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Israel expels two Swedes from occupied Palestine

-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) detained and later expelled two Swedish citizens, one of them was a lawmaker, upon their arrival in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israel’s deputy PM calls off visit to Britain fearing arrest

Dan Meridor, the deputy premier of Israel, has cancelled a scheduled visit to Britain this week after the British justice ministry warned him that he could be arrested on arrival.

Israeli police shoot “hated” Arab legislator in back

Jonathan Cook reports on the shooting in the back of Israeli Arab MP Haneen Zoubi by Israel police who used special paramilitary forces against an Arab demonstration provoked by ultra-right-wing

Ashkenazi: Navy fired 308 projectiles at Freedom Flotilla activists

Israeli Military Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazi, testifying Sunday for the second time before Israel’s Turkel committee, reiterated his full support for his soldiers’ deadly massacre against a Gaza-bound aid

Committing perjury is all in a day’s work for Israel’s chief military advocate-general

Richard Lightbown considers the obfuscations and downright lies of Israeli Chief Military Advocate-General Avichai Mandelblit, one of the main witnesses before the Turkel Commission, set up by the Israeli government

The Israeli Knesset’s Anti-Democratic Agenda

An earlier article discussed the Mossawa Center calling the current Knesset the most racist in history.

Lawyers from 20 countries discuss charges against Israel over flotilla massacre

-- The Freedom Flotilla alliance, meeting in Geneva on Monday, announced that dozens of lawyers from more than 20 countries will meet to discuss suits filed against Israel over its

Lawyers of flotilla victims push int’l court to prosecute Israel

Lawyers representing the victims of the Freedom Flotilla, which was attacked by Israeli soldiers late last May, have filed requests to the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israel on charges

The Press as Political Player

It is very relevant that in 2009 more than a hundred journalists were killed while doing their job. I have no doubt that all of them were trying to show

Egypt sends positive indicators to allow Lifeline (5) into Gaza Strip

Organizers of the Lifeline (5) convoy have received positive indicators from the Egyptian government that the caravan could cross into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing point.