Appeal Is Made to Bush To Save Arab Accused of Helping Israel
Monday, May 5, 2008, New York Sun: WASHINGTON — A Palestinian Authority police officer accused of helping Israel with counterterrorism is facing death at the hands of a firing line unless a last-minute appeal to President Bush can save him.
The cause of the police officer, Imad Sa'ad, is being championed by a woman who became famous as a political prisoner in the Soviet Union before she moved to Israel in 1987, Ida Nudel.... Read more
Israel has an answer to the Iranian threat. Period
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Brig. General Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of the IDF Intelligence Corps research division, addressed a security forum series convened in Jerusalem by the Shurat HaDin and co-sponsored by the Chais Family Foundation.
During his briefing Kupperwasser asserted that the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions were aimed at fortifying the current regime and achieving regional and superpower status. While conveying an understanding of Tehran's desire for prestige, Kupperwasser also declared that "wiping Israel off the map is just one small step in Iran's goal to create a new world order."
Sderot To Israeli Government: Stop Supplying Gasoline to Hamas! Tuesday, April 15, 2008: The residents of Sderot, represented by Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, have dispatched a series of letters to Israeli government, parliamentary, military and legal officials calling upon Israel to stop supplying petroleum to the Hamas-led Gaza Strip.
The residents allege in their letters that Hamas siphons off more than half of the gasoline supplied from Israel for use in terror related activities including the daily Kassam rocket attacks, the incessant shootings at the farmers in the field, as well as the murderous attack last week on the Nachal Oz gasoline depot in which two Israeli petrol workers supplying the Gaza line were killed. Read more
Shurat HaDin Calls Upon Israel's Attorney General to Prosecute MK Ahmed Tibi for Lebanese Excursion
Monday, April 14, 2008: Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Director of Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center called upon Israel's Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, to uphold the "rule of law" by filing a criminal indictment against Member of Knesset Ahmed Tibi for his illegal visit to Lebanon on Friday - an act clearly prohibited by Israeli law.
In an urgent letter dispatched to the Attorney General, Darshan-Leitner demanded that MK Tibi be treated equally before the law while pointing out that this is hardly the first time he has broken this particular statute by visiting enemy nations Read more
Israeli Attorney General Moves to Block Shurat Hadin's Prosecution of Islamic Waqf April 7, 2008: The Israeli Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, has sent a letter of intention to the Jerusalem District Court announcing his intention to seek to dismiss a criminal indictment brought by a group of over 170 Israeli citizens against officials of the Jerusalem WAQF ("Islamic Trust").
A reminder: The unprecedented private indictment, which was filed on November 1, 2007, alleges that the WAQF officials have been engaged in the deliberate destruction of ancient Jewish relics on the Temple Mount. The case is first of its kind in Israeli legal history and utilizes a seldom applied section of the criminal code. If convicted, the WAQF officials face years in prison. Read more
Shurat HaDin in Rome Conference: "Identity Crisis: Can European Civilization Survive?" March 21, 2008, Jewish Chronicle: Since asymmetric warfare thus limits the capacity of armies to bring about a military solution, defenders of civilisation have to start thinking outside the box.
In Israel a law centre, Shurat Ha’din, is doing just that. It is forcing the terror-masters onto a different battleground altogether — the courtrooms of America, Europe and Israel. Read more
PA not Immune from Israel Justice System March 16, 2008, Jerusalem Post: The Jerusalem District Court will now be able to hear 55 lawsuits filed by victims of terror against the Palestinian Authority, after the Foreign Ministry issued certificates in every case declaring that the PA did not enjoy judicial immunity.
Among those who sued the PA were the families of two Israelis killed in a restaurant in Tulkarm; a border policeman killed by a Palestinian policeman near Kalkilya at the beginning of the intifada; an Israeli killed when he brought his car for repairs to a garage in Bidiya; and two reserve soldiers detained in a Ramallah police station who were lynched. Read more
The Ultimate Mission to Israel
Experience a dynamic and intensive eight day exploration of Israel's struggle for survival and security against Iran, Syria and Hezballah.
Join with doctors, attorneys, accountants, programmers and other professionals from around the world on an unparalleled and unprecedented Israeli reality-check at June 16 - 23, 2008 in Jerusalem:
* Briefing by Mossad officials and commanders of the Shin Bet * Inside tour of the IAF unit who carries out targeted killings * Live exhibition of penetration raids in Arab territory * Observe a trial of Hamas terrorists in an IDF military court * First hand tours of the Lebanese front-line military positions and the Gaza border check-points * Inside tour of the controversial Security Fence and secret intelligence bases * Meeting Israel's Arab agents who infiltrate the terrorist groups and provide real-time intelligence. Read more.
Monday, May 5, 2008, New York Sun: WASHINGTON — A Palestinian Authority police officer accused of helping Israel with counterterrorism is facing death at the hands of a firing line unless a last-minute appeal to President Bush can save him. 
Join with doctors, attorneys, accountants, programmers and other professionals from around the world on an unparalleled and unprecedented Israeli reality-check at June 16 - 23, 2008 in Jerusalem: 