detention of journalists

A Palestinian human rights activist is led to the Jerusalem District Court in handcuffs following his arrest Tuesday morning, January 20, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israel arrests Palestinian journalist en route to int’l conference

Omar Nazzal, a well-known journalist in Ramallah, has been in custody since Saturday on terror charges, based on secret evidence. His lawyer says that his alleged contact with militants was an integral part of his job. Israel arrested a Palestinian journalist on Saturday while he was trying to leave the West Bank en route to…

By Haggai Matar April 25, 2016

Israeli soldiers blindfold and arrest a young Palestinian man in Hebron. (photo: Activestills.org)

West Bank kidnapping: Israel’s crackdown moves beyond Hamas militants

By arresting Hamas-affiliated journalists, charity workers and parliament members, Israel is going way beyond any attempt at trying to find the kidnapped teens. Someone’s gotta say it: what Israel has been doing in the West Bank over the past several days goes way beyond any attempt at trying to find the kidnapped teens. It is…

By Haggai Matar June 17, 2014

Paul Auster’s blindness to assault on journalists, free speech

The author’s recent comments on Israel and free speech overlook the fact that its record is not much better than Turkey’s. But like many intellectuals in the West, Auster insists on compartmentalizing Israel and ‘Israel-as-Occupier.’ By Anat Matar What is behind Paul Auster’s blindness when he asserts that “free speech exists [in Israel] and no…

By Haokets February 8, 2012

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