Anti-democratic legislation's been passed. More's coming. Individual liberties are threatened, including those of minorities. Affected groups include those named above and anyone criticizing government policies, including Jews.
Annually, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) publishes its "State of Human Rights - Situation." For 2011, it documents "grave violations of rights in Israel's prisons and describes a rising trend of restrictions of liberty" overall, including:
- freedom of expression;
- freedom of political activity; and
- freedom of thought and opinion.
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza, surrounded by tents and debris, are suffering through...
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct...
