Israel: Authorities remain silent about imprisonment of Syrian journalist Ata Farahat

Reporters sans frontières - Israel

Israel 29 September 2008

Authorities remain silent about imprisonment of Syrian journalist Ata Farahat

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the “unacceptable silence” of the Israeli authorities about Syrian journalist Ata Farahat, who has been held in custody for more than a year without any explanation.

The Israeli media has been banned by court order from publishing news about the trial of the journalist, correspondent for Syrian daily al-Watan and Syrian public television, who has been held in prison since 30 July 2007.

Israel: Bomb attack on Israeli academic opponent of settlements

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Bomb attack on Israeli academic

Bomb attack on Israeli academic

A well-known Israeli critic of Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Zeev Sternhell, has been slightly wounded in a bomb attack.

Police suspect ultra-nationalists Israelis were behind the attack.

Professor Sternhall has also strongly opposed the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, describing it as immoral and ineffective.