Firing Area 918: This is good news, but will it make a difference?

On May 4, the day before Israel’s 74th Independence Day (Yom Haatzma’ut), the Supreme Court handed down a decision in a case that has long been awaited: the legality or illegality of the closure of land in the South Hebron Hills referred to as Firing Area 918, and the expulsion of the population that has […]

Is This a Sign of Things to Come?

Rabin once called it “The Association for the Rights of Hamas” and yet our government seemed to have seen fit to send representatives to a conference they are holding next week. SEEMED, past tense. Because while the office of the Justice Ministry saw nothing wrong in sending a senior staff member to speak at the […]