by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 22, 2020 | News
It’s unlikely that, in his youth in Nazareth, Dr. Bishara Bisharat, the child of Palestinian refugees, imagined that one day he would be a senior physician in Israel, advising the government on the COVID-19 crisis at the highest levels. But as he explained, “people...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 22, 2020 | News
On June 9, 2020, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the “Regularization Law” concerning West Bank land is “unconstitutional” and has ordered that it should be annulled. Eight judges in the nine-judge panel decided to strike down the law, which was intended to legalize...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 22, 2020 | News
An estimated 6,000 Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv earlier this month to protest the Netanyahu government’s plans to annex of parts of the West Bank, which can begin as early as July 1. The rally, which was the largest protest since the COVID-19 pandemic started, was...
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 15, 2020 | News
After a petition by flagship NIFC project partner Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Beer Sheva Court for Administrative Affairs has ordered the Ministry of Education to connect water up to a school in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Tel Arad....
by nifc-phil-mike | Jun 5, 2020 | News
A delegation from NIFC project partner Tag Meir visited the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz on Monday night to pay a condolence call on the family of Eyad Hallaq, a 32-year-old autistic Palestinian man who was shot and killed by an Israeli police officer...
