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NOVANEWS Top court gives Israel even broader powers to use torture Nearly 20 years after it banned torture, Israel’s High Court is finding new ways to justify using physical force in the interrogation of security suspects. Israeli activists participate in an action protesting the use of torture, 2011. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) Israel’s High Court of Justice last week ruled that Israeli authorities’ torture of a Hamas suspect was not illegal and that the Shin Bet interrogators do not need to be prosecuted. The ruling also broadened and effectively removed the strict limitations imposed by a landmark decision by the same court nearly two decades ago, which carved out a “ticking bomb” exception to the prohibition on torture. Related stories As a journalist, I learned not...

NOVANEWS Nazi court has ordered the Palestinian Authority to compensate Palestinians detained by its security services over suspicions that they have collaborated with the occupation authorities, local media reported on Friday. According to the Times of 'Israel', the court has ordered the PA to pay a total of NIS13.2m ($3.5 million) in compensation to 52 collaborators. The PA occasionally detains Palestinians in the occupied West Bank who are suspected of collaborating with the Nazi Gestapo. Zionist Hayom reported that five lawsuits involving dozens of plaintiffs have been filed against the authority over its crackdown on collaborators, noting that the oldest dates from 2004. “We welcome the court’s landmark ruling,” said lawyers acting for the collaborators. “The judge saw the plaintiffs...

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Nazi court gives broader powers to use torture

Palestine: Nazi court orders PA to compensate collaborators