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Advertisements In Israel, Ameer Makhoul, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who was very active in working for equal rights for Arabs in the state, was sentenced to nine years in prison under a plea bargain reached with the prosecution, averting a trial on charges he spied for Hezbollah. Blogger RichardContinue Reading

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Advertisements B’Tselem has been very successful with our camera distribution project in the West Bank. We’ve now expanded our work in Gaza, and this time, people are noticing. In the New York Times today their “Gaza Journal” focuses on the set of videos we released last week in Israel. What  kind of message isContinue Reading

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Advertisements It’s always nice to see when a group of diplomats does something right. In the case of the UN Human Rights Council, the announcement last week of a fact-finding mission headed by Richard Goldstone is not only smart and appropriate; it offers some correction for a past error. DuringContinue Reading