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Applying the law by ethnicity: Israel’s dual legal systems explained
In the occupied West Bank, everyone is subject to Israeli military law. Unless, of course, you’re an Israeli settler. The dual legal systems — separate laws and court systems for different people in the same territory — are one of the reasons some refer to Israel’s occupation as apartheid. Video by Tal Frieden. Story editing by Michael…
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January 18, 2019
Pot decriminalization could be the best explanation of apartheid yet
An Israeli and a Palestinian are hanging out somewhere in the West Bank. Maybe they’re activists decompressing after a particularly stressful protest. Maybe they’re old friends, an employer and an employee, catching up over a cup of coffee outside one of their homes. One of them pulls out a joint and shares it with the…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
March 5, 2017
Nobody is coming to end the occupation, part two
Israel’s response to the Quartet’s ‘recommendation’ that it halt settlement expansion makes one thing perfectly clear: Netanyahu has fully internalized that nobody is coming to end the occupation. The Quartet on Friday released a long-awaited report on … well, actually, nobody is really sure what it is about or why it was written. In fact,…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
July 2, 2016
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Israel releases 12-year-old Palestinian girl, highlighting dual legal systems
A Jewish child arrested for an identical crime in the same location would not have been sent to prison. Israeli authorities released the girl after the case got attention and a request from her parents. Text by Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Twelve-year-old Dima al-Wawi, the youngest Palestinian in Israeli prison, was released after two-and-a-half months…
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April 24, 2016
Trump is no more racist than mainstream Israeli policy
Israeli politicians are joining the global pushback against Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim racism. But guess what other country bans Muslim immigration? Just days after Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump announced that he will be visiting Israel by the end of December, the billionaire populist called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United…
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Mairav Zonszein
December 9, 2015
Segregation is here, just look at Israel’s legal system
Although segregated buses provide a clear and obvious picture of discrimination, applying different laws to individuals living side by side may prove to have far greater legal, ethical and strategic consequences for Israel. By Gerard Horton On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the freezing of a plan to segregate passengers on buses…
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May 23, 2015
For near identical crimes, an Israeli and a Palestinian’s fate couldn’t be more different
A Palestinian hit-and-run suspect is sent to prison and winds up dead; a Jewish suspected of a similar but deadlier crime in the West Bank is sent home to his family. By John Brown* (translated by Sol Salbe) Three months ago, on July 25, Raed al Jabari, a 35-year-old a father of five, was driving…
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October 20, 2014
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