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A New Mechanism for Dispossessing Palestinians of Their Land: Misuse of the Antiquities Law

Ghiath Nasser, Attorney at Law In 2025, an unusually large group of declarations of archaeological sites was published across the West Bank. An examination of the notices published by the Civil Administration shows 30 declarations of new sites in 2025, alongside two correction notices. Each notice was accompanied by a map delineating the site. By […]

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The Israeli Supreme Court invalidates the law abolishing the criterion of reasonability – Lawyer Ghiath Nasser

Today, January 1, 2023, the Israeli Supreme Court issued an important decision repealing the Basic Judicial Law (Amendment No. 3), which abolishes the standard of reasonableness that the court can use during judicial oversight of government decisions. This law was enacted by the government as part of a package of laws that the government wishes […]

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Like the Berlin Wall

Like the Berlin Wall… by Ghiath Nasser, Published in Common Groung News Service on 17 January 2008 WEST BANK—The Palestinian people and the State of Israel have been locked in nearly continuous armed struggle—lacking a meaningful peace process, and prompting extreme actions all around. In 2002, Israel began constructing the Wall separating Israel from the Occupied Territories; in […]

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The Security Barrier in Jerusalem by Ghiath Nasser

The Palestinian people and the State of Israel have been locked in nearly continuous armed struggle—lacking a meaningful peace process, and prompting extreme actions all around. In 2002, Israel began constructing a security barrier separating Israel from the Occupied Territories; and the Palestinians, while partly for humanitarian reasons, elected a Hamas government in early 2006 […]

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