January 11th, 2012
After ultra-orthodox Jews used concentration camp symbolism in a protest against secular authorities, a new bill seeks to control use of Nazi-era imagery. Daniella Peled reports
Tags: Tags: Daniella Peled, holocaust, holocaust imagery, Israel, nazi, ultra-orthodox jews,
August 17th, 2011
Al Jazeera’s Kabul bureau chief has been brought before an Israeli military court a week after he was arrested and detained by Israeli officials. Al Jazeera reported that Samer Allawi was yesterday charged with being a member of Hamas. He was arrested on 10 August, while crossing the border between Jordan and the West Bank. He was attempting to return to the Afghan capital Kabul after a three-week holiday in his hometown of Nablus.Tags: Tags: Al Jazeera, censorship, Israel, press freedom,
July 20th, 2011
Miri Weingarten explains the undemocratic new legislation that has been criticised in Israel and abroad
June 24th, 2011
Activists have attacked the Army Radio with a bizarre phone message scam, reports Daniella Peled
April 5th, 2011
Juliano Mer-Khamis used theatre to bring change to Jenin’s refugee camp. But he faced constant intimidation and threats. Daniella Peled reports
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Tags: Tags: art, Daniella Peled, Israel, Juliano Mer-Khamis, palestine, theatre,
October 13th, 2010
Palestinian activist Abdullah Abu Rahma has been sentenced to a year in prison for incitement by an Israeli military court. He is a leading organiser of the weekly protests against the separation barrier that Israel has built in the West Bank village of Bil’in. The protests started over five years ago and the activist has already served 10 months of his sentence on remand. The events are normally non-violent, but occasionally confrontations occur. Supporters claim the barrier is necessary to keep out suicide bombers. Protesters view it as an attempted land grab. The International Court of Justice and the Israeli Supreme Court have both declared parts of the wall unlawful.Tags: Tags: Israel, palestine, prison sentence, protests, West Bank,
September 27th, 2010
The Education Ministry has banned a history textbook that includes both the Israeli and Palestinian narrative of the Middle East conflict. The principal of a high school in Sderot was summoned to the ministry after his school was found to be using the book, entitled Learning the Historical Narrative of the Other. The school’s history syllabus, which aims to encourage understanding between the two peoples, was rejected by the head of the ministry’s pedagogic secretariat, Zvi Zamaret.Tags: Tags: banned book, education, Israel, palestine,
August 3rd, 2010
Al Jazeera is reporting that Assaf Abou Rahhal, a journalist with Lebanon’s Al Akhbar newspaper, was killed today in an exchange of fire between the Lebanese Army and the Israel Defence Forces. Read more here