{"id":5483,"date":"2013-01-03T17:12:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T15:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.acri.org.il\/en\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2013-01-06T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T06:35:41","slug":"acri-news-nov-dec-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.acri.org.il\/en\/2013\/01\/03\/acri-news-nov-dec-12\/","title":{"rendered":"ACRI in the News: November – December 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACRI Op-Eds<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This Friday, we march for the right ‘to be\u00a0human’ – December 5, 2012 (+972)<\/a> by Hagai El-Ad, ACRI Executive Director<\/p>\n

Every year, throughout the year, we fight so that we can all be human. One day a year, on the day of the\u00a0Human Rights March, we stand together: different people from different communities, who entered the world\u00a0with a myriad of differences, but who find a shared path.<\/p>\n

Celebrating human rights in Israel – December 4, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a> by Marc Grey, ACRI International Press Liaison<\/p>\n

Holding the state’s feet to the fire is not a method of attacking it but rather a way of strengthening it. . . . Case by case, Israel’s human rights organizations are building the infrastructure of a legal system crucial to the ongoing development of the country.<\/p>\n


\nACRI challenges the Acceptance to Communities Law<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rare panel of 9 to hear\u00a0discrimination case – December 4, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

Human rights groups seek to strike down law blocking\u00a0Arabs, gays, disabled from living in hundreds of Galilee,\u00a0Negev communities.<\/p>\n

ACRI noted that after two years, \u201cthe state is still unable to specify which communities are permitted to\u00a0employ acceptance committees, and has failed to established appeals committees as required by the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

A fraught civil rights case nears an end in Israel\u2019s High Court – December 4, 2012 (Times of Israel)<\/a><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s High Court heard closing arguments Tuesday in one of the country\u2019s key civil rights cases of recent\u00a0years \u2014 an appeal against a new law protecting the right of small communities to bar would-be residents\u00a0they deem undesirable.<\/p>\n

The communal settlements, [the petitioners]\u00a0charged, were not pioneer outposts but gated communities that had been given legal license to exclude\u00a0others from a public resource \u2014 state land.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are suburban communities, like all other suburban communities,\u201d attorney Gil Gan-Mor of ACRI told\u00a0the court. He called the appeal \u201canother round in a struggle that has lasted 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ACRI’s fight against denial of Bedouin citizens’ right to vote<\/p>\n

In Israel, democracy is delayed for Bedouin – December 10, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, 27 local authorities held elections; it was democracy in action. Only in one regional council did the Interior Ministry\u00a0cancel the basic right to choose and be chosen: the Abu Basma council in the northern Negev, which is run by Jewish officials,\u00a0as it has been since its establishment a decade ago – even though the council governs a population consisting entirely of\u00a0Bedouin residents.<\/p>\n

The election that was supposed to take place last week in Abu Basma was forced on the Interior Ministry by a High Court of\u00a0Justice ruling almost two years ago, in a suit filed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the Adalah legal advocacy\u00a0group for Arabs in Israel. “Only an extreme and exceptional event would justify another postponement,” wrote the president of\u00a0the Supreme Court at the time, Dorit Beinisch.<\/p>\n

For Bedouin father, Israel is his children’s ‘No. 1 enemy’ – November 16, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

“The postponement of the elections to an unknown date is an infringement of the basic right to vote and to be\u00a0elected,” says ACRI attorney Rawia Abu Rabia. “The splitting of the council and the continued management by\u00a0Jews will make it easier for the government to implement the Prawer Report than would be the case if Bedouin\u00a0headed the council. The government’s policy, including home demolitions and the use of large police forces, is\u00a0intended to send a message to the Bedouin population: either accept the Prawer committee report or we will\u00a0make your lives miserable. It is a policy aimed at pushing the Bedouin to behave violently. It will be easier to\u00a0implement the report when they are shown to be people who disrespect the law.”<\/p>\n


\nACRI responds to Interior Ministry’s violent raid of Bedouin village<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clashes erupt in Bedouin village as Israel’s Interior Ministry distributes demolition orders –\u00a0November 13, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

Residents of a Bedouin village in the Negev claim that police fired tear gas canisters at a local school Monday during clashes\u00a0that erupted when Interior Ministry inspectors tried to distribute demolition orders for illegal construction.<\/p>\n

Attorney Rawia Aburabia of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel countered that the police violence should be investigated.\u00a0She also objected to the demolitions. “The whole issue of construction without permits is expected to be sorted out during the\u00a0process of obtaining recognition for the town,” she explained. “Under these circumstances, it would behoove the authorities to\u00a0refrain from demolitions until the planning process is completed.”<\/p>\n

Israeli Police Arrest 19 in Clashes over Village Demolition – November 13, 2012 (Fars News Agency)<\/a><\/p>\n

Nineteen people were arrested during clashes between police and local residents at the\u00a0Beduin village of Bir Hadaj.<\/p>\n

Attorney Ruwia Aburabia of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel said that while Bir Hadaj has been\u00a0a recognized village for almost a decade and has a master plan for its construction, the residents face\u00a0great difficulty in receiving building permits.<\/p>\n


\nFighting the Anti-Boycott Law in the courts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Court to gov’t: Explain ‘Anti-Boycott\u00a0Law’ by March 2013 – December 10, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

The High Court of Justice on Monday issued a conditional order requesting that the government explain its\u00a0“Anti-Boycott Law,” which various organizations have accused of being in violation of the fundamental right to\u00a0freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

A number of groups petitioned the law last week, claiming it does not require proving actual damages have\u00a0occurred at all. The petitioners included Gush Shalom, Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in\u00a0Israel, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and many others.<\/p>\n

The Court set a deadline of March 14, 2013 for the government to respond to the petitions.<\/p>\n

Court freezes Anti-Boycott Law after\u00a0petitions – December 10, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

The High Court of Justice on Monday froze the Anti-Boycott Law, issuing an interim order to the state to\u00a0explain why the law should not be struck down.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Boycott Law was passed in July 2011 and imposes sanctions on any individual or entity that calls for\u00a0an economic boycott of Israel\u2019s settlements in the West Bank or of Israel itself.\u00a0The petitioners, including Gush Shalom, Adalah \u2013 the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, the\u00a0Association for Civil Rights in Israel and many others, said the law does not require proving that actual\u00a0damages have occurred.<\/p>\n

Israel’s High Court to state: Explain why Boycott Law\u00a0should remain in effect – December 10, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

The High Court of Justice on Monday ordered the state to explain why the controversial Boycott Law should not\u00a0be canceled, and decided to continue deliberations on petitions from civil rights groups claiming it infringes on\u00a0rights of freedom of expression, dignity and equality.<\/p>\n

The petition was submitted by attorneys Hassan Jabareen and Sawsan Zaher from the Adalah Legal Center for\u00a0Arab Minority Rights in Israel, and Dan Yakir from the Association of Civil Rights in Israel on behalf of the\u00a0Public Committee Against Torture, the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, the Center for\u00a0the Defense of the Individual and Yesh Din.<\/p>\n


\nSupreme Court criticizes government’s use of private security in East Jerusalem<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Court examines use of private\u00a0guards in east J’lem – December 13, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

The High Court of Justice heard initial arguments on Wednesday afternoon regarding a petition by the\u00a0Association for Civil Rights in Israel to block the use of private security guards for Jewish residents who live in\u00a0predominantly Arab neighborhoods in east Jerusalem.\u00a0The petition, filed in November 2011, claims the presence of private guards is unlawful and that security\u00a0should be the responsibility of the Jerusalem police rather than a private contracting company.<\/p>\n

ACRI attorney Keren Tzafir was optimistic after the court session.\u00a0\u201cThe courts understand the problematic aspects of private security guards,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat they said was\u00a0important that the state has no right [to do this], that there is no reason why it was done like this and no\u00a0reason why it should continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

High Court raps Housing Ministry over private security for\u00a0Jewish homes in East Jerusalem – December 13, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

The High Court of Justice on Wednesday rebuked the Housing Ministry for employing private security guards to guard Jewish\u00a0settlements in East Jerusalem.\u00a0The remarks came as the court heard a petition filed on behalf of East Jerusalem Palestinians by the Association of Civil Rights\u00a0in Israel and demanding an end to the practice.<\/p>\n

In 2006 the cabinet gave the Israel Police and the Public Security Ministry, which oversees it, responsibility for security in East\u00a0Jerusalem, in keeping with the recommendation of the Orr Committee. But a few months later the cabinet revoked the\u00a0resolution.\u00a0In 2010 the Housing Ministry employed 360 security guards in East Jerusalem, at an annual cost of NIS 52 million. A year ago\u00a0Haaretz reported that the ministry allocated an additional NIS 5 million to protect Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, which was\u00a0taken from other budget line items.<\/p>\n


\nFighting continuing neglect in East Jerusalem<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

East Jerusalem, where the streets had no names –\u00a0November 4, 2012 (Times of Israel)<\/a><\/p>\n

In contrast to the orderly western half of the city, where Jews live, the often rundown, predominantly Arab neighborhoods of east\u00a0Jerusalem have for decades existed without street names or house numbers, causing confusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like uncharted territory,\u201d said Nisreen Alyan, a lawyer for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, which lobbied to address\u00a0the confusion.<\/p>\n

A surprising process of ‘Israelization’ is taking place among Palestinians in East Jerusalem – December 29, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

A year ago, for the first time, the Jerusalem Municipality and the Israel postal service established a post office in the village of Isawiyah, which lies below Mount Scopus, within the municipal boundaries. Along with the opening of the new branch \u2212 part of a plan to improve postal services in East Jerusalem \u2212 the village streets were given names and the houses received numbers. These developments followed a petition to the High Court of Justice, submitted by residents with the aid of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. But the municipality could not find a site for the post office, since most of the buildings in the village were illegal structures, so their future was thus in question.<\/p>\n

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ACRI’s Annual Report 2012 – Human Rights in Israel and the OPT<\/p>\n

Israel guilty of \u2018bleak\u2019 and \u2018severe\u2019 human rights abuses, local NGO asserts – December 16, 2012 (Times of Israel)<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the 2012 report of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the situation in Israel is \u201cbleak\u201d in\u00a0almost every category of human rights, particularly housing. The report does also mention some positive\u00a0developments, mainly in the area of healthcare.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsylum seekers are persecuted relentlessly. The occupation of the West Bank and the regime of\u00a0discrimination are bolstered by doublespeak and efforts to silence opposition. Affordable housing is\u00a0nowhere to be found and water has become a luxury. Large social protests are no longer permitted in the\u00a0public sphere and the police and judicial authority are privatized while the High Court of Justice becomes\u00a0less accessible,\u201d ACRI said in a statement coinciding with the report\u2019s publication.<\/p>\n

Report: 2012 record year for incitement – December 16, 2012 (Ynet)<\/a><\/p>\n

Lack of\u00a0affordable housing, rise in water rates, persecution of\u00a0asylum seekers\u00a0and discrimination against\u00a0Palestinians \u2013 these are some the trends highlighted in the\u00a02012 human rights report\u00a0released by the Association\u00a0for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on Sunday.<\/p>\n

‘Racism, violence against Africans\u00a0soars in 2012’ – December 16, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

Inflammatory and \u201cxenophobic\u201d remarks toward African refugees, a lack of affordable housing, persistent\u00a0destruction of Palestinian and Beduin homes and a lack of freedom of speech were the top issues flagged by\u00a0the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) in its annual report titled \u201cThe State of Human Rights in Israel\u00a0and the OPT\u201d published Sunday.<\/p>\n

The report was not entirely rife with negative condemnations; it lauded efforts made by the Health Ministry to\u00a0improve living conditions for the disabled. Additionally, Israel\u2019s decision to join the UN\u2019s Convention on the\u00a0Rights of Persons with Disabilities in September demonstrated its willingness to be more accommodating and\u00a0reduce discrimination against people with physical or mental impairments, ACRI said.<\/p>\n


\nACRI Opposes the Disqualification of Election Campaigns<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Concerns Over Freedom of Speech After Ad Campaign\u00a0Disqualified – December 13, 2012 (Israel National News)<\/a><\/p>\n

However, Dan Yakir, the\u00a0legal advisor\u00a0of the The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, while agreeing that the slogan might have\u00a0been distasteful, holds that the election committee does not and should not have the authority to dictate a party’s\u00a0campaign\u00a0adsunless there is a clear incitement to violence. “The campaign of Otzma LeYisrael is obscene, and its clear purpose is to\u00a0delegitimize the Arab public,” said Yakir.<\/p>\n

“However, the decision to reject the\u00a0ad campaign\u00a0raises objections,” he added, saying that Rubinstein’s decision, “was given\u00a0with a lack of authority, since the law does not authorize the Chairman of the Election Committee to intervene in the content\u00a0of\u00a0billboards. This is problematic mainly because this is not the way to deal with incitement to racism. Political statements\u00a0deserve wider constitutional protection – during elections in particular. Therefore it is appropriate to disqualify only expressions\u00a0that lead to a near certain incitement to racism, and this is not the case. ”<\/p>\n

“A firm rejection like this is not the solution,” said Yakir. “What is needed is a determined struggle – the kind we do not see today\u00a0– against racism, primarily on the part of public officials.”<\/p>\n

Israeli human rights group: disagree with decision to ban racist ad\u00a0of political party – December 16, 2012 (Alternative News, AIC)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) “disagrees” with the decision of Central Elections\u00a0Committee Chairman Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, to ban\u00a0the racist advertising campaign\u00a0of the\u00a0Otzma Leyisrael party.<\/p>\n

Dan Yakir, ACRI Legal Counsel, notes in a press release that while “Otma Leyisrael’s campaign\u00a0is obscene, and its clear purpose is to de-legitimize the Arab community… the decision to\u00a0disqualify the campaign is problematic. To begin with, it was taken without the necessary\u00a0authority, as the law does not grant the chairperson of the Central Elections Committee authority\u00a0to interfere with the content of billboards. Primarily, though, the decision is problematic because it\u00a0is not the proper vehicle to stop incitement to racism.”<\/p>\n


\nACRI working to protect individuals and public against privacy violations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pilot for Israel’s biometric database to begin in January – November 28, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Knesset approved Wednesday a directive to include biometric means of identification and biometric identification data in\u00a0identification documents and databases. This means that the trial period of the controversial biometric database will begin in\u00a0January 2013.<\/p>\n

The law, which was passed in 2009, aroused a great deal of opposition, but recently, as a result of a petition to the High Court of\u00a0Justice by the Association of Civil Rights in Israel and the Digital Rights Movement, the government decided to amend the\u00a0directive that initiates the law\u2019s trial period.<\/p>\n

Public money, private eyes – November 30, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

A single mother of three in the advanced stages of pregnancy, who is being identified simply as D., just wanted to\u00a0receive the discount on Givat Shmuel’s municipal day-care to which she was entitled. She submitted an\u00a0application, including the documents attesting to her financial situation, but quickly found herself in the midst\u00a0of a probe by a private investigations firm, hired by the Social Affairs Ministry.<\/p>\n

ACRI alleges that the government’s use of private eyes is inappropriate – it oversteps authority, and harms\u00a0people’s basic right to privacy, dignity and fair process.<\/p>\n


\nACRI protests harassment of human rights activists in the occupied territories<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Activists personally served with IDF closure orders –\u00a0November 13, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has sent a letter to the IDF Military Advocate- General (MAG) protesting the \u201cclosed\u00a0military zone\u201d orders that the IDF personally served to activists this week in their homes.<\/p>\n

According to a Tuesday night press release from ACRI, the orders suppress Palestinians\u2019 and Israelis\u2019 right to protest, and\u00a0violate their fundamental freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

The letter urged MAG Maj.- Gen. Danny Efroni to cancel the orders. It also called on him to clarify the scope and basis of\u00a0regulations and procedures of closed military zone orders, since such orders could have the effect of suppressing nonviolent\u00a0protests in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

IDF: Offices searched in Ramallah\u00a0served terror – December 11, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

The army carried out searches overnight of offices in Ramallah used by the Popular Front for the Liberation\u00a0of Palestine terrorist organization, an IDF spokeswoman said on Tuesday.\u00a0Palestinian sources said the searches took place at the offices of the Women\u2019s Union, the Palestinian NGO\u00a0Network and Addameer, an advocate for Palestinians in Israeli prisons, and that soldiers confiscated five\u00a0computers from the latter group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe undersigned organizations protest yesterday\u2019s aggressive treatment of three Palestinian civil society\u00a0organizations by the Israeli military and demand that all property seized be restored and that the work of civil\u00a0society organizations \u2014 and especially those comprised of human rights defenders \u2013 be protected and\u00a0respected,\u201d the statement said.\u00a0The statement was signed by Adalah \u2013 The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel; The Association for Civil Rights in\u00a0Israel; Gisha \u2013 Legal Center for Freedom of Movement; Hamoked \u2013 Center for the Defense of the Individual; Physicians for\u00a0Human Rights \u2013 Israel; The Public Committee against Torture in Israel; Rabbis for Human Rights and Yesh Din \u2013 Volunteers for\u00a0Human Rights.<\/p>\n

IDF to reduce time Palestinian minors may be held without seeing a judge – December 20, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

For offenses not defined as security-related, the amount of time Palestinian youth age 12 and 13 can be held without seeing a judge will be reduced from 48 to 24 hours. The pre-court-appearance arrest period for the 14-18 age group will remain 48 hours.<\/p>\n

In 2010, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Yesh Din and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice over the disparity between incarceration times for Palestinians and Israelis. The petition was then combined with a similar petition brought by the attorney representing the Palestinian Prisoners Ministry.<\/p>\n

In April, the High Court recommended that the state reconsider the initial incarceration period for Palestinian minors, resulting in this week\u2019s announcement to the court by the state.<\/p>\n

The state informed the High Court of Justice of the reduction this week, however the initial incarceration period for Palestinians remains at least twice as long as for Israeli youths.<\/p>\n

Palestinian minors’ detention time in W. Bank cut – December 18, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

State attorney announces major changes in significantly shortened detention periods under IDF detention policies.<\/p>\n

In response, spokesmen and attorneys for ACRI and the PA\u2019s Prisoners Affairs Ministry called the development \u201cpositive.\u201d However, they also expressed concerns that in some areas, particularly with adults and security-prisoners, that the policies still needed to change and improve.<\/p>\n


\nVictory in ACRI’s petition on behalf of Tel Aviv homeless<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tel Aviv judge chastises city for kicking homeless out of\u00a0public spaces – November 20, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

The decision comes in response to a petition filed by the Association of Civil Rights in Israel in\u00a0October 2011, after the city evacuated social protesters’ encampments, leaving homeless people\u00a0in the boulevards and parks.<\/p>\n


\nACRI urges new policy on stateless people to go further<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Israel adopts new protocol for stateless people – November 28, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Immigration and Population Authority recently issued a new procedure for dealing with stateless people living in Israel,\u00a0under which, for the first time, a stateless person may ask the Interior Ministry for recognition as lacking citizenship in Israel or\u00a0any other country, without being arrested or jailed.<\/p>\n

“I applaud that the Interior Ministry has finally formulated a procedure for stateless people to request status,” said ACRI attorney\u00a0Oded Feller. “However, the procedure does not fulfill the state’s obligation toward stateless people under the international\u00a0convention, including social rights, health insurance, education and welfare, whether they arrived in the country as tourists,\u00a0entered illegally or were born here.”<\/p>\n


\nACRI’s Fourth Annual Human Rights March<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thousands expected at fourth annual\u00a0Human Rights March – November 26, 2012 (Jerusalem Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

The annual march was inaugurated in 2009 and every year has drawn thousands of people. According to the\u00a0ACRI, many of those taking part “felt marginalized by repressive policies and a hostile wave of anti-democratic legislation.”<\/p>\n

Thousands rally for human rights in Israel – December 7, 2012 (United Press International)<\/a><\/p>\n

Thousands of people gathered on the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday for the fourth annual Human Rights\u00a0March, officials said.<\/p>\n

Association for Civil Rights in Israel President Sami Michael addressed the crowd at Rabin Square with a speech\u00a0dedicated to women’s rights.<\/p>\n

“Billions are invested in national defense, but very little is in invested in defending women who on a daily basis face\u00a0oppression, harassment, violence and murder,” Michael said. “Discrimination against women means that society loses\u00a0out on their enormous and blessed contribution.”<\/p>\n

Thousands take to Tel Aviv streets for annual human rights\u00a0march – December 7, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a><\/p>\n

Waving signs and shouting slogans pertaining to issues such as treatment of migrants, occupation, and the cost of living,\u00a0the demonstrators set out on foot from Tel Aviv’s Kikar Habima to Rabin Square, where a “human rights concert” began at 12:30\u00a0P.M. local time.<\/p>\n

This year, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel decided to change the nature of the event. Instead of a series of speeches,\u00a0and a few musical performances, there will be many performances, and only one speech from the association’s president,\u00a0Sammi Michael.\u00a0Israeli bands and musicians including Shlomi Saranga, Boom Pam, Noam Rotem, Miryam Tukan, and others, were scheduled\u00a0to perform at the event.<\/p>\n

Photos: 2012 Human Rights March in Tel Aviv – December 8, 2012 (+972)<\/a><\/p>\n

On Friday, December 7th, thousands hit the streets of Tel Aviv for the annual Human Rights March, put on\u00a0by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). The march gathered more than 130 organizations that\u00a0promote human rights, social change, equality, and democracy. The march marked\u00a0International Human\u00a0Rights Day, which is observed every year on December 10th, the day in which the United Nations General\u00a0Assembly adopted the\u00a0Universal Declaration of Human Rights\u00a0in 1948.<\/p>\n


\nDedication to ACRI in Final Column:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Before the 1967 lines retire, too – November 13, 2012 (Haaretz)<\/a> by Akiva Eldar<\/p>\n

This is my final column in Haaretz. I have chosen to devote it to Naim, to Yuval and to Dalia, to the volunteers at Machsom Watch and the Road to Recovery, all of whom took part in Saturday’s visit. I also want to dedicate it to other activists or groups working toward peace: Dror Etkes, Yesh Din, Breaking the Silence, Peace Now, Gisha, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Rabbis for Human Rights, B’Tselem and the New Israel Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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