26 May 10 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Mordechai Vanunu, the former Israeli nuclear plant technician who spent 18 years in prison for exposing the country’s nuclear arsenal, was jailed again on 23 May. He was found guilty of “unauthorised meetings with foreigners” which include journalists and his Norwegian girlfriend. The Israeli government did not allow Vanunu to leave the country, visit foreign embassies nor meet with people from outside Israel after finishing his sentence in April 2004. He was convicted of breaking these terms in December 2009 and sentenced to six months community service. Vanunu claims he did not comply with the order out of fear he would be assaulted.
04 May 10 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Twoal-Jazeera reporters were prevented from covering a demonstration in the West Bank on Friday by the Israeli military. They were detained for four and a half hours before being released and told to never return. Cameraman Majdi Bannoura and assistant Nader Abu Zer were arrested trying to videotape the weekly protests on the separation barrier being erected in Bil’in by Israel.
14 Apr 10 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, Uncategorized
After immense pressure from the right-wing on Sunday, the Israeli bookstore chain Tzomet Sfarim has stopped selling a leftist political manifesto heavily critical of the settler movement. In The National Left, the authors call settlers “messianic madmen” and brainwashed “zombies”. The company claims they pulled the book not for political reasons, but because it “hurts the feelings of some of our customers”.
Meanwhile cameraman and AFP correspondent Hazem Bader was arrested by Israeli forces in Hebron after he refused to stop filming a protest. Fifteen protesters were also arrested for not leaving the closed military area. Bader was detained for three hours then released after AFP intervened.
08 Apr 10 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, Uncategorized
Reports are emerging that an injunction on the reporting of the case of Anat Kamm, an Israeli activist accused of leaking confidential military documents to the media, has been lifted by a Tel Aviv court.
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