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Natan Blanc is FREE
While Amnesty welcomes the release of Natan Blanc, we remain concerned about the treatment of conscientious objectors in Israel and the current, inadequate system in place.
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What Will It Take For the Israeli Military to Stop Imprisoning Natan Blanc?
By Nehal Amer, Social Media Specialist, Middle East Coordination Group 5/30/2013 UPDATE:Â Success! What does it take for the Israeli military to stop imprisoning Natan Blanc? It takes Amnesty International and…
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Natan Blanc, Back in Israeli Prison
Israeli authorities have put 19 year-old Natan Blanc in prison for the ninth time for courageously putting into practice his conscientiously held beliefs and refusing to serve in the Israeli…
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A West Bank Village Protests Against Israel’s Military Occupation
The climate of impunity allows for daily abuses by Israeli forces in the OPT. We had a taste of this ourselves.
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The Courage of Youth – Israeli Conscientious Objectors
Each year a handful of courageous Israeli teenagers are imprisoned for refusing to serve in the Israeli military on grounds of conscience.
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One Palestinian Village Obama Should Visit
Yesterday morning, US President Barack Obama arrived in Israel to much fanfare. He has said that he has come to listen. One place he should start is the Palestinian village…
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The Universal Periodic Review, Human Rights, and Israel: What’s at Stake
If Israel fails to fully engage in its examination under the Universal Periodic Review during 2013 as required, will the victims of human rights violations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, thank…
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Challenging Israel’s Occupation, Palestinians Create ‘Gate of the Sun’ Village
In the small hours of Sunday, more than 500 Israeli police surrounded around 130 Palestinian activists at a protest camp on the hills opposite the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’ale…
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Israel/Gaza: International Monitors and Arms Embargo Needed NOW
[caption id="attachment_31931" align="alignleft" width="270"] A doctor checks vital signs of haneen Tafish by light of his mobile phone in Al Shifa hospital, Gaza City, November 15, 2012. Haneen Tafish eventually…
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Gaza Blockade: Still Operational, Still Violating Human Rights
For over 5 years, 1.6 million Palestinians have lived under an Israeli military blockade that has left more than one million people dependent on international humanitarian aid.