A number of settlers burnt the house of Abed Al-Karim Hamayel in Abu Falah village in Ramallah Governorate on 23\11\2014.
DetailsDocumented report: masked settler accompanied by soldiers attack Palestinian village of Urif
Yesterday, a few hours after the shocking terror attack in Jerusalem, a group of some fifty Israelis left the settlement of Yitzhar, walking to the edge of the Palestinian village of Urif. The Israeli civilians, most of whom were masked, …
DetailsOrder to demolish homes of Palestinians who perpetrated attacks unlawful and immoral
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered the demolition or sealing of the homes of the families of the Palestinians who carried out recent attacks against Israelis. This action constitutes harming the innocent. It is collective punishment that is both …
DetailsInvestigation of Bitunya shooting leading to arrest of Border Police officers confirms B’Tselem’s finding that the youths were killed by live fire
Following yesterday’s arrest of several Border Police officers over the killing two Palestinian youths at Bitunya in May 2014, B’Tselem said that the official investigation’s findings corroborated what the organization found immediately after the incident – that Nadim Nawarah and …
DetailsIsraeli Settlers Attacked a Canadian citizen’s house During her Visit to Palestine
On 18th November, 2014, Israel settlers from the settlement of “Brakha” attacked a house belonging to the Canadian citizen, of a Palestinian origin, Yusra Abu al-So’oud 60-year-old from the town of Boren to the south of Nablus. It’s worth mentioning …
DetailsIsraeli Settlers Burn Mosque Near Ramallah
On November 11, 2014, Israeli settlers fire to a mosque in the town of Mghayer near the city of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses said the ground floor of the mosque was completely burnt by the settlers.
DetailsIsraeli Authorities Issued an Arrest Warrant Against a 2-Year-Old Palestinian Toddler
Israeli police and intelligence officers broke into the Zaidani family house in the town of Silwan in order to arrested the 2-year-old toddler Hamza Hazem Zaidani. Wadi Helweh Information Center in Silwan said that the toddler’s family told the officers …
DetailsNo one to be held responsible for killing 14-year-old Palestinian boy out picking edible plants
In March 2014, soldiers shot and killed Yusef a-Shawamreh, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, as he went through a gap in the Separation Barrier in order to pick edible plants to help provide for his family. B’Tselem’s investigation indicates that he …
DetailsThe Invisible Walls of Occupation: Burqah, Ramallah District, A case study
This report concerns the village of Burqah, Ramallah District. A rather unremarkable village, Burqah has never taken center stage in the fight against the occupation, and has not been subjected to extreme punitive measures. In fact, we chose to focus …
DetailsMinister of Defense not content with moving Palestinians to the back of the bus, means to keep them off entirely
In response to reports that Israeli Minster of Defense Moshe Ya’alon intends to yield to the settler demand to prevent Palestinian day laborers from returning home to the West Bank on Israeli public buses, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says …
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