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The Israeli Supreme Court and the de-liberalisation of Israel

By Eyal Clyne for JNews Blog
Monday, 16 January, 2012 - 19:43
London, UK

Eyal ClyneLast week, Judge Noam Sohlberg was appointed to the Israeli Supreme Court, which, in Israel, is also the High Court of Justice, a court of judicial review carrying important constitutional functions. Sohlberg will become the first settler judge in Israel’s history.

Being a settler, Sohlberg has a clear conflict of interests, since he will have the authority to rule on appeals against government policies violating International Law, while himself violating International Law on a daily basis. In fact, he has a personal and political interest in continuing to legitimise Israel's...

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BLOGS & COMMENTARY
Thu, 22/12/2011 - 11:41

Maccabees, Miracles and Zionists...

 What the early Zionists conveniently forgot when they began to promote the hero-worship of the Maccabees and their Jewish nationalist uprising against the Assyrian Greeks in 169 BCE, was why the rabbis had been so keen to down-play the rebels...
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Wed, 21/12/2011 - 18:54

Netanyahu’s African quest

In the hectic Israeli political environment, anything not perceived as an “existential threat” to the state of Israel is barely worth a mention. But then, “existential threats” abound. In addition to the Palestinian...
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Sat, 17/12/2011 - 11:24

The demographic threat

The Netanyahu government on December 2nd ordered the removal of several government ads displayed in various American cities. The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption's (MIA) 'Returning Home Project' had placed several video...
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Tue, 29/11/2011 - 14:17

Emerging Superpowers: India, China, and Brazil - New Realities for the Middle East

As the population of Europe and the US ages and their economies slow down, economic miracles half a world away begin to assert their dominance. History has been said to jump, not crawl, and recent international developments are paving the way for...
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Mon, 21/11/2011 - 11:01

If foreign aid is OK for Israel’s government, why not for its NGOs?

Israel has been dependent on international support from the day of its founding. It received donations from Jewish communities, massive aid from the U.S (to the tune (PDF) of US$ 3 billion annually in weapon subsidies), reparations from Germany for...
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Sun, 13/11/2011 - 22:04

The Yesha Council Disengagement Plan

 A. Is the annexation of the West Bank imminent?“Yesha Council”[i] and "My Israel"[ii] have recently circulated a propaganda video clip  as part of a campaign addressing the old Israeli-left argument, that "if a...
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Thu, 03/11/2011 - 13:23

Israel, apartheid, and the Hasbara machine

 It is not common for the Hasbara machine, disseminating Israeli state propaganda, to be exposed in such a way. As if by coincidence, two expatriate South African Jews, with a bit of a liberal reputation, came out of retirement to produce...
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NEWS
Thu, 01/12/2011 - 17:55

New bill restricting foreign funding to Israeli NGOs back on agenda

The new version follows the freezing of the voting process on a previous version by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last week, due to public...
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Fri, 14/10/2011 - 12:22

Update from Physicians for Human Rights - Israel on the Palestinian prisoners' hunger-strike

Last month, on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, more than 100 Palestinian prisoners embarked upon a hunger strike, and true to today, the number of...
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Sat, 20/08/2011 - 10:34

Egypt withdraws ambassador from Israel over officers' deaths

Egypt has declared its decision to recall its ambassador to Israel following the killing of several Central Security Force officers near the Egypt-...
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Thu, 18/08/2011 - 11:55

Palestinian Rights group issues document on Statehood

Leading Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq has issued a document addressing legal issues surrounding the planned statehood initiative in ...
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Mon, 18/07/2011 - 15:01

Israel's anti-boycott law – basic information

The 'Law for Prevention of Damage to the State of Israel through Boycott – 2011' was approved on Monday 11 July by a majority of 47 to...
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