Israeli security authorities are holding a 17-year-old American Jewish citizen named Elisha Odess in seclusion, where his family alleges he’s been interrogated using harsh methods that amount to torture, amid a crackdown on Jewish extremists. Odess, who was born in Israel and holds dual Israeli citizenship, “has been abused so severely that he tried committing…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Jewish suspects in a July firebombing that killed three Palestinians, including an 18-month-old, have not been tortured despite allegations. “All investigations are carried out in accordance with the law, under the supervision of the attorney general and the courts,” Netanyahu said Monday during a meeting of the Likud…
JERUSALEM — Right-wing activists and police clashed at the entrance to Jerusalem during a demonstration against the continued detention of Jewish youth for alleged involvement in the firebombing of a Palestinian home. The demonstration on Sunday night came a day after hundreds of protesters demonstrated in front of the home of Shin Bet chief Yoram…
Right-wing activists and police clashed at the entrance to Jerusalem during a demonstration against the continued detention of Jewish youth for alleged involvement in the firebombing of a Palestinian home. The demonstration on Sunday night came a day after hundreds of protesters demonstrated in front of the home of Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen over…
Israel’s Agriculture Minister has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to investigate claims that the Shin Bet security agency tortured the Jewish suspects in last summer’s lethal firebombing of a Palestinian home. Uri Ariel of the Jewish Home party on Friday urged Netanyahu to convene a committee meeting to address the claims, the Times of…
Three Jews suspected of involvement in an arson attack that killed three members of a West Bank Palestinian family can be prevented from meeting with their attorneys, Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled. Salim Joubran, an Arab-Israeli justice, wrote in the decision Sunday that a meeting could disrupt the investigation of the July 31 firebombing in…
An Israeli court upheld the administrative detention order for a suspected Jewish extremist. The Lod District Court on Sunday said the order issued on Aug. 15 by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon against Meir Ettinger, the grandson of the slain far-right activist Meir Kahane, will continue for six months. Israeli authorities believe Ettinger oversees a Jewish…
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon walked back comments he reportedly made saying that Israeli military authorities know who is responsible for the arson attack that killed a baby and his parents. Security forces have a “general idea” of who perpetrated the attack on a home in the West Bank village of Duma, he told reporters…
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