Press and independent media
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Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive came about
28/12/2008
[Ha’aretz] Long-term preparation, careful gathering of information, secret discussions, operational deception and the misleading of the public - all these stood behind the Israel Defense Forces "Cast Lead" operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, which began Saturday morning.
Construction plans? The court doesn't care
23/12/2008
[Ha’aretz] Decisions from the High Court of Justice to uproot entire sections of the separation fence because of excessive damage to the Palestinians’ fabric of life have become routine. So, the ruling by a bench headed by Supreme Court President Dority Beinisch to invalidate - for the third time - the fence route in the disputed area that borders on the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in the expansion of Modi’in Ilit and the Palestinian village of Bil’in has been shunted to the margins of the news. But many people would do well to peruse that court decision, particularly the following:
"Security considerations that shape the new route will take into account buildings that have actually been built, and not plans for future construction. The security distances will be measured from the existing construction and not from planned buildings that have not yet been erected."
Photo of the year 2008
17/12/2008
Tear gas cannisters fired by Israeli soldiers fall from the sky on Palestinian and Israeli peace activists during a protest against the construction of Israel’s controversial security barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, on June 6, 2008. [Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images]
Selected in AFP Photos of the year gallery and The year 2008 in photographs by The Big Picture
Bil’in residents cautious following Supreme Court order to move the annexation wall
16/12/2008
[ISM] The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the second proposed route of the annexation barrier proposed by the Israeli military is illegal.
The High Court judges concluded following the court session that the route presented by the Israeli State did not conform to the previous court ruling from September 2007.
Court rejects new Bil'in barrier route
15/12/2008
[Jerusalem Post] "The route chosen by the state does not comply with the standards determined in the High Court verdict," wrote Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch. "The state is ordered to uphold the court’s instructions without further delay and to map out a route for the barrier which meets the criteria established in the ruling."
