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Martin ShermanJune 2, 2020
Duma guilt by conjecture?
The case comes with deeply troubling questions, which should be a source of grave concern to every fair-minded citizen of Israel and its advocates abroad.
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Ruthie BlumMay 26, 2020
Demonstrating against the forces of condescension
Protestations to the contrary, the chattering classes in the press, academia and the courts have been on an endless campaign to delegitimize the right.
Ruthie Blum
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Pro-BDS American lawyers’ group settles with Israeli organization
Jackson RichmanMay 22, 2020
Executive director of the Zionist Advocacy Center David Abrams said “the case is important because it emphasizes that boycotts of Israel and Israelis are illegal under American laws. To be sure, organizations have the right to criticize Israeli policies.”
New York State Supreme Court. Credit: Flickr.
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Israeli man found guilty of murder in 2015 Duma arson attack
Shlomi DiazIsrael HayomMay 18, 2020
Lod court convicts Amiram Ben-Uliel on three counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of arson • Sentencing hearing set for June 9 • Ben-Uliel’s attorney to appeal verdict.
Amiram Ben-Uliel, the main suspect in the July 2015 Duma arson murders in which three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives at the Lod District Court in central Israel to hear his verdict, on May 18, 2020. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/POOL.
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UK expected to pass anti-BDS law regarding pension system
May 8, 2020
A spokesperson for the U.K. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, said “we are committed to ensuring public bodies take a consistent approach to investments and stop local boycotts.”
British Parliament in London. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Justice Ginsburg released from hospital, participates in court’s oral arguments
May 7, 2020
The 87-year-old received treatment for acute cholecystitis, which the Supreme Court described as a “benign gallbladder condition.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Credit: European University Institute/Flickr.
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US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to participate in oral arguments from hospital
May 6, 2020
The 87-year-old, who has sat on America’s highest court since 1993, has been experiencing health issues over the past few years.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Credit: European University Institute/Flickr.
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US appeals court dismisses lawsuit challenging Texas anti-BDS law
April 27, 2020
Plaintiffs alleged that the anti-BDS law violated the First Amendment.
The Texas state legislature. Credit: Texas legislature.
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Pakistan rearrests four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case
April 6, 2020
Following worldwide outrage to the overturning of the convictions, the four have been rearrested and will remain behind bars “for a period of three months pending filing of the appeal.”
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. Source: Screenshot.
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Jewish, pro-Israel groups react to overturned sentences in murder of journalist Daniel Pearl
Jackson RichmanApril 3, 2020
“We urge the U.S. government to press the government in Pakistan to reverse this injustice and hold the murderers of an American citizen to account,” said the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002. Source: Screenshot.
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