Archive for June 4th, 2012
Local Government: June 4, 2012
The City of Haifa announced that it will close down any businesses employing illegal immigrants.
Political: June 4, 2012
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced that he will support a bill that would legalize Ulpana homes built on private Palestinian land.
(Hebrew - Haaretz)
Closed Society: June 4, 2012
In Jerusalem, Jews punctured the tires of a vehicle belonging to Palestinian laborers.
(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)
Settlers and Settlements: June 4, 2012
An Arab laborer was attacked by settlers in the Kedumim gas station.
(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)
Local Government: June 4, 2012
15 people, including a senior member of the Ma’ale Adumim municipality, were arrested on suspicion of extorting money from contractors who worked in the city.
(Hebrew - Ynet)
Settlers and Settlements: June 4, 2012
Settlers in the area of Hebron distributed leaflets to Palestinians calling on them to leave their homes. (Maan News Agency)
Settlers and Settlements: June 4, 2012
Settlers uprooted dozens of olive trees belonging to Palestinians from the town of Yatta, near Hebron. (Maan News Agency)
Internal Security: June 4, 2012
A 14 year old boy from Silwan was arrested for 30 days and held in isolation, and following his release was remanded to indefinite house arrest which prevents him from finishing his high school studies.
(Hebrew - Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity)
Diplomacy: June 4, 2012
The Foreign Ministry has criticized the Interior Minister, Eli Yishai (Shas), who contacted the Eritrean authorities in order to expedite the deportation of Eritrean refugees, without coordinating the contacts with the Foreign Ministry, and against regulations.
(Hebrew - Haaretz)
Settlers and Settlements: June 4, 2012
The legal opinion of Prof. Yoram Dinstein, one of the World’s foremost experts on international law, legitimized the transfer of Givat HaUlpana residents into the Beit El military held zone, for the purposes of “territorial defense”.
(Hebrew - Haaretz)
