If passed, the bill would authorize the prison director to prevent a detainee from meeting with an attorney for up to seven days, instead of the current maximum period of 24 hours. By Jonathan Lis
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill yesterday that would allow the state to prevent detainees suspected of security offenses from meeting with an attorney for up to one year.
The bill, introduced by Public Security Minister ...
Rami Almeghari,The Electronic Intifada, 10 December 2010
Air strikes by Israeli warplanes at dawn on Thursday caused serious damage to the Gaza Strip's only power plant, plunging the territory -- which already suffers from frequent outages -- into darkness.Media reports said the air strikes hit two sites belonging to Hamas near the Gaza power plant in Moghraqa village, central Gaza.Engineer Darar Abu Sisi, director of operations for the Gaza plant, ...
Former Israeli soldiers who have testified against army abuses have for the first time given up their anonymity, to make their voices all the harder to ignore. Donald Macintyre gets an exclusive preview of a powerful new book, Sunday, 12 December 2010, The Independent's Jerusalem correspondent
Avichay Stolar is a researcher of Breaking the Silence. He says: 'Young soldiers learn from their officers, they imitate their friends in the unit, and they ...
26 former top EU officials, including ex EU chief Solana and former German President Richard von Weizsacker, urge world powers to confront Jerusalem over its refusal to obey international law. By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 12.10.2010
A group of 26 senior former European leaders who held power during the past decade are calling for strong measures against Israel in response to its settlement policy and refusal to abide by international ...
Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Guy Burton
Conflict-related Development Analysis Program:
Occupied Palestinian Territory, Conflict Causes and Development Initiatives – A Structural Analysis
by Dr. Guy Burton (Researcher at the Centre for Development Studies at BirZeit University, Ramallah, West Bank)
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 13:00 – 15:00 hrs
Department of African Studies, ...
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