Posts Tagged ‘Marianne Azizi’

Israel strangles freedom of speech

Knesset adopts bill to prevent state-controlled media from giving opinions Marianne Azizi writes: It has been a sad week for democracy in Israel as the stranglehold on state-run media became official. During the week Naftalie Bennet, the education minister, was quoted as saying: “We are here to rule the people even if the media don’t […]

Walk4Kids September 2015 – highlighting the lack of children’s rights in Israel

Moti Leybel writes: Three hours after Moti Leybel and Marianne Azizi wrote this article, Mr Leybel’s phone and computer and Ms Azizi’s netbook were seized by Israeli police, and Mr Leybel was taken in for questioning. This is a common experience for independent writers who speak up for reform in Israel. In September, Moti Leybel […]

Israel: Breaking up families for profit?

Marianne Azizi writes:  I have witnessed with my own eyes children in Israel being removed from fit parents and placed into fostering. Last week, two out of four children were removed from a couple. The eldest two were from a former marriage. A false claim was made regarding abuse, and the boy and girl were […]

“Shame on Israel”! Wealthy father bled dry, faces jail for complaining against the system

Marianne Azizi writes about one aspect of the injustice that is deeply ingrained in Israeli society Avni has not seen his twin daughters for two years. He has had over 150 false complaints made against him to the police. They are proven false then repeated. He says his divorce and custody battle has cost him […]

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