The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/michael-sfard/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:14:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Michael Sfard | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/michael-sfard/ 32 32 Israeli immunity hinges on Palestinians getting COVID shots too, doctors say https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-immunity-hinges-on-palestinians-getting-covid-shots-too-doctors-say/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:42:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2470236 Epidemiological interest is clear, say officials, warning that herd immunity cannot be reached otherwise, but legal experts conflicted over whether Israel is ultimately responsible

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]]> Amazon delivering for free to settlements, but not to Palestinians – report https://www.timesofisrael.com/amazon-delivering-for-free-to-settlements-but-not-to-palestinians-report/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 19:07:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2241744 Rights groups claim discrimination, but online retailer tells Financial Times discrepancy is only due to 'logistical issue'

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]]> From The Gambia to The Hague: Meet Israel’s new public enemy number one https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-the-gambia-to-the-hague-meet-israels-new-public-enemy-number-one/ Thu, 26 Dec 2019 08:07:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2208325 ICC prosecutor Bensouda's bid to probe Israel for war crimes is being met with intense hostility, including by reporters highlighting her past work for a brutal African dictator

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]]> State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-plans-to-use-nation-state-law-to-defend-outpost-legalization/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 20:22:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1904494 Attorney defending Regulation Law in High Court says basic law's encouraging of 'Jewish settlement' allows for preferential treatment to wildcat Israeli towns over Palestinian ones

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]]> Court freezes expulsion of top Human Rights Watch official https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-freezes-expulsion-of-top-human-rights-watch-official/ Wed, 23 May 2018 13:46:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1856469 Omar Shakir, who rejects accusation that he supports an Israel boycott, allowed to remain in country pending decision on bid to deport him

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]]> Whose land is it anyway? The battle over a West Bank outpost offers some answers https://www.timesofisrael.com/whose-land-is-it-anyway-the-battle-over-a-west-bank-outpost-offers-some-answers/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 09:07:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1742574 Residents of Netiv Ha'avot, where 15 homes are slated for razing, argue that the land never belonged to anyone; a group of Palestinians from al-Khader petition to prove otherwise

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]]> Breaking the Silence rejects state’s demand to name sources https://www.timesofisrael.com/breaking-the-silence-rejects-states-demand-to-name-sources/ Sun, 22 May 2016 19:31:59 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1396620 IDF-critiquing NGO tells court that requirement to reveal informants is tantamount to 'demanding the end' of the organization

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]]> The Israeli lawyer fighting for Palestinian rights https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-israeli-lawyer-fighting-for-palestinian-rights/ Mon, 23 Dec 2013 02:09:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=796480 Jerusalem-native Michael Sfard successfully defends Palestinians in a number of high-profile cases in Israel's Supreme Court

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]]> Right-wing group deemed to have fascist characteristics https://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-group-deemed-to-have-fascist-characteristics/ Sun, 08 Sep 2013 19:16:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=666282 Rejecting libel suit, judge says extra-parliamentary Im Tirzu draws influence from authoritarian ideology

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]]> A night of apartheid https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-night-of-apartheid/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=383582 A succession of speakers at a three-hour conference in Jerusalem broadly agree that the 'A word' describes the status quo; the one dissenting panelist gets seven minutes

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]]> Haaretz changes tack on major story that alleged widespread ‘apartheid’ attitudes in Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/haaretz-changes-tack-on-major-story-that-alleged-widespread-apartheid-attitudes-in-israel/ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:12:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=259908 Newspaper publishes small 'clarification' of widely quoted article, changes headlines online; top Israeli pollster calls key question 'skewed'; critic says vital question omitted from poll

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]]> Two bills Wednesday force coalition to choose between settlements and judiciary https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-new-bills-to-test-governments-devotion-to-settlement-enterprise-and-the-judiciary-branch/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:16:41 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=108580 Proposals aim to 'regularize' status of 9,000 West Bank homes and avert court-ordered demolition of Ulpana neighborhood

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]]> Justices lambaste Ulpana petition in turbulent hearing https://www.timesofisrael.com/justices-lambaste-ulpana-petition-in-turbulent-hearing/ Sun, 06 May 2012 10:42:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=91422 State wants 60-day delay on enforcement of ruling that West Bank neighborhood must be torn down

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]]> West Bank outpost set to survive Tuesday’s demolition deadline https://www.timesofisrael.com/ulpana-outpost-likely-to-survive-may-1-deadline/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:04:03 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=84106 Supreme Court, in possible indicator of how it will handle the fate of Ulpana, gives government 60 days to address similar case in another part of Beit El settlement

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]]> State or settlement https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israel-state-or-settlement/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:39:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=82428 As Israel marked 64 years, Netanyahu clandestinely legalized three West Bank outposts. Is this how a mature country conducts itself?

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