WHEN EHUD OLMERT became Prime Minister of Israel, he appointed his good friend Haim Ramon to head the Justice Department. Ramon had a number of achievements behind him. In 1994, as chairperson of the Histadrut (the General Federation of Labor),…
Tag: Israel High Court
The Loophole
Torture in Israel TWO RECENT REPORTS by human rights organizations open a small window into the torture chambers of Israel. Eight years have passed since the High Court made its historic decision forbidding torture, and now it is clear that…
Still Landless in Zion
A historic decision!” So the media describe the position taken by Attorney General Meni Mazuz on January 27, 2005. Mazuz declared that the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) must market lands of the Jewish National Fund (JNF, known in Hebrew as…