law ‘deeply troubling’
By: Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, 12 July 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties,
Border police deliberately provoke Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Internal reports say
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 12 July 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
NGOs protest planned reform for Israeli Arab teachers
By: Yarden Skop, Haaretz, 11 July 2016
Topics: Racism and Discrimination,
June
Israel’s ‘non-lethal’ sponge-tipped bullets cause serious harm to Palestinians
By: The National, 29 June 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
Shin Bet Eases Stance on Questioning Israeli Political Activists Following Petition
By: Sharon Pulwer, Haaretz, 14 June 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
The lost children of Israel’s foreign workers
By: Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor, 8 June 2016
Topics: Migrant Workers
Israel to stop depriving people receiving financial aid from family of welfare allowances
By: Lee Yaron, Haaretz, 8 June 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Israeli military may do about-face on letting soldiers go to protests
By: Gili Cohen, Haaretz, 6 June 2016
Topics: Right to Protest
May
Deri asks court to revoke Israeli-Arab terrorist’s citizenship
By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, 29 May 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Facing down Breaking the Silence, Israel tries to play the underdog
By: Alma Biblash, +972, 24 May 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Rights group: Police collecting intel by ‘visiting’ E. J’lem homes at 3am
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 23 May 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
Israel demands names of soldiers who blew whistle on Gaza ‘war crimes’ to Breaking the Silence
By: Naomi Zeveloff, Forward, 22 May 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 17 May 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
April
Sharp rise in the number of Palestinian children in prison
By: Sharon Pulwer, Haaretz, 24 April 2016
Topics: Child rights
Israel to expel 20 migrant worker families after six years of legal limbo
By: Ilan Lior, Haaretz, 22 April 2016
Topics: Migrant Workers
Jaffa luxury apartments said offered to Jewish buyers only
By: Tamar Pileggi, Times of Israel, 18 April 2016
Topics: Racism and Discrimination, Right to Housing
Palestinian neighbourhood, abandoned by Jerusalem, paves its own road
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 12 April 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
By: Zach Sagorin, Jewish Independent, 1 April 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
March
Israel’s Knesset just voted on a very dangerous law for democracy
By: Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, +972, 29 March 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Sharon Abraham-Weiss wants a more democratic Israel
By: Sheri Shefa, The Canadian Jewish News, 28 March 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Police call Ethiopian-Israeli activists with friendly warning ahead of demonstration
By: Ilan Lior, Haaretz, 20 March 2016
Topics: Right to Protest
What’s an Egyptian Diva doing in Jerusalem?
JPost Podcast: A road by any other name, 17 March 2016
Includes an interview of Ronit Sela.
Topics: East Jerusalem
You can never know what weapons police are using in Israel
By: Natasha Roth, +972, 17 March 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
14 years after Court ruling, Arabic signage remains rare in Tel Aviv
By: Ilan Lior, Haaretz, 14 March 2016
Topics: Racism and Discrimination, Arab citizens of Israel
Shin Bet to quit asking academic institutions for alumni lists
By: Chaim Levinson, Haaretz, 13 March 2016
Topics: Right to Privacy
Crowd-control weapons causing increase in severe injuries in East Jerusalem
By: Natasha Rowland, i24news, 13 March 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
Palestinian casualties rise as Israel police up usage of foam-tipped bullets
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 13 March 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem
ACRI: State cannot ignore defending Bedouin in unrecognized villages from rockets
By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, 13 March 2016
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
For electronic bus stop signs, Arab speakers must wait till August
By: Ilan Lior, Haaretz, 11 March 2016
Topics: Racism and Discrimination, Arab citizens of Israel
Deri boosts freedom of press, canceling British Mandate-era Press Ordinance
By: Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, 11 March 2016
Topics: Freedom of Expression
A first in Israel: Construction firm fined for racist ad
By: Yaron Lee, Haaretz, 8 March 2016
Topics: Racism and Discrimination, Right to Housing
February
Activists: Hebrew-only bus signs show gap vis-a-vis Arab citizens
By: Jonathan Lis & Noa Shpigel, Haaretz, 23 February 2016
Topics: Racism and Discrimination, Arab citizens of Israel
New law will regulate rights of foster parents and children in Israel
By: Lee Yaron, Haaretz, 23 February 2016
Topics: The right to family
Israel objects to building school in East Jerusalem, says it would endanger nearby police station
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 11 February 2016
Topics: East Jerusalem, The Right to Education
Israel NGO bill, seen as targeting left-wing groups, crosses first hurdle
By: Jeffrey Heller, Reuters, 8 February 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives
‘Stop-and-frisk’ bill gets final approval
By: Omri Efraim, Ynetnews, 2 February 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives, Racism and Discrimination
Knesset okays cops to stop and frisk without reasonable suspicion
By: Times of Israel, 2 February 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives, Racism and Discrimination
January
By: Peter Dreier, The American Prospect, 31 January 2016
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives
Israeli right goes after Israeli left in brawl over NGOs and art
By: William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post, 29 January 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression
The discriminatory face of Israel’s second legal system
By: Haaretz, 25 January 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
From ‘labeling’ NGOs to police pat-downs to Shabbat bans, Knesset bills make waves
By: Marissa Newman, Times of Israel, 25 January 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
MKs to vote on limited ‘stop and frisk’ bill
By: Lahav Harkov & Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, 13 January 2016
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Attorney General to probe Education Ministry’s book blackball
By: Sue Surkes, Times of Israel, 4 January 2016
Topics: Right to Education
December
Young Israelis do whatever it takes to buy a home
By: Yuval Avivi, Al Monitor, 28 December 2015
Topics: Right to Housing
Shin Bet announces ‘development’ in Duma investigation
By: Times of Israel, 20 December 2015
ACRI: Recent terror wave led to infringement on rights, excessive use of force
By: Lidar Gravé-Lazi, Jerusalem Post, 20 December 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Shin Bet responds to attempts at ‘slander’
By: Elisha Ben Kimon, Ynetnews, 17 December 2015
Report points to an increase in human rights violations in Israel
By: Tova Tzimuki, Ynetnews, 11 December 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Israeli rights association slams government’s response to terror wave
By: Menahem Kahana, i24news, 10 December 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Israel seeing ‘alarming’ human rights trends – report
By: Raoul Wootliff, Times of Israel, 10 December 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
ACRI report: Government response to wave of violence shows ‘worrisome trend’ on human rights
By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, 10 December 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Settler’s protest Shin Bet’s treatment of Jewish suspect in Duma attack
By: Ben Hartman, Jerusalem Post, 10 December 2015
ACRI: Regev lacks authority to cut funds to Nakba Film Festival
By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, 7 December 2015
Topics: Artistic Freedom, Freedom of Expression
ACRI petitions Court against ‘discriminatory’ real estate company
By: Lidar Grave-Lazi, Jerusalem Post, 7 December 2015
Topics: Right to Housing, Discrimination
Activists say not liable for Israel Gas protest violations
By: Ilan Lior, Haaretz, 4 December 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
November
Money for Nothing? Court: Income support not to be docked if family helps pay the rent
By: Lee Yaron, Haaretz, 23 November 2015
Topics: Right to Housing
New Jewish settlements planned ‘on top of’ Bedouin villages
By: Natasha Roth, +972, 23 November 2015
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
Israel seeks to jail offenders as young as 12
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 11 November 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
For foreigners in common-law marriages with Israelis, life may become more expensive
By: Ilan Lior, Haaretz, 9 November 2015
Topics: The Right to Equality
Palestinians, civil rights lawyers accuse Jerusalem Police of wanton shootings
By: Nir Hasson, Haaretz, 5 November 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem
October
NGOs: Israeli government must halt revocation of residency status
By: Middle East Monitor, 19 October 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem
Israeli cabinet backs Bill allowing Police to frisk anyone
By: Jonathan Lis, Haaretz, 18 October 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Israel’s crackdown on protesters is illegal, costly and relentless
By: The Conversation, 15 October 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression
September
Should Palestinian parents pay for minors’ rock throwing?
By: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, 25 September 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem
Israel police plans crackdown on East Jerusalem in bid to curb stone-throwing
By: Yaniv Kubovich and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz, 17 September 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem
High Court to State: Explain plan to raze West Bank Bedouin village
By: Amira Hass, Haaretz, 11 September 2015
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
August
‘JPost Editorial: Detention without trial’
26 August 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Due Process
‘Leftist NGO Demands Municipal Halls for Nakba Film Festival‘
by Shlomo Pitrokovosky – Arutz Sheva 7, 26 August 2015
Topics: Freedom of Expression
‘In order to solve the conflict, we need to modify the discourse about the other’
by Hayah Goldlist-Eichler – Jerusalem Post, 18 August 2015
Topics: Right to Education
A Decade Behind the Wall: Jerusalem’s 100,000 Outcasts
by Nir Hasson – Haaretz, 13 August 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem
3 rightists detained as authorities crack down on Jewish extremists
by Israel Hayom, 9 August 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Anti-Democratic Initiatives
Now Playing in Israel: Film Censorship
by Nirit Anderman – Haaretz, 5 August 2015
Topics: Freedom of Expression, Anti-Democratic Initiatives
Security Cabinet OK’s Administrative Detention of Jewish Terror Suspects
by Gili Cohen – Haaretz, 2 August 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Anti-Democratic Initiatives
July
Israel passes law allowing force feeding force-feeding of prisoners
by L’Agence France Presse- Yahoo News, 30 July 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
How Israel uses water to control Palestinian life
by Charlotte Silver – The Nation, 24 July 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Right to Housing
Israeli artists sound alarm over growing censorship
by Melanie Goodfellow – ScreenDaily, 24 July 2015
Topics: Freedom of Expression
Spurious Jewish State narrative mars asylum debate
by Mira Sucharov – Haaretz, 24 July 2015
Topics: Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Jerusalem municipality refuses to serve areas behind the Separation Barrier
The Middle East Monitor, 22 July 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Right to Health
Israeli high court lets specialty schools charge hefty fees
by Yarden Skop – The Jerusalem Post, 19 July 2015
Topics: Right to Education
High court to state: Broaden plans to defend Southern Bedouins, report back within 60 days
by Yonah Jeremy Bob – The Jerusalem Post, 7 July 2015
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
Court moves to solve E. Jerusalem water crisis to prevent ‘humanitarian disaster’
by Nir Hasson – Haaretz, 4 July 2015
Topics: Right to Health, East Jerusalem, Arab Minority Rights
Police admit they don’t escort ambulances to Palestinian Jerusalem suburbs
by Nir Hasson – Haaretz, 1 July 2015
Topics: Right to Health, East Jerusalem, Arab Minority Rights
June
Israeli ministers must remember: Free speech is the life breath of democracy
by Emmanuel Gross – Haaretz, 28 June 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression
Regev Freezes Funds for Arab Theater al-Midan
by Reuters, Ran Boker – Ynet News, 16 June 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression
Civil rights body slams Shin Bet for asking data on university grads
by Revital Hovel – Haaretz, 15 June 2015
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiviates
Israeli government approves bill to force feed prisoners on hunger strike
by Ido Efrati and Jonathan Li – Haaretz, 14 June 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Thorny Questions in Israel About Where Palestinians Live and What They Learn
by Mira Sucharov – The Globe and Mail, 12 June 2015
Topics: Arab Citizens of Israel, Arab Minority Rights
Ministers Back Bill Canceling Need to Film Terrorists’ Interrogations
by Lahav Harkov – The Jerusalem Post, 7 June 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Due Process
May
Municipality, ACRI Debate Causes for Growing Poverty in East Jerusalem
by Robert Swift – Ynet News, 24 May 2015 and Jewish Journal (with permission from the Media Line)
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
Playing With Fire: IDF to Use New Weapon on West Bank Protests
by Natasha Roth – +972 Magazine, 22 May 2015
Topics: The Occupied Territories, Use of Force
Decades of Neglect Leave East Jerusalem Mired in Poverty, Violence
by Charlie Hoyle – Ma’an News Agency, 18 May 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
Infographic: East Jerusalem by the Numbers, 2015
by +972 Resources – +972 Magazine, 17 May 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
For Jerusalem’s Palestinians, A City of Poverty and Division
by Natasha Roth – +972 Magazine, 17 May, 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
A Celebration of Jerusalem’s Unification Helps Point Up Its Divisions
by Diaa Hadid – The New York Times, 17 May 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
75% of Palestinians Live in Poverty in East Jerusalem
Buenos Aires Herald, 14 May 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
75% of East Jerusalem Residents Live Below Poverty Line, Says NGO
by Daniel K. Eisenbud – The Jerusalem Post, 13 May 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
Israel Jails Palestinian Who Applauded Militant Attacks on Facebook
by Diaa Hadid – The New York Times, 12 May 2015
Topics: Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Civil Liberties
April
Israeli City Revives Historic Mission to Keep Out Arabs
by Jonathan Cook – Middle East Eye, 27 April 2015
Topics: Arab Citizens of Israel, Arab Minority Rights, The Right to Equality
Losing Sight of the Consequences of ‘Less-Lethal’ Weapons
by Natasha Roth – +972 Magazine, 12 April 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Police and Security Guards, Use of Force
March
Israel Will Deport Eritrean, Sudanese Refugees to Africa Under New Policy
by Ilan Lior – Haaretz, 31 March 2015
Topics: Refugees and Asylum Seekers, International Humanitarian Law
Israel’s New Policy of Hounding Jerusalem Arab Suspects: A Mockery of the Law
by Haaretz Editorial – Haaretz, 11 March 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Police and Security Guards, Democracy and Civil Liberties
Supreme Court Presses Haifa U. to Lighten Up on Protests
by Yonah Jeremy Bob – The Jerusalem Post, 9 March 2015
Topics: Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Civil Liberties
February
Israel Police Using New Anti-Riot Gear Without Training
by Nir Hasson – Haaretz, 5 February 2015
Topics: Police and Security Guards, East Jerusalem
Civil Rights, Doctors’ Organizations Blame Government for ‘Erosion’ of Health System
by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich – The Jerusalem Post, 4 February 2015
Topics: Right to Health, Social and Economic Rights
High Court Hears Petition to Strike Down Refugee Law, Again
by Tamar Pileggi and Times of Israel Staff – Times of Israel, 4 February 2015
Topics: Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Democracy and Civil Liberties, Social and Economic Rights
2015: January
Israel Fails to Heat Asylum Seeker Detention Center, Despite Promise
by Ilan Lior – Haaretz, 22 January 2015
Topics: Refugees and Asylum Seekers, International Humanitarian Law
High Court Raps Jerusalem Over Postal Inequality for Arabs
by Elhanan Miller – The Times of Israel, 20 January 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Planning and Building Rights
High Court Calls for Water Infrastructure Plan for East Jerusalem Neighborhoods
by Sharon Udasin – The Jerusalem Post, 19 January 2015
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Water
Israeli High Court of Justice Upholds Law Setting Knesset Cut-Off at 3.25%
by Eliyahu Berkowitz – Jewish Political Updates, 15 January 2015
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Anti-Democratic Initiatives , Arab Citizens of Israel
IDF Prosecutors to Decide on Gaza War Probes, Attorney General Rules
by Gili Cohen – Haaretz, 13 January 2015
Topics: Gaza Strip, Use of Force , International Humanitarian Law
December
Two Israeli Rappers Cleared of Incitement Charges
by Jack Khoury – Haaretz, 24 December 2014
Topics: Freedom of Expression, Arab Citizens of Israel , Democracy and Civil Liberties
Judges Aren’t Cogs in the Occupation, They’re the Oil Keeping it Going
by Haggai Matar – 972 Magazine, 22 December 2014
Topics: Social and Economic Rights, The Occupied Territories, The Right to Equality
High Court Issies Injunction Halting New Detentions of Asylum-Seekers
by Ilan Lior – Haaretz, 18 December 2014
Topics: Refugees and Asylum-Seekers, Social and Economic Rights
by William Bell – The Huffington Post, 15 December 2014
Topics: The Occupied Territories, Arab Citizens of Israel , Democracy and Civil Liberties
ACRI: Operation Protective Edge Harmed Freedom of Speech and Boosted Israeli Racism
by Lidar Gravé-Lazi – The Jerusalem Post, 11 December 2014
Topics: Freedom of Expression, Racism and Discrimination, Gaza Strip
Who Are East Jerusalem’s Permanent Residents?
by Ariel David – Haaretz, 9 December 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Citizenship and Residency, Arab Citizens of Israel
Israel to Establish First Juvenile Courts in Palestinian Territories
by Tova Tzimuki – Ynet News, 5 December 2014
Topics: The Occupied Territories, Due Process, Democracy and Civil Liberties
November
East Jerusalem Under ‘Collective Punishment’
by Gregg Carlstrom – Al Jazeera, 17 November 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Use of Force, Police and Security Guards
Police Spray Putrid Water on Palestinian Homes, Schools
by Haggai Matar – 972 Magazine, 15 November 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Use of Force, Health and Environment, Police and Security Guards
by Zach Sagorin – Jewish Independent, 14 November 2014
Topics: Social and Economic Rights, Housing Rights
Army Instructed to Use Live Ammunition Against Protestors Who Use Fireworks
by International Middle East Media Center, 13 November 2014
Topics: Use of Force, East Jerusalem
Revoking Knesset Seats or Citizenship: Understandable, but Undemocratic
by Raphael Ahren – The Times of Israel, 11 November 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Anti-Democratic Initiatives, Freedom of Expression
October
Attorney Dan Yakir Celebrates 25 Years with ACRI
by New Israel Fund, 24 October 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Due Process
AG Weinstein objects to bill to override High Court
by Revital Hovel, 23 October 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Anti-Democratic Initiatives, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
August
Israeli Civil Rights Groups Multiply
by Nicola Christie – Jewish Quarterly, 23 August 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties
Israeli rights group B’Tselem now off limits for national civilian service
by Gili Cohen – Ha’aretz, 14 August 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Anti-Democratic Initiatives, Due Process
Has the Hannibal Protocol run its course?
By Mitch Ginsburg – The Times of Israel, 12 August 2014
Topics: Gaza Strip, Use of Force
War In Gaza Tests Israel’s Tolerance for Dissent
By Daniel Estrin – NPR, 2 August 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression
Israeli Arab reinstated at job after suspension over anti-IDF Facebook post
By JTA Staff – Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1 August 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression
July
Under fire, Israel must still stand up for human rights
By Brian Lurie – Haaretz, 20 July 2014
Topics: Democracy and Civil Liberties, The Right to Equality, Social and Economic Rights, Human Rights Education
Israel’s Bedouin: Civilians in death alone
By Mya Guarnieri – +972 Magazine, 20 July 2014
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
NGOs petition Supreme Court to protect Beduin from rockets
By Ariel Ben Solomon – The Jerusalem Post, 18 July 2014
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
‘When the sirens sound we have nowhere to hide’
By Elhanan Miller – The Times of Israel, 18 July 2014
Topics: Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
ACRI protests ‘excessive force’ by police during Jerusalem riots
By Daniel K. Einsenbud- The Jerusalem Post, 16 July 2014
Topics: Arab Minority Rights, Freedom of Expression
Monument to murdered Palestinian teen vandalized for second time
By Nir Hasson – Haaretz, 12 July 2014
Topics: Arab Minority Rights
Murder of Palestinian teen ratchets up tension in East Jerusalem
By Christa Case Bryant – The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Arab Minority Rights,Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
June
No man’s land beyond the concrete wall: Life for thousands of Palestinians in “united Jerusalem”
By Shaiya Rothberg – Times of Israel, 29 June 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement, 3 Houses Film
Minister to unveil special panel’s recommendations for boosting public health system
By Judy Seigel-Itzkovich – The Jerusalem Post, 24 June 2014
Topics: The Right to Health
Human rights groups: Don’t punish Palestinian masses
By Stuart Winer – Times of Israel, 22 June 2014
Topics: The Occupied Territories, The Use of Force, Freedom of Movement
Blogger arrested for revealing official’s finances
By Or Kashti – Haaretz, 18 June 2014
Topics: Freedom of Expression
Responsibility for unstable water supply in east Jerusalem still unclear
By Sharon Udasin and Daniel K. Eisenbud – The Jerusalem Post, 11 June 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
A same-sex couple? Not in my Tel Aviv apartment building
By Judy Maltz – Haaretz, 9 June 2014
Topics: Housing Rights, LGBT Rights
Cyber age police-search powers bill passes first reading
By Yonah Jeremy Bob – The Jerusalem Post, 6 June 2014
Topics: Due Process, The Right to Privacy
May
A No-Man’s Land between Jerusalem and Ramallah
By Linda Gradstein – The Media Line, 28 May 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
Jerusalem Day: Israeli joy, Palestinian woe
i24 News, 28 May 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
In Jerusalem, ‘Palestinians aren’t allowed to dream’
By Omri Shenhar – +972 Magazine, 28 May, 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
Jerusalem lost 8,750 residents last year, a 20-year record
By Nir Hasson – Haaretz, 28 May 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
ACRI Report: ‘Poverty, blight and neglect’ in east Jerusalem
By Lidar Grave-Lazi – The Jerusalem Post, 26 May 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
Court rejects demand to disclose scope of Shin Bet surveillance
By Ido Efrati – Haaretz, 20 May 2014
Topics: Freedom of Information, Due Process
April
Shuafat refugee camp is the writing on the wall
By Meir Margalit – The Jerusalem Post, 29 April 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
The ‘Fourth Matzo’ for Passover
by Marc Grey – The Forward, 9 April 2014
Topics: Freedom of Expression, Anti-Democratic Initiatives
High Court backs longer detention periods for Palestinians than for Israelis
By Revital Hovel – Haaretz, 8 April 2014
Topics: The Occupied Territories, Due Process
Thousands of Jerusalem Arabs without water
By Jon Gerberg – Associated Press, 7 April 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
High Court issues mixed ruling on policies for detaining Palestinians
Jerusalem Post, 7 April 2014
Topics: The Occupied Territories, Due Process
Israel Post has set up mail distribution centers in East Jerusalem
By Gad Perez – Globes, 6 April 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services
In Some Palestinian Neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, Not Even 17 Liters of Water Per Day
By Hagai El-Ad – The Huffington Post, 1 April 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
Israeli judge questions ‘proportionality’ of law to jail asylum seekers
By Ilan Lior – Haaretz, 1 April 2014
Topics: Refugees and Asylum-Seekers
March
By Akiva Eldar – Al-Monitor, 31 March 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
Bedouin lawyer and PhD student: ‘No, I was not raised in a tent’
By Ayelett Shani – Haaretz, 28 March 2014
Topics: The Right to Equality, Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages, Arab Minority Rights
Probe all civilian killings, not just the embarrassing ones
By Tamar Feldman – Haaretz, 26 March, 2014
Topics: The Occupied Territories, Use of Force
East Jerusalem residents petition High Court over lack of water
By Sharon Udasin – The Jerusalem Post, 26 March 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
After years of humiliation, Israeli Arabs say getting better treatment at airport
By Amira Hass – Haaretz, 26 March 2014
Topics: Racism and Discrimination
Two steps forward, one step back: Israel’s new discriminatory health rights for Palestinians
By Michael Omer-Man – +972 Magazine, 25 March 2014
Topics: Citizenship and Residency, Racism and Discrimination, The Right to Health,Family Unifications
Court asked to restore water to Arab parts of Jerusalem
By Nir Hasson – Haaretz, 25 March 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
PHOTOS: 13 days without water in East Jerusalem
By Activestills – +972 Magazine, 17 March 2014
Topics: East Jerusalem, Provision of Services, Separation Barrier and Freedom of Movement
Israel’s High Court approves Tel Aviv’s kinder, gentler policy on homeless
By Ilan Lior – Haaretz, 17 March 2014
Topics: Housing Rights, Due Process
Survey: Who suffers from racism in Israel?
By Lidar Gravie-Lazi – The Jerusalem Post, 17 March 2014
Topics: Human Rights Education
High Court approves ground-breaking more sensitive policy to homeless
Yonah Jeremy Bob – The Jerusalem Post, 16 March 2014
Topics: Housing Rights, Due Process
Israeli Knesset passes ‘governability’ law
By John Reed – Financial Times, 11 March 2014
Topics: Anti-Democratic Initiatives, Arab Minority Rights
Israel set to pass bill on peace deal referendum
By Inna Lazareva – The Telegraph, 11 March 2014
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