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Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership
Join our Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership October 2nd- 9th
Please join RHR for 7 days of touring, experiencing and Torah study that will challenge and inspire Explore Israel’s Burning and Sometimes Confusing Human Rights Challenges With Israel’s Rabbinic Voice of Conscience. Become better informed, more knowledge
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Op-ed: West Bank resident says Palestinians can no longer ignore attacks by extremist settlers Continue reading
House demolitions exploit the powerless in Area C
There is no possibility that Israel’s Civil Administration will fairly and properly plan for Palestinians in Area C if they are not at the table when their fate is decided. Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged A-Tur, Al-Waya, area C, beit arabiya, High Court, house demolitions, IDF, Rabbis for Human Rights, West Bank
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1,500 Palestinians face expulsion to make way for IDF ‘Firing Zone 918′
“Firing Zone 918″ is the Israeli military’s term for a portion of land in the West Bank home to hundreds of Palestinians who have been there since the 19th century. Why are they under threat of eviction and how is it being done? A primer. Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, Firing Zone 918, occupation, South Hebron Hills, Susya, transfer, West Bank, “Firing Zone 918″
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The Bedouin Say: Don’t Move Us to a Trash Dump
Recently, Rabbis for Human Rights has launched a letter campaign asking Jewish community leaders around the world to urge that the Israeli government cancel its plan concerning the relocation of the Jahalin Bedouin to a trash dump near Jerusalem Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights
Tagged 1948, American Jewry, area C, Benjamin Netanyaho, Damp, Ehud Barak, Israeli Civil Administration, Jahalin, Jahalin Bedouin, media campaign, Negev, North-American Jewish community, Press release, The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protectio, the transfer of the Jahalin to the Abu Dis dump site, Toxic relocation, West Bank
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Extreme Rambling with Mark Thomas
Rabbis for Human Rights welcome Mark Thomas, one of Britain’s most outstanding comedian with a special benefit performance of his show about walking the Separation Barrier between Israel and the West Bank. Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged benefit, benefit performance, comedian, Extreme Ramblin, Israel, London, Mark Thomas, Separation Barrier, West Bank
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Planning authority of the Palestinians in area C
The appeal that was submitted to the Supreme Court on July 31st demands to return the Palestinians’ rights to plan their villages and towns in Area C. Continue reading
Posted in General, Legal Work
Tagged area C, DCO, Dir al-Rafaya village council, Dr. Boutruche, expert opinion, Eyal Benbenishti, ICHAD, local planning committees in Palestinian villages in Area C of the West Bank, Planning authority, Prof. Benvenisti, Prof. Sassoli, Professor Eyal Benbenishti, RHR, St. Eve: The Catholic Center for Human Rights, The Jerusalem Center for Human Rights, The petition, West Bank
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IDF Civil Administration pushing for land takeover in West Bank
Inclusion of Jordan Valley, northern Dead Sea and area surrounding Ariel in ‘settlement blocs’ whose takeover the administration is advancing, would prevent establishment of Palestinian state with territorial contiguity. Continue reading
Posted in General, Palestinian Rights, Press Releases
Tagged Haaretz, IDF, land takeover, West Bank
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When the Rabbi meets the Imam
Following the fire at the Mosque in Hawara, Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann met the Imam of the Mosque, Imam Murad Udi. Rabbi Grenimann expressed his sorrow and said that he hoped it was not an act of arson. Both religious leaders requested a move away from extremism and for both sides to live together and respect each other. Continue reading
Palestinian Rights Department
Learn more from Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann about The Palestinian Rights Department of RHR. Continue reading
Posted in Palestinian Rights
Tagged 2005, 2008, 2010, 30 Palestinian villages, 3000 trees were destroyed, A supreme Court decision, affirming the right of local Palestinian farmers to access their lands unharrassed by settlers, arbitrary arrest, Army’s Legal Advisors’ Office, BeTzelem, collective punishment, confiscation of equipment, harvest, Israeli police, Italian NGO, Jerusalem, language classes, legal work and advocacy, lobbying, olive harvest, OPT Department, Palestinian Rights Department, Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann, radical Jewish settlers, RHR, Samaria, school for Bedouin, South Hebron Hills, summer camps, Ta'ayush, the plight of the Bedouin, Viento deTerra, volunteers, West Bank, Yesh Din
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