Judge Rejects Application of Israeli Law in Landmark Defamation Case Against Palestinian Activist Comments
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA A Palestinian-American activist has vowed to continue fighting Apartheid after winning a court case brought against her in the U.S. by a former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier. Suhair Nafal was facing a defamation suit over a 2018 Facebook post condemning the murder that summer of Palestinian nurse Razan al-Najjar during the Great March of Return. The case was brought by Israeli-American Rebecca Rumshiskaya, who was seeking $6 million in damages after Nafal described her as “evil” for joining the Israeli military.
Bizarrely, Rumshiskaya was also attempting to convince the California court to try Nafal under Israeli law. The attempt backfired, however, as Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig Griffin rejected the suit, even ordering Rumshiskaya to pay Nafal’s legal costs under anti-SLAPP laws, effec
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Following pressure, Israel begins vaccination drive for Palestinian workers
Thousands of Palestinian workers arrived at West Bank checkpoints to receive jabs following criticism of Israel s refusal to provide them COVID-19 vaccines.
A Palestinian worker is vaccinated at a makeshift vaccine site at the Meitar checkpoint in the southern West Bank, March 8. (Oren Ziv)
After weeks of delays, Israel on Monday finally launched a two-week campaign to vaccinate the 100,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank who work in Israel.
Hundreds of Palestinians arrived at the Meitar checkpoint in the southern West Bank on Monday morning to receive the vaccination. After checking their entry permits and registering them, Israeli soldiers medical personnel vaccinated the workers on the Israeli side of the checkpoint.
US officials were quick to oppose the decision made last week by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories since 2014.