Tag: Apartheid

Riots took place all over East Jerusalem this week in protest of settlers threatening to force their way into the Al Aqsa Mosque. As a result, Israeli security forces shut down major areas of the Old City, including the mosque compound to Muslim men under 50.

"Building settlements in occupied territories with US support is illegal and unacceptable" Michael Ratner continues his report after touring the "occupied territories" in Israel's West Bank. Michael Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.