By Eetta Prince-Gibson, JTA
• Published May 2, 2012
BEIT EL, West Bank—Alex Traiman stands under a tarp in his spacious backyard as his 10-year-old, Tmima, turns cartwheels on the lawn.“This is our home,” Traiman says, pointing to his single-floor apartment filled with books and children’s toys.“We...
JERUSALEM -- The parents of American activist Tristan Anderson, who was injured during a West Bank protest, have asked Israel's Supreme Court to reopen the case against Israeli border police. Anderson's parents on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to...
JERUSALEM -- Residents of Migron have signed an agreement with the Israeli government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The agreement signed Sunday will allow the outpost's approximately 50 families to move to a nearby hill over the next three...
By Linda Gradstein, JTA
• Published February 22, 2012
JERUSALEM—As his weight dropped and his face grew gaunt, Khader Adnan became the latest Palestinian cause celebre.Israel arrested Adnan, a 33-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank village of Arraba, on Dec. 17 and placed him in administrative detention....
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian held in an Israeli jail without charge agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike. Khader Adnan, 33, ended the hunger strike Tuesday after the State Prosecutor's Office agreed that it would not renew his administrative detention,...
JERUSALEM -- Residents of Migron say they have reached an agreement with the government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The residents reportedly have agreed to have the community relocated to government land on a nearby hill. In return, they...
JERUSALEM—Israel's Supreme Court reduced the sentence of a Palestinian man convicted of rape by deception for posing as a Jew. The 18-month sentence imposed on Saber Kashour, 30, was reduced Thursday to six to nine months. His sentencing in July 2010...
JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the residents of the illegal West Bank outpost of Migron to accept a compromise on its evacuation. Under the compromise, permanent housing for the residents of Migron would be built on state...
Israel's Supreme Court voted by a narrow margin to uphold a law that prevents Israelis who marry Palestinians from living in Israel. The panel of judges late Wednesday evening rejected a lawsuit against the Citizenship Law by a vote of 6 to 5. The majority...
By Toby Axelrod, JTA, BERLIN
• Published May 18, 2011
The guilty verdict pronounced May 12 against John Demjanjuk in a Munich courtroom was a long time coming.Following a trial that lasted a year and a half-capping more than three decades of legal drama-the 91-year-old former Ohio autoworker is now officially...
