Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Isabel Kersher – New York Times – Monday, 15 April 2013 (originally published 11 Apr) JERUSALEM — In the latest twist in the struggle for the character of the Western Wall, a magistrates’ court here ruled on Thursday that five women who had been detained at the Jewish holy site that morning for wearing prayer [...]
Jeremy Sharon - Jerusalem Post – Wednesday, 22 August 2012 (originally published 19 Aug) Four women arrested wearing black and white talitot; chairwoman draws comparison to legendary US civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Israeli law, upheld by the Supreme Court, stipulates that it is forbidden to conduct a religious ceremony “contrary to accepted practice” at [...]
IRIN – Friday, 25 May 2012 (originally published 21 May) TEL AVIV, 21 May 2012 (IRIN) – The arrest and imprisonment earlier this month of the head of Israel’s biggest trafficking ring of young women will deter some of those involved in sex slavery, but former victims and activists say much more needs to be [...]
Dan Williams – Reuters – Wednesday, 21 December 2011 (originally published 18 Dec) Bus rider likened to Rosa Parks for not sitting in back JERUSALEM, Dec 18 (Reuters) – A woman’s refusal to sit at the back of a Jerusalem-bound bus as demanded by ultra-religious Jews moved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to warn [...]
