Human Rights Lawyer Michael Sfard wants to expose the dark side of Israel's High Court
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"If you think you can conduct a struggle for democratic values and totally ignore the occupation and apartheid โ you're mistaken. You will fail. Democracy doesn't only exist on Mondays and Thursdays."
Extensive interview with me @haaretzcom.bsky.social
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ืืืื"ืฉ ืืจืืืง ืืชื ืื ืืืืช ืฉื ืคืืกืืื ืื ืืืื: "ืืืจืื ืืืืคื ืืืืื"
ืืืจืฅ
ืฆืขื ืงืื ืืืืืง ืืืชืขืืืืช ืืชื ืืืื ืืงืืืืืช ืืืืืืฉืืช, ืฆืขื ืืืื ืืฉืืื ืืงืืืื ืืกืคืืฆืืคืืช ืืื (ื ืงืืื).
ื ืืจืฉื 3 ืขื"ื, ืืขืฉืจื ืคืขืืืื ืืืืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืืืืื ืืชืืฆืื ืืื.
ืขืืฉืื ืจืง ื ืืชืจ ืืืืื ืฉืืืฉืืจื ืชืืืืฃ ืืช ืืฆื ืืืฉืื ืืื. ืืฆืขืจื ื ืจืื ืฉืื ืขื ืื ืืืื ืฆืืจื ืืืืืืง.
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11. Ben-Yair states in the article that he intends to push for protected tenant status for the family living in his grandmotherโs house. The Pal. tenants in the property have a fair landlordโsomething that cannot be said for many of their neighbors in Sheikh Jarrah.
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10. It is a great honor to represent someone like Ben-Yair. Not because of the senior positions he has held, but because of the example he sets. Because of his steadfast moral stance and insistence on justice. He speaks and acts with integrity.
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9. "This is not a mishap", I told @nirhasson.bsky.social, who published an article on the case in @haaretzcom.bsky.social. "The system is calibrated to operate this way. The mishap here is that someone came along who could not be ignored. The mishap is that we brought the truth to light".
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8. Along the way, we had to prove that Ben-Yair was indeed his grandmotherโs grandson and counter claims that he was unfit to manage the property because he opposes the Judaization of East Jerusalem.
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7. It took 6 years for @peacenowisrael.bsky.social, led by +the one and only Hagit Ofran, activists in Sheikh Jarrah, and a legal team including Alon Sapir and myselfโto restore the property to the familyโs control. For the first time in my life, I appeared and argued before a Rabbinical Court.
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6. used the income for colonization purposes, and planned for the day they would evict the tenants and settle the property with Jews.
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5. was uncovered purely by chance in 2019. It turned out that instead of locating the rightful heirs and returning the familyโs property to them as required by law, the organizations that had seized the property treated it as their own. They collected rent from the tenants,
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4. But in this case, the property in question is the house where former AG Michael Ben Yair was bornโthe home of his grandmother, Sarah Janna Shvili, who intended it as an inheritance for future generations of the family. The takeover of the house by completely unrelated third parties
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3. East Jrslm is dotted with properties owned by Jewish religious trusts, whose management these organizations have managed to take over. Usually, this is how it endsโheirs of the original owners are no longer in the picture, and Palestinian tenants face eviction lawsuits.
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2. It is a long standing practice of settler organizations, with the assistance of the General Custodian and the Rabbinical Court, to take over properties in East Jerusalem that were owned by Jews before 1948, all as part of the project to "Judaize" the eastern part of the city.
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Settlers seized an East Jerusalem home. They didn't know who they were messing with
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1. This story was supposed to end differently - with property in East Jerusalem taken over by settlers and Palestinians residents face eviction. But in this rare case we won.
A thread.
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ืืชื ืืืื ืืฉืชืืื ืขื ืืืช ืืืืจื ืืจืืฉืืื. ืืคืขื ืื ื ืคืื ืขื ืืงืืจืื ืืื ื ืืื
ืืืจืฅ
ืกืืคืืจ ืืืืืืฅ ืฉื ืืืช ืกืืชื ืฉื ืืืืขื"ืฉ ืืฉืขืืจ ืืืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืฉืื ื'ืจืื ืืืื ืขืืืชืืช ืืชื ืืืื ืฉืืฉืชืืื ืขืืื. ืืจืืฉืื ื ืืืื ื ืืืฆืชื ืืืขืื ืืืืช ืืื ืจืื ื...
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9. ืคืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืื. ืืื ืืืืข ืืืฆื ืืืืง ืืคืื ืืช ืชืืฉืื ืืืจื ืืจืืฉืืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืชืื ืฉืืื ืืชืืืื ืืคืขืื ืืืขื ืงืช ืืขืื ืฉื ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืื ืืืฉืคืื ืฉืืื ืืืืช ืกืืชื. ืืืืืจืื ืืคืืกืืื ืื ืื ืืก ืฉืืืจืืฉื ืกืืชื ืืฉ ืืขืช ืืขื ืืืช ืืืื, ืื ืฉืงืฉื ืืืืจ ืขื ืืจืื ืืืฉืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืฉืื ื'ืจืื.
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8. ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืฆื ืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืื ืืืืจ. ืื ืืฉื ืฉืื ืืชืคืงืืืื ืืืืืจืื ืฉื ืฉื ืืื, ืืื ืืจืืฉ ืืืจืืฉืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืืื ืฉืืื ื ืืชื. ืืฉื ืขืืืืชื ืืืืกืจืืช ืืืืชื ื ืืืชืขืงืฉืืชื ืืฆืืง.
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7. ืืื ืฉืืืจืชื ืื ืืจ ืืกืื ืฉืืชืืชื ืขื ืืคืจืฉื ืืชืคืจืกืืช ืืืื ืืืืกืฃ ืืืจืฅ: "ืื ืื ืชืงืื. ืืืขืจืืช ืืืื ืืืืืืช ืืืชื ืื ืื. ืืชืงืื ืืื ืฉืคื ืื ืืืฉืื ืฉืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืชืขืื ืืื ื. ืืชืงืื ืืื ืฉืืืฆืื ื ืืช ืืืืช ืืืืจ".
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6. ืืืจื ื ืืืฆื ื ืืืืืื ืฉืื ืืืืจ ืืื ืื ืื ืฉื ืกืืชื ืฉืื, ืืืืชืืืื ืขื ืืขื ืืช ืขื ืื ืืชืืืชื ืืฉืืฉ ืื ืื ืฉื ืื ืืก ืืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืชื ืื ืืืืื ืืืจื ืืขืืจ.
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5. ืฉืฉ ืฉื ืื. ืฉืฉ ืฉื ืื ืืงื ืืฆืืืช ืฉืืื ืืช ืฉืืื ืขืืฉืื ืืืืืืช ืืืืช ืขืืคืจื ืืืืช ืืืืืืื, ืคืขืืืื ืืคืขืืืืช ืืฉืืื ื'ืจืื, ืืฆืืืช ืืฉืคืื ืฉืืื ืืช ืืืื ืกืคืืจ ืืืืชื, ืืืฉืื ืืช ืื ืืก ืื ืืืื ืืืฉืคืื. ืืจืืฉืื ื ืืืื ืืืคืขืชื ืืืขื ืชื ืืืืช ืืื ืจืื ื.
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4. ืืชืืจืจ ืฉืืืงืื ืืืชืจ ืืช ืืืืจืฉืื ืืืืฉืื ืืื ืืช ืจืืืฉ ืืืฉืคืื ืืคื ืฉืืืืง ืืืืื, ืืขืืืชืืช ืฉืืืื ืื ืืก ืขืฉื ืื ืืืฉืืื, ืืื ืฉืืจ ืืืจื ืืืืืืจืื ืฉืฉืืจื ืืืชื, ืืฉืชืืฉื ืืืื ืกืืช ืืฆืจืืื ืคืืืืืืื-ืืชื ืืืืชืืื, ืืชืื ื ื ืืช ืืืื ืฉืื ืืคื ื ืืช ืืืืืจืื ืืืืฉืื ืืช ืืืงืื ืืืืืืื.
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3. ืืื ืฉืืืงืจื ืืื ืื ืืก ืืื ืืืืช ืฉืื ื ืืื ืืืืขืฅ ืืืฉืคืื ืืืืฉืื ืืฉืขืืจ ืืืืื ืื ืืืืจ, ืืืช ืกืืชื ืฉืจื ื'ืื ื ืฉืืืืื ืฉืืืขืื ืืืชื ืืืจืืฉื ืืืืจืืช ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืฉืคืื, ืืืืฉืชืืืืช ืขืืื ืืืื ืืืจืืื ืืจืื ืืืืืืื ืืืฉืคืื ื ืืฉืคื ืืืืจื ืืืงืจื ื-2019.
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2. ืืจืืฉืืื ืืืืจืืืช ืื ืืงืืช ืื ืืกืื ืฉืืืขืืืช ืืงืืฉืื ืืืืืื ืฉืื ืฉื ืืขืืืชืืช ืืืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืชืื ืืช ืืื ืืืืื. ืืืจืื ืื ืื ื ืืืจ - ืฆืืฆืื ืืืืจืฉื ืืืขืืื ืืืงืืจืืื ืืืจ ืื ืืชืืื ื ืืืืืืจืื ืืคืืกืืื ืื ืขืืืืื ืืคื ื ืชืืืขืืช ืคืื ืื.
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1. ืืกืืคืืจ ืืื ืืืืจ ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืจืช, ืืกืืคืืจืื ืืืืื ืืจืื ืืกืชืืืืื ืืืจืช. ืขืืืชืืช ืืชื ืืืื, ืืกืืืข ืืืคืืืจืืคืืก ืืืืื ืืืื"ื ืืจืื ื ืืืจืืฉืืื, ืฉืื ืื ืืช ืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืชืืื ืกืืืจืืช, ืืฉืชืืืืช ืขื ื ืืก ืืขืืจ ืืืืจืืืช ืืฉืจ ืืคื ื 1948 ืืื ืืืขืืืช ืฉื ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืืืง ืืคืจืืืืงื "ืืืืื" ืืืจื ืืขืืจ.
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Thanks to its regime, Israel is losing the justification forย itsย existence | Opinion
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The abandonment of its citizens in captivity in favor of pursuing the messianic ideology of the radical right, in addition to the rampant repression of government critics, has rendered Israel a failed state.
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