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All legal proceedings in the West Bank and Gaza came to an abrupt halt Saturday after all Palestinian Authority judges went on strike. According to reports, the judges went on strike after repeated calls for increased courtroom and personal...

Eight members of the UN Commission on Human Rights Thursday called on Israel to stop building a barrier to close off the West Bank. The group, marking the first anniversary this summer of an International...

The head of the Arab League on Monday endorsed a definition of terrorism slated for inclusion in a long-stalled UN treaty that many Arab states oppose. The proposal would define terrorism as "the targeting and...

The commissioner of Israel's prison service Ya'akov Ganot told a Knesset committee on Wednesday that Israeli detention facilities were equipped to hold as many as 2,300 anti-pullout activists predicted to take part in illegal protests against the...

A report submitted by Switzerland Friday to the UN General Assembly in its capacity as guardian of the Geneva Conventions called on Israel to promise disassembly of the West Bank Security Fence if...

Lawyers for the state of Israel have argued in court papers filed with the Israeli High Court that moving a portion of the fully-constructed Security Fence as requested by Palestinian villagers is precluded by cost, said to...

Leading Monday's states brief, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ordered its criminal practice committee to assess whether financial records should be given more protection as a matter of public policy. In upholding the conviction of a...

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements does not violate settlers' rights. Judges voted 10-1 in favor of...

A prosecutor in the trial of former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian said in his opening remarks Monday that Al-Arian was at one time the most powerful man in an organization responsible for the deaths...

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, KPMG LLP , the US unit of accounting firm KPMG International , has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle with the SEC over charges that it allowed...