Israel Bolsters Its Ability To Strike Iran Aug 8, 2008
Human rights group B'Tselem, which publicized the video, issued a statement deploring the military's decision not to press criminal charges. Israel's prime minister pledged to free more than 150 Palestinian prisoners in a meeting Wednesday with President Mahmoud Abbas, a gesture meant to energize their sluggish peace talks. (CBS News -- World)
Israel charges soldiers in WBank shooting video Aug 7, 2008
An Israeli soldier fires towards the leg of a Palestinian detained during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, in this frame grab from a video taken about three weeks ago and released on July 20, 2008, by Israeli rights group B'Tselem. (REUTERS/B'Tselem via Reuters TV) ... The shooting was captured on video and released by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
For Jerusalem Palestinians, Home Not Always Home Aug 3, 2008
"There is an ongoing and widely documented policy of discrimination in planning and building, land expropriation, home demolition, the whole issue of revoking residency," said Sarit Michaeli of the Israeli human rights group B'tselem ... B'tselem, the ri 00004000 ghts group, said that from 1967 to 2006, Israel revoked the residency of nearly 8,300 Jerusalem Arabs ... Judging by B'tselem figures, that could mean some 2,400 cards were taken since the beginning of 2007, another sharp rise. (CBS News -- World)
Boy dies by Israeli gunfire in West Bank, witnesses say Jul 30, 2008
The incident was captured in footage taken by a Naalin resident and was distributed by the Israeli human rights group B'tselem. The footage shows an Israeli soldier slowly taking aim and firing at the feet of the protester, as an Israeli officer holds the bound man's arm. (Boston Globe)
West Bank Palestinians face water shortages Jul 28, 2008
A recent report by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem described water distribution as "unfair" and called on Israel to rectify the "built-in, constant shortage of water in the West Bank." ... Most Palestinians have already used up water they conserve from rainfall in large rooftop barrels, B'Tselem reported ... Daily water consumption in Israeli cities is 60 gallons per capita, B'Tselem reported. (MSNBC -- International)
Obama makes surprise visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall Jul 26, 2008
In the first five months of the year 14 Israelis and 362 Palestinians were killed in the conflict in and around Gaza, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. Obama said he would work for a peace deal. (guardian.co.uk)
Israeli shooter sent back to unit Jul 23, 2008
Human rights group B'Tselem released the footage on Sunday ... B'Tselem has distributed dozens of cameras to West Bank Palestinians with the aim of recording human rights abuses by the Israeli army and Jewish settlers. (BBC News -- Africa)
Israeli filmed shooting at Palestinian Jul 22, 2008
A Palestinian girl filmed the scene from her home near the jeep, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, which obtained the footage ... Army calls incident 'unacceptable'B'Tselem spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli demanded that the military take steps against both soldiers, the shooter and the one seen holding Abu Rahmeh's arm. (MSNBC -- International)
Barak condemns detainee shooting Jul 22, 2008
Footage released by human rights group B'Tselem on Sunday shows the detainee being held by one soldier as another fires at his legs at close range ... A spokeswoman for rights group B'Tselem, Sarit Michaeli, said the girl had accidentally stopped filming when she was startled by the gunshot and continued as soon as she became aware she had pressed the stop button. (BBC News -- Africa)
Israel probes assault on blindfolded prisoner Jul 22, 2008
The video released by B'Tselem on the weekend shows a soldier firing a rubber-coated bullet near the foot of a West Bank man whose hands were bound and whose eyes were blindfolded ... A combination of three handout still video images made available by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem on Monday shows an Israeli soldier standing near an arrested handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian demonstrator; apparently firing a rubber bullet toward the man's leg; Israeli security forces surrounding the... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Armed with cameras, Palestinians put assaults on the record Jul 22, 2008
The four shepherds from Yatta were armed with a small video camera they had received from B'tselem, an Israeli human-rights organization ... B'tselem has distributed about 100 video cameras in particularly volatile areas where attacks by settlers or soldiers on Palestinians or their property are most frequent ... However, without news media coverage and subsequent public pressure, even video footage may not have prompted the police to investigate, said Oren Yakobovich, director of the video... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Israel probes 'detainee shooting' Jul 21, 2008
Rights group B'Tselem said the incident occurred on 7 July in the West Bank. B'Tselem said the video clip showed a soldier firing a rubber-coated steel bullet, from close range, at a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee ... B'Tselem said it received the tape on Sunday and forwarded a copy to the Military Police Investigation Unit, demanding an inquiry. (BBC News)
Shooting by Israeli soldier on film Jul 21, 2008
Advertisement The Israeli human rights group B'tselem has released video footage of what it says is a Palestinian detainee being shot at close range by an Israeli soldier. Story Tools. (BBC News)
Israeli army probes shooting of bound Palestinian Jul 21, 2008
A video, taken by a villager and released on Sunday by the Israeli rights group B'Tselem, showed a soldier firing his rifle toward a Palestinian detained at the protest ... B'Tselem said the man sustained bruises. (International Herald Tribune)
Israel to destroy attacker's home Jul 5, 2008
B'tselem says it has written to Mr Mazuz demanding that he prevent the attacker's home from being demolished. The group argues that the demolition would, as collective punishment, be illegal under international humanitarian law. (BBC News -- Africa)
W Bank in 'grave' water crisis Jul 2, 2008
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem says the West Bank is facing grave water shortages largely because Israel's "discriminatory" policies ... "It will have serious repercussions on the economy and health," B'Tselem said ... 5 times that of Palestinians, B'Tselem says. (BBC News -- Africa)
Kristof: The two Israels Jun 24, 2008
"For years, Israel has severely oppressed Palestinians living in the center of the city," notes B'Tselem, the Israeli human rights group, in a recent report ... B'Tselem is giving video cameras to Palestinians to document the attacks and abuses they suffer. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Israel confirms truce with Hamas Jun 19, 2008
Those operations have led to more than 360 Palestinian deaths in Gaza this year through the end of May, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. More than 40 percent of those deaths were civilians, according to B'Tselem. (CNN -- World)
West Bank 'attackers' arrested Jun 18, 2008
B'Tselem human rights group has been giving Palestinians video cameras as part of its Shooting Back scheme. The footage shot on 8 June shows four masked figures walk up to some shepherds and attack them with clubs. (BBC News -- Africa)
CHECKPOINT JERUSALEM: Palestinians shoot back - with video Jun 17, 2008
Under an innovative program called "Shooting Back," the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has handed out scores of video cameras to Palestinians across the West Bank so they can document attacks and harassment by Israeli settlers ... htmlThe Palestinians near Hebron told B'Tselem that an Israeli settler from the area told them to get off the land where they graze their sheep ... Last year, a 16-year-old Palestinian with a B'Tselem camera captured a video of a Jewish settler in Hebron calling a... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Outrage over Jerusalem housing plan Jun 14, 2008
The footage, which was distributed by the B'Tselem group, shows four people with their faces hidden approaching the farmers near the Susia settlement outside Hebron in the West Bank ... B'Tselem said that the woman who was filming ran to get help. (Aljazeera.Net)
'Jewish settler attack' on film Jun 13, 2008
The rights group, B'Tselem, said the cameras were provided to enable Palestinians to get proof of attacks ... For the past year, B'Tselem has handed out video cameras to Palestinians as part of its "Shooting Back" project ... The attack near Susia was filmed with one of 100 video cameras that B'Tselem has handed out to Palestinians in the region. (BBC News -- Africa)
Israel shows video of Gaza deaths May 3, 2008
The Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, has said that, regardless of whether there was a secondary explosion, it was probably a breach of international law to fire a missile into a densely populated area. Israeli ground forces moved into the Gaza Strip early on Monday morning and entered Beit Hanoun, not far from the border. (BBC News)
Israeli Gaza deaths report disputed May 3, 2008
The military's report contradicts one by B'Tselem, an independent Israeli human rights group, which found that the family was killed by an Israeli missile ... But B'Tselem maintains there is "no evidence" of any secondary explosion ... "The material [B'Tselem] has collected, including an analysis of the area, photographs of bodies, and eyewitness accounts, raise doubt about the IDF spokesperson's contention that a secondary explosion is what killed the family," the group said. (Aljazeera.Net)
Israel thwarts another infiltration attempt by Gaza gunmen Apr 18, 2008
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem released pictures that it said showed the journalist was killed by a flechette shell, which spews hundreds of darts. The munition is not banned under international law, but the group said it shouldn't be used in a crowded area like Gaza. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Arms row over cameraman's death Apr 18, 2008
" Advocacy groups have repeatedly sought to have flechettes banned on the ground that they kill indiscriminately. Thousands of the darts are released in mid-air when a tank shell explodes and can spray out over hundreds of metres. Weapon 'indiscriminate' HRW said in 2003 that the Israeli army should cease using the shells in the Gaza Strip. The group said their use in civilian areas contravenes global conventions because of their potential for harming civilians and their indiscriminate nature.... (Aljazeera.Net)
Rights group questions W. Bank shootings Apr 2, 2008
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem is calling for a criminal inquiry into the shooting, citing witness accounts contending the men were summarily executed. B'Tselem says that would violate a ruling by Israel's Supreme Court that troops must try to take wanted men alive ... B'Tselem said there have been similar previous cases: Since 2004, 300 Palestinians have been killed in what the military defined as arrest operations, including dozens who weren't armed or apparently didn't resist. (Boston Globe)
Israel urged to investigate killing of militants Mar 27, 2008
In a letter sent to Israel's attorney general and the army's judge advocate general, human rights group B'tselem said it had testimony that troops made no attempt to arrest the militants but rather "operated as though on an assassination mission". The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the B'tselem statement ... B'tselem also accused the troops of shooting the militants at close range after the initial fire to ensure they were dead, a practice deemed illegal by Israeli and international... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Rice seeks fresh Middle East talks Mar 5, 2008
We want to make sure that what happened will not recur," Erekat said. Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, said the talks with Rice would focus on events in Gaza and that Palestinian leaders would urge her to press Israel to end its military operations there. Hamas 'victory' Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since June, declared victory after the Israeli withdrawal on Monday and in Gaza City, several thousand Hamas supporters took to the streets in celebration. Dozens of... (Aljazeera.Net)
Israeli Gaza operation 'not over' Mar 4, 2008
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Rice urges Mid-East talks renewal Mar 4, 2008
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem expressed concern at what it called the large number of children and other innocent civilians among those killed and wounded in the Gaza Strip. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Africa)
Israelis attack to counter rockets and kill 50 in Gaza Mar 2, 2008
In the last two months, more than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. In the last four days alone, eighteen children have been killed, Gaza medical officials said. (Anchorage Daily News)
* Rice calls for end to Gaza violence Feb 29, 2008
In a statement, the human rights group B'Tselem questioned whether the inquiry met proper legal standards: "an investigation which is independent, effective, open to review and timely.". The group also called on the army to take measures that would prevent similar incidents in the future and urged it to compensate relatives of the dead. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
5,000 in Gaza Strip line Israeli border in protest 49 Palestinians... Feb 27, 2008
5,000 in Gaza Strip line Israeli border in protest / 49 Palestinians arrested in riot following rally against embargo (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Israeli army accused of turning a blind eye Feb 27, 2008
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem yesterday said the Beit Hanoun decision reflected a "culture of impunity" in the military. "We have to ask ourselves whether the IDF's internal investigations meet the basic standards of international law, which is that they be independent, open to review and timely," said a spokeswoman, Sarit Michaeli. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Israel says it has refined airstrikes to avoid civilian casualties among Palestinians Feb 24, 2008
"Generally, it is true that the air force is becoming more efficient," said Sarit Michaeli, spokeswoman for B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights group that monitors rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. According to B'Tselem, 137 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes last year. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Gaza boy 'killed in Israeli raid' Feb 20, 2008
Separately, Israeli human rights group B'tselem said Israel had imposed severe new restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank over the past two weeks. The group said the Israeli army had erected many new roadblocks, cutting off northern parts of the West Bank and disrupting daily life for tens of thousands of people. (BBC News)
Ending the stranglehold on Gaza Jan 26, 2008
According to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, between Sept. 1, 2005, and July 25, 2007, 668 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli security forces. Over half were noncombatants and 126 were children. (Boston Globe)
Dream begins to fade under state of siege Jan 18, 2008
" That, she suspects, won't be any time soon. As a field monitor for the Israeli group Peace Now, Ofran is responsible for monitoring the steadily growing Israeli network of hilltop settlements and military bases, industrial zones, restricted "bypass roads", walls and fences. Taken altogether, rights groups and United Nations observers say, Israel's West Bank infrastructure is turning the territory into an archipelago of disconnected Arab enclaves, controlled by walls, fences and checkpoints... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Israeli raid targets Gaza fighters Jan 14, 2008
B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights organisation, said that of those killed, 152 were minors, including 48 under the age of 14. More meetings. (Aljazeera.Net)
Bush heads to Israel in push for peace Jan 9, 2008
Israeli forces in Gaza and the West Bank have killed at least 94 Palestinians since Annapolis - 15 of them civilians, according to B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, including three on Monday. Two Israelis have been killed during that period, a pair of settlers attacked by gunmen while hiking near Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Boston Globe)
Abbas issues settlement warning Jan 8, 2008
Source: B'Tselem, Israeli human rights group. And so far in January the death toll among Palestinians has risen to 19 whilst 25 have been injured. (Aljazeera.Net)
Death toll in Arab-Israeli conflict fell in 2007 Jan 1, 2008
The number of Palestinians killed in 2007 was down sharply on 2006, but the rights group B'Tselem was critical of Israeli actions in the occupied Palestinian territories ... B'Tselem also said the number of rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza into Israel dropped to an average of 109 a month from 149 a month in 2006 ... B'Tselem said its research showed about 35% of the dead were civilians who were not involved in fighting when they were killed. (Guardian Unlimited)
* Civilians comprise 35% of Israel's Palestinian victims Jan 1, 2008
"In 2007, about 35 percent of those killed were civilians who were not taking part in the hostilities when killed," said the report by the B'Tselem organization. Out of the 373 Palestinians killed, 131, or some 35 percent, were civilians who were not involved in fighting, the report said -- a decrease of 19 percentage points from the 2006 figure of 54 percent. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Middle East conflict toll 'falls' Jan 1, 2008
Though deaths fell the human rights also declined, B'Tselem said. Israeli human rights group B'Tselem says that the number of deaths in Israeli-Palestinian violence fell sharply in 2007 as compared to 2006 ... There was little improvement in Palestinians' freedom on movement in the West Bank, B'Tselem says. (BBC News -- Africa)
Israeli-Palestinian fatalities drop, but other issues persist Jan 1, 2008
In its year-end report, the leading Israeli human rights organization B'tselem noted a roughly 50 percent reduction in fatalities ... Jerusalem - In its year-end report issued on New Year's Eve, the leading Israeli human rights group B'tselem said that the numbers of Palestinians and Israelis killed in clashes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has dropped dramatically, but that other human rights abuses persist ... B'tselem noted that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in clashes... (Christian Science Monitor)
Abbas calls for early elections, dialogue Jan 1, 2008
B'Tselem said the number of Israeli casualties last year was at its lowest level since the start of the second intifada in 2000. Reuters; The Guardian. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Israeli P.M.: No peace until Palestinians rein in militants Dec 31, 2007
The number of people killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence dropped dramatically in 2007, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem ... But the number of deaths in Israel-Palestinians violence dropped dramatically overall in 2007, according to a report released Monday by the Israel-Human rights group B'Tselem ... B'Tselem said its numbers covered the year until Dec. 29. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Palestinian-Israeli deaths drop in 2007 - report Dec 31, 2007
Israeli troops killed 373 Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank in 2007 up to Dec. 29, compared to 657 last year, B'Tselem said in its annual report ... Despite the lower death toll, B'Tselem said respect for human rights had deteriorated in the Palestinian territories due to an Israeli blockade on Gaza, an increase in the number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank, and a rise in the number of Palestinians held without trial ... 5 percent growth in Israel, B'Tselem said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Cloud over upcoming Bush visit in aftermath of killing of 2 Israelis by Palestinian gunmen Dec 31, 2007
But the number of deaths in Israel-Palestinian violence dropped dramatically overall in 2007, according to a report released Monday by the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem ... B'Tselem said its numbers covered the year until Dec. 29. (International Herald Tribune)
Lendman: Annapolis Hypocrisy Dec 4, 2007
-- arrested 30 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank plus 12 in Gaza making the total number of arrests this year 2476 in the West Bank; year to date Gaza arrests weren't reported but may be comparable in number to the West Bank; as many as 12,000 Palestinians are in Israeli prisons under deplorable conditions, most are uncharged under administrative detention, and Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem estimates 85% of them are subjected to torture or abuse; Israel continues making more... (Zmag.org)
Lendman: Torturing Palestinian Detainees Nov 16, 2007
B'Tselem is the conservative Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories with a well-deserved reputation for accuracy ... This article summarizes its findings that represent a joint effort by B'Tselem and HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual that was founded in 1988 to support Palestinian rights during the first intifada in the late 1980s ... Since the early 1990s, B'Tselem published more than ten reports on Israelis' use of torture and mistreatment of... (Zmag.org)
Olmert tells lawmakers Israel will release more than 400 Palestinian prisoners before U.S. conference Nov 12, 2007
But government statistics show Israel is holding around 8,700 Palestinians on security charges ranging from armed attacks to throwing stones, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said. Because so many Palestinian families have relatives held in Israeli jails, prisoner releases are a charged issue in Palestinian society, and releases are considered a confidence-building measure. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Turning the other cheek Nov 7, 2007
A total of 861 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces since the second intifada broke out in 2000, according to B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights group (119 Israeli children were killed by Palestinians in the same period). Few of the cases have been investigated. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Israel to expropriate Palestinian land for highway Oct 10, 2007
Recent reports by the United Nations and the Israeli human-rights organization B'Tselem reveal that Israel has been creating an increasingly intricate system inside the West Bank that allows Israelis free access to about 1,660 kilometres of roads and limits Palestinian access by roadblocks, check points and a permit system. The new road will be built on about 162 hectares of Palestinian land, 56 of which is privately owned. (Globe and Mail)
Freed Palestinians reach West Bank Oct 2, 2007
Sources: Palestinian Ministry for Prisoner Affairs (July 2006), B'Tselem (Oct 2006). A third bus, which was supposed to leave for the Erez crossing into the Gaza Strip with the other 29 men, remained at the prison. (Aljazeera.Net)
Palestinian cave dwellers defy creeping occupation Sep 29, 2007
The Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem says that Palestinian shepherds have lived in the caves south of the ancient West Bank city of Hebron since the 1830s in a community that now includes upwards of 1,000 people ... "Everyone thought he was camping,' Hamamda says. The army closed the road to the tent. More tents appeared. And then the new arrivals planted trees, and the outpost began to look more and more like the gated enclave from which it had sprung. As the trees took root tensions... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
UN urges rethink of service cuts to Gaza Sep 21, 2007
In the past year more than 450 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, according to the Israeli rights group B'Tselem, about half of them civilians and almost 100 of them children. In the same period 11 Israelis, including eight civilians, were killed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Letter from the Middle East Sep 19, 2007
"There's no question that jail has been a galvanizing force for Palestinians," says Sarit Michaeli, a spokeswoman for B'tselem, an Israeli human rights group. "You would be hard-pressed to find anyone politically active or involved in any way who has not been in prison.". (International Herald Tribune)
Lendman: Story Never Told Sep 15, 2007
The latter ratio is particularly startling since 22 times more Palestinian children were killed, in fact, than Israelis in 2004 according to B'Tselem - the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Terroritories ... Since the second Intifada began, B'Tselem, Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) published 76 reports documenting Israeli abuses of Palestinian rights and four others on Palestinian violations against Israelis or other Palestinians ... Three other... (Zmag.org)
Hess: Palestine since Disengagement Aug 25, 2007
In a major May 2002 report on Israeli settlement policy, "Land Grab", the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem writes: "The drastic change that Israel has made in the map of the West Bank prevents any real possibility for the establishment of an independent, viable Palestinian state as part of the Palestinians' right to self-determination" (p ... B'Tselem contends: "The construction of the Separation Barrier is the final step in the almost-completely isolation of East Jerusalem. It... (Zmag.org)
Israeli soldiers express pain of war Aug 15, 2007
" Much of Breaking the Silence's work involves seminars and tours, generally to Hebron, where between 1,000 and 2,000 soldiers provide security for the 400 Jewish settlers. The remaining 150,000 Palestinian residents of the city are forbidden to enter the streets that the settlers have occupied. Hebron is considered the birthplace of Judaism, and as such, the Jews who have been "settled" in the center of the city are known to be fanatical in claiming the city they regard as their God-given... (Asia Times Online)
Nasser: Gaza Trespass Aug 15, 2007
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, in an Urgent Appeal from Israeli Human Rights Groups to Israeli Defense Minister, raised its alarm Open Gaza's Borders to Prevent a Humanitarian Crisis. . (Zmag.org)
In divided Hebron, a shared despair Jul 27, 2007
Nearly half the homes in and around the Israeli-controlled Old City of Hebron have been vacated, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently reported. The group also said that more than three-quarters of the Palestinian shops and restaurants in the casbah and adjacent commercial districts have been shuttered, many by military order. (MSNBC -- International)
Israel sets prisoner release date Jul 18, 2007
According to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, more than 9,200 Palestinians are held in Israel, the vast majority in facilities run by the Israel Prisons Service and a small number in Israeli Defence Force facilities. International meeting. (BBC News -- Africa)
