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Masked Israeli Border Police officers (Illustrative photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Israel’s most repressive law is about to get worse
Using the Emergency Regulations to outlaw Palestinian political movements is a preview of what’s coming. In June 1951, member of Knesset and future prime minister Menachem Begin participated in a meeting of the Knesset’s Constitutional, Law, and Justice Committee on whether Israel should adopt administrative detentions as a legitimate security practice. During the discussions, Begin…
By Amjad Iraqi November 29, 2015
Soldiers arrest a masked settler (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
On using ’emergency measures’ against ‘price tag’ vandals
The Israeli defense minister has raised the idea of using administrative detention against violent settlers. But there are more interests at play than meets the eye. As I wrote here last week, “price tag” – attacks by fringe settler groups perpetrated against (mostly) Palestinian property and civilians – finally hit the national news in Israel. The…
By Noam Sheizaf April 13, 2014
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