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Seven injured at Bil'in protest
August 31, 2007
Seven peaceful protesters were injured on Friday when the Israeli army attacked the weekly nonviolent protest organized in the village of Bil’in, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
A bench in the breach?
August 31, 2007
Something strange happened this week in the Supreme Court. Justice Ayala Procaccia, considered the heir to Mishael Cheshin in terms of judicial activism, gave her seal of approval to the breach of an order bearing her own signature. Her partners to this ruling - which is exceptional, to say the least - were Supreme Court deputy president Eliezer Rivlin and Justice Miriam Naor. The respectable members of this bench instructed the State Prosecutor’s Office not to enforce the High Court’s own restraining order, which has been violated openly for the past three weeks now. In other words, the court delivered a resounding slap, perhaps to itself.
UN International Conference Of Civil Society In Support Of Israeli-Palestinian Peace In Brussels, 30-31 August
August 29, 2007
NEW YORK, 28 August (Department of Political Affairs) — The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace at the European Parliament premises in Brussels on 30 and 31 August 2007. Its theme is “Civil society and parliamentarians working together for peace in the Middle East”.
High court allows Modi'in Ilit residents to remain in Heftsiba apartments
August 29, 2007
The Modi’in Ilit residents who broke into Heftsiba-built apartments in the settlement’s Matitiyahu East neighborhood will not be forced out at this stage despite an existing High Court of Justice order forbidding them to move into the neighborhood.
Heftsiba disaster predictable
August 28, 2007
With every passing day, the nature of the criminal activity that characterized the conduct of construction company Heftsiba’s managers and owners is becoming clearer.
A first hint to the company’s conduct and its flawed norms could be detected a year and a half ago, after Heftsiba’s illegal activity in the Modi’in Illit settlement was exposed.
