• Journalist deported from Israel says he was tricked into signing statement

    The National, January 23, 2010 After a week spent fighting a deportation order, Jared Malsin, the Jewish American editor of a Palestinian news service, was expelled from Israel on Wednesday. His departure brought his legal battle to a sudden halt, closing a case that many critics viewed as an Israeli attack on press freedom. But …

  • Jewish American editor deported from Israel, claims coerced into dropping case

    The Huffington Post, January 21, 2010 After spending over a week in a small, windowless room in Ben Gurion International Airport, Jared Malsin, the Jewish American editor of a Palestinian news agency, was deported to New York yesterday. The move brought Malsin’s legal battle to gain reentry into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to …

  • Israel cracks down on free speech

    Zeek, January 14, 2010 Yesterday, I received the happy news that Mohammed Othman, a vocal proponent of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, was released from an Israeli military prison after a lengthy detainment. Othman was held without charges since September when was picked up as he attempted to enter the West Bank via Jordan …

  • Tel Aviv’s Egyptian grandmother

    The Jerusalem Post, January 15, 2010 The first time I visited Julie, I felt transported. I’d turned onto Shabazi Street in Neve Tzedek and, somehow, left Tel Aviv. I’d stepped into one of those classic Egyptian eateries—a humble kitchen turned bustling restaurant, tucked away on a nameless alley. I stood at the counter before a …