{"id":4098,"date":"2012-02-28T16:41:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.acri.org.il\/en\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2012-02-28T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T14:42:01","slug":"acri-in-the-news-feb-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.acri.org.il\/en\/2012\/02\/28\/acri-in-the-news-feb-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"ACRI in the News: Feb 1 – Feb 28 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Racial Profiling in Airports<\/span><\/strong>
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\nThe documenter of the Israeli Jewish DNA<\/a>
\n15 February 2012 (Haaretz)<\/strong>
\nAfter the ruling on that petition, which was filed back in 2007 by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the security services pledged to improve the profiling procedures that define potential candidates for carrying out terror attacks. They agreed to improve the “telephone service center” that allows an Israeli business or institution to request a lenient check of a foreign visitor. This would be applied to Israeli citizens as well, eventually instituting “more comfortable” procedures for Israeli Arabs.
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\nFreedom of Protest in the Occupied Territories<\/span><\/strong>
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\nPalestinian activist dismisses case against him as ‘fiction’<\/a>
\n20 February 2012 (AFP)<\/strong>
\nA Palestinian villager who is on trial for organising popular protests in the West Bank told a court on Sunday that the charges against him were “fiction.” Bassem Tamimi was arrested in March 24 last year and accused of organising illegal demonstrations and incitement to stone-throwing in connection with a series of weekly protests in Nabi Saleh against the takeover of village land by Jewish settlers.<\/p>\n

[..] Almost all demonstrations in the Palestinian territories are defined as “illegal” under Israeli military law, which states that any gathering of 10 or more people requires a permit. According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) the ban on demonstrations and the forced dispersal of peaceful protests represent “a clear violation of the rules of international law that are incumbent on the occupying power.”
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\nRacist Practices in Professional Soccer Clubs<\/span><\/strong>
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\nNo Arabs Allowed<\/a>
\n20 February 2012 (Newsweek)<\/strong>
\nThe striking thing is that Israel actually has tough anti-discrimination laws on the books that prohibit employers from refusing to hire people on religious or ethnic grounds. It also has a public committee tasked with verifying complaints. But Tali Nir, a lawyer with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, says the laws are difficult to enforce on sports clubs because they don\u2019t select players from a pool of applicants the way a company might hire an employee. \u201cTeams don\u2019t get applications. They go after the players they want to hire,\u201d Nir explains. That makes it hard to point to a specific victim of discrimination. And without a victim, \u201cthe crime is just theoretical.\u201d
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\nHigh Court Petition against the Biometric Database<\/span><\/strong>
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\nACRI files petition against biometric database<\/a>
\n21 February 2012 (Ynet News)<\/strong>
\nThe Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has petitioned the High Court of Justice to suspend the Biometric Database Law, citing it constitutes a grave breach of privacy.
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\nPalestinian Administrative Detainee Ends Hunger Strike<\/span><\/strong>
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\nKhader Adnan Agrees to End Hunger Strike<\/a>
\n21 February 2012 (The Jerusalem Post)<\/strong>
\nKhader Adnan, the Palestinian administrative detainee who has been on a hunger strike for 66 days, told the state through his lawyer Tuesday that he has agreed to end his hunger strike in light of a deal struck between the state and his lawyers. A doctor from the NGO Physicians for Human Rights Israel confirmed Tuesday night that Adnan has officially ended his hunger strike. The announcement came less than an hour before a scheduled High Court of Justice hearing on his petition demanding that he be charged or released
\n[…] The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) said in response to the agreement that it was “unclear” why Adnan had not been released from administrative detention on Tuesday, if the state did not intend to indict him.
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\nKhader Adnan brokers deal to end 66-day hunger strike<\/a>
\n22 February 2012 (Sydney Morning Herald)<\/strong>
\n“It is sad that only after a hunger strike brings a man to the verge of death does the State announce that it has no intention of extending his present administrative detention,\u201d said Lila Margalit, a lawyer with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
\n\u201cIf the state has no intention of trying Adnan, why is he not being released immediately? Regarding the hundreds of other Palestinians who are still being held in administrative detention, ACRI holds firm to its demand: bring them to trial or set them free.”
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\nTravel Ban on Palestinian Director of Human Rights Organization<\/span><\/strong>
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\nControversial figure can leave W. Bank after 6 years<\/a>
\n23 February 2012 (The Jerusalem Post)<\/strong>
\nThe High Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday to allow Palestinian human rights leader Shawan Jabarin to leave the West Bank for the first time in six years, after his lawyers reached an agreement with the state.<\/p>\n

Shawan Jabarin, general director of Ramallah-based NGO Al-Haq (\u201cThe Right\u201d), petitioned the court against a travel ban that prevents him from leaving the West Bank.
\nThe Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Physicians for Human Rights, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, Rabbis for Human Rights, the Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement and Yesh Din \u2013 Volunteers for Human Rights all called on the court to lift the travel ban completely, slamming the fact that it was based on confidential information, and saying it caused \u201csevere harm\u201d to Jabarin and to his ability to carry out his work with Al-Haq.
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\nHuman Rights in East Jerusalem<\/span><\/strong>
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\nIsraeli guard suspected of confining Palestinian woman to get her phone number<\/a>
\n5 February 2012 (Haaretz)<\/strong>
\nAlleged incident took place in Jerusalem\u2019s Ras Hamis checkpoint, where the Palestinian law student says she was detained until the security guard verified she gave him her real number
\n[\u2026] The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) claimed that the case did not represent an isolated incident. \u201cThe decision to sever several Jerusalem neighborhoods from the rest of the city with a fence continues to exact a heavy toll on the civilian population,\u201d ACRI official Nisreen Alyan said.
\n\u201cThe lack of proper services in these areas means the daily crossing of checkpoints and exposing civilians to the possibility that those operating the checkpoints can take the law into their own hands,\u201d Alyan said.
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\nE. J’lem roads get half-billion shekel boost<\/a>
\n23 February 2012 (The Jerusalem Post)<\/strong>
\nMayor Nir Barkat and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz announced a half-billion shekel, five-year improvement plan for roads in east Jerusalem on Wednesday. The plan will create 32 new roads and improve existing roads in the capital\u2019s Arab neighborhoods.
\nAdditionally, Barkat announced a budget of NIS 300 million for 200 new classrooms in east Jerusalem. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, which researches education disparities in east Jerusalem, estimates a lack of 1,000 classrooms.
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\nRight to Education<\/span><\/strong>
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\nIsraeli Arab students are learning the hard way<\/a>
\n24 February 2012 (Haaretz)<\/strong>
\nThe trip that 3-year-old Jannat Abu-Labdeh and her relatives make to nursery school begins at 6:45 A.M., when she sets out with 37 other children from her Israeli Arab extended family. The children range in age from 3 to 16, and the trip to their various schools in Ramle takes almost two hours. It includes a bus trip and considerable distances on foot.<\/p>\n

Tal Hassin, a lawyer for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI ), says whether or not the regional council is correct that the family is squatting illegally on private land, there shouldn’t be any connection between planning and building regulations and the right of the children to transportation to school. She called the transportation “part of their constitutional right to education.” She said repeated requests to the local authorities have not changed the situation.
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\nHigh Court to Rule in Several ACRI Petitions in Coming Months<\/span><\/strong>
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\nOutgoing Israel Supreme Court President to issue slew of rulings ahead of retirement<\/a>
\n28 February 2012 (Haaretz)<\/strong>
\nBeinisch retires this week, but over the next three months she is expected to hand down High Court of Justice verdicts on a number of petitions pertaining to civil rights.
\nOne petition, submitted against the Airport Authority, Shin Bet security service and Transportation Ministry, demands that they stop using the Arab nationality as a criterion for carrying out security checks at airports.<\/p>\n

Another petition was filed against the legislation permitting cell phone companies and Internet service providers to disclose personal details of their clients to the police and other authorities. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, one of the petitioners, says the legislation contradicts the constitutional right to privacy.
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