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Israeli security forces punish town of Silwad, near Ramallah, for car-ramming attack by local resident
Gate installed by the military at the main entrance to Silwad. Photo by Iyad Hadad, B’Tselem, 23 May 2017
June 25
Israeli navy vessel fires at Gaza fishermen, killing one as his boat fled
Muhammad Baker, 25. photo courtesy of the family
June 22
B’Tselem Executive Director speaks about 50 years of Israeli occupation
Hagai El-Ad at the Danish parliament, Copenhagen, 9 June 2017
June 21
Israel’s CA uproots hundreds of fruit trees and ruins crops on privately owned Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley
A bulldozer hauling date palms uprooted by the Civil Administration. Photo by 'Aref Daraghmeh, B'Tselem, 5 April 2017
June 20
B’Tselem field researchers detained by Israel Police while documenting movement restrictions in Hebron
The Bakery Checkpoint in Hebron, late May 2017. Photo by Siham al-Fakhuri, B’Tselem volunteer
June 18
The PA’s wrongful actions towards Gaza residents do not mean Israel can shirk its responsibility for their fate
Beit Lahiya, the Gaza Strip, 11 Jan. 2017. Photo: Mohammed Salem, Reuters
June 13
Israeli sniper fatally shoots 22-year-old Palestinian who posed no danger at a-Nabi Saleh weekly protest
Sabaa ‘Obeid being evacuated. Photo by Miki Kratsman, Activestills, 12 May 2017
June 12
Israeli soldiers detain Baraa Kan’an, a 19-year-old Palestinian, then abuse him for 7 hours
Baraa Kan’an at home after he was discharged from hospital. Photo by Iyad Hadad, B’Tselem, 14 May 2015
June 12
Settlers attack Huwarah homes, wounding three, including 68-yr-old woman tending sheep near home
Badi'a 'Odeh, 68, in hospital after being attacked by settlers. Photo by Salma a-Deb'i, B'Tselem, 22 April '17
June 8
B’Tselem Executive Director to Top European Officials:After 50 years of occupation, resolute international action needed to end it
June 1
B’Tselem-produced documentary project receives WebFest Best Interactive Experience Award
May 28
Israel is ignoring its obligations to the prisoners and the medical condition of the hunger strikers is deteriorating
Palestinian women demonstrating in East Jerusalem in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners' strike. Photo by Amar Awad, Reuters, 29 April 2017.
May 25
Hamas government executes three people in pseudo-trial that fails to meet any international standard
May 25
B’Tselem seeks International Relations Officer
May 21
Civil Administration uproots 135 olive trees on privately owned Palestinian land in Wadi Qana – part of Israel’s efforts toward its de facto annexation
‘Abd al-‘Aziz ‘Aqel, one of the landowners, holding an uprooted seedling. Photo by Abdulkarim Sadi, B’Tselem, 3 April 2017
May 21
“The Boy from H2” to be screened at the Vienna Shorts Festival
Muhammad Burqan. From “The Boy from H2” by Helen Yanovsky
May 17
Gaza executions: Taking human lives has no place in law or law enforcement
Photo: Reuters
May 17
Israel bars thousands of Palestinians from traveling abroad; many other don’t even bother to make the attempt
Soldiers near the entrance to Allenby Bridge Crossing. Photo by Ronen Zvulun, Reuters, 10 March 2014
May 15
Israeli police shoot and kill 16-year-old girl who brandished a knife at them, but did not pose a real danger to them
Fatimah Hjeiji, 16
May 10
Batan al-Hawa: A Threatened Existence
May 8