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On February 28, Israeli soldiers attacked a peaceful anti-Gaza Buffer Zone protest near Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. Weekly demonstrations protest Israel's no-go border area extending well into Gaza, including its most arable land.
Soldiers attacked protesters with tear gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets. Anyone entering Buffer Zone areas risk being shot on sight, including young children.
During late February's Israeli Apartheid Week, Israeli soldiers attacked demonstrators violently. Sewer water, rubber bullets, and tear gas bombs, causing dozens of suffocation cases.
On February 29, Haaretz reported Knesset right-wing furor after Israeli Arab Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran refused to sing Israel's national anthem (Hatikva) at Court President Dorit Beinisch's retirement ceremony.
Friends say he objects on principle. He's lawfully entitled to stay silent as are other Arabs and Jews. Many Israeli Arabs won't sing Hatikva because it reflects Jews yearning for Palestine.
In response, right-wing MKs condemned Joubran. Some want him removed from the bench. MK Michael Ben Ari proposed a "Joubran bill" under which judges not performing IDF service lose eligibility to serve on Israel's High Court.
Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman MK David Rotem wants Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman to retire him. MK Moshe Feiglin wants him forced to surrender his Israeli ID card and receive resident status only.
MK Zahava Gal-On defended Joubran, saying:
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