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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

civil rights

Hamas terrorists who were caught during the October 7th massacre and during the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 19, 2024, 11:52 pm
Israel seeks to replace Red Cross with ‘external party’ for Palestinian prisoner visits
Civil rights group blasts proposal, says government ‘circumventing international law’ and ‘overriding international regulations based on professional oversight and neutrality’
By Jeremy Sharon
Otzma Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel leads the Knesset's National Security Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, February 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 4:11 am
Hardline MKs push bill to allow curbs on movement, speech based on ‘confidential intel’
Backers say legislation equips police with tools to fight organized crime; expert warns it risks ‘harsh infringements of very basic human rights’
By Sam Sokol
Judge Irving Kaufman (Kaufman Family Photo Collection)
May 26, 2024, 4:54 pm
Biography tries to move judge out from under shadow of controversial Rosenberg spy case
Irving R. Kaufman, remembered primarily for sending couple to electric chair, shifted over time from being almost unquestioningly pro-government to an upholder of individuals’ rights
By Renee Ghert-Zand
This August 31, 2017, file photo shows a sign for Middlebury College on the campus in Middlebury, Vermont. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)
March 1, 2024, 4:55 pm
Complaint against Middlebury College alleges discrimination aimed at Jewish students
Title VI civil rights grievance filed by the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice says Vermont school retaliated against those who claimed to suffer antisemitism on campus
By Cathryn J. Prince
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv protest against the arrest of four prominent Arab Israeli leaders over plans to hold a protest against the Gaza war, November 9, 2023. (Screenshot Police Spokesperson's Department)
November 16, 2023, 6:54 pm
Police agree to Tel Aviv protest calling for ceasefire following High Court hearing
A petition by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel argued that the rights of freedom of expression and protest must be upheld during the current war
By Jeremy Sharon
Americans living in Israel march to the American Embassy in Tel Aviv with signs in Hebrew reading 'Americans for Equal Rights,' August 28, 1963. (AP Photo)
August 25, 2023, 6:46 pm
How Jews are joining the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington on Shabbat
About a dozen Jewish speakers will be among those addressing an estimated 75,000 people continuing the efforts that began six decades ago, and this time they include Jews of color
By Ben Sales
Volunteer supporting woman dying of tumor in a hospital room. (iStock photo)
May 5, 2023, 8:00 am
Few Israelis plan for end-of-life care. A purple bracelet seeks to change that
Lilach hopes its brightly colored DNR bracelets will bring attention to the Dying Patient Act, helping spread awareness of choices adult Israelis can make when faced with death
By Renee Ghert-Zand
File: Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul outside the home of Economy Minister Nir Barkat in Jerusalem, on March 6, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
March 11, 2023, 6:19 pm
DC think tank lists Israel as only free Mideast nation, but warns of legal shakeup
Freedom House survey of 210 countries and territories gives Israel 77 out of 100 points; says ‘democratic trajectory’ changing amid coalition plans to weaken judiciary
By ToI Staff
Simcha Rothman, head of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset on February 22, 2023. At right is the committee's legal adviser Gur Bligh (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2023, 6:51 am
Judicial overhaul will leave the right to vote unprotected, admits MK leading effort
Simcha Rothman tells Knesset legal adviser that curbing judges’ overreach takes priority over safeguarding rights
By Jeremy Sharon
Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman (center) at a hearing, with committee legal adviser Attorney Gur Bligh (right), February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 20, 2023, 5:08 pm
Knesset legal adviser: Overhaul leaves equality, freedom of expression unprotected
Adviser to Knesset committee leading legislation charge says clause in government’s bill would mean fundamental civil rights have no anchor in Israeli law
By Jeremy Sharon
Thousands of people participate in the Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 10, 2022. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images via JTA)
January 18, 2023, 2:45 pm
Could the new government endanger Israel’s status as an LGBTQ haven?
Netanyahu and others in his coalition say they are committed to protecting gay rights, but the volatile political situation makes the future hard to predict
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg holds a sign reading 'Health and safety is a human right' at the launch of the Cabricanecos Campaign in early March. (JFREJ)
June 26, 2022, 2:48 am
In NY, Liberal rabbis demonstrate for workers’ rights and a Hasidic company listens
Impromptu bargaining session part of a larger campaign that pairs left-wing Jewish activist organizations T’ruah and Jews for Racial & Economic Justice with Laundry Workers Center
By julia GERGELY
Anna (Anya) Pavlikova on trial in Moscow, Russia. She was found guilty of being a member of the so-called New Greatness movement and planning to violently overthrow President Vladimir Putin's government.
June 23, 2022, 8:39 pm
Documentary filmmaker casts lens on Russian teen allegedly framed by Putin’s regime
After fleeing to safety in Israel, director Anna Shishova completes ‘The New Greatness Case,’ portraying Russian use of cyber-entrapment against youth calling for more freedom
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Cassville Crossroads Historic District, Jackson Township, NJ, September 9, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 18, 2022, 1:13 pm
New Jersey town settles lawsuit over ordinance said aimed at keeping out yeshivas
Jackson must replace ordinance with one that allows ‘religious elementary and secondary schools, religious higher learning institutions, and religious residential schools’
By Ron Kampeas
Members of the Janes (aka the Service) in 1972. (Courtesy of HBO)
June 7, 2022, 10:03 pm
When a secret group of Chicago women defied the law to provide 11,000 safe abortions
From June 8, the HBO documentary ‘The Janes’ takes viewers back to the pre-Roe v. Wade era, and a little-known underground movement that kept women out of septic wards and morgue
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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