Opinion The Real Hero Is the B’Tselem Chief
On the day the world realizes that the UN ambassador is Israel and Hagai El-Ad represents a muzzled minority, maybe its forgiving attitude toward Israel will change
B'Tselem
Head of Israeli Human Rights NGO B'Tselem to UN Security Council: Time Has Come for Action
Israel UN envoy Danon condemns Hagai El-Ad's testimony: 'You're an Israeli citizen who serves our enemies. IDF soldiers protect you and you come here and slander them. You should be ashamed, collaborator'
Hundreds of Trees Destroyed in West Bank Palestinian Villages, Israeli Rights Groups Report
The trees were in plots Palestinians can only access under army supervision due to proximity to settlements and outposts where Israelis have attacked Palestinian farmers in the past
Head of Israeli Human Rights NGO B'Tselem Invited to Appear Before UN Security Council
'Violations that occur in the occupied territories, outside of the official borders of the state, are certainly of international concern,' says B'Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad
Opinion Cowards of the Left
What a pity that while the right’s leaders are committed to serving the settlers’ lobby – the leaders of the center-left are fleeing the issue as fast as gazelles
Opinion Who in Israel Cares About Another Dead Teen in Gaza?
Israel has a fail-safe, copy-paste system for whitewashing the military's killing of civilians. Who knew there was a family or two nearby?
Opinion I Am Not Allowed to Speak to Children in Israeli Schools. Even More Worrying, These People Can
B'Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad says attempts to silence Israelis speaking out about the occupation are ultimately doomed to failure, but only if the international community refuses to accept it
The Education Commissar
The passage of the NGO Law that limits anti-occupation organizations is a glaring example of the way efforts to silence opposition to the occupation are undermining our entire democratic structure
Israeli Plan to Jail Anyone Filming Soldiers in the West Bank Hits Legal Wall
Despite Avichai Mendelblit's reservations for constitutional reasons, ministerial panel okays bill but demands other changes before Knesset vote
Editorial Punishing the Witnesses
A bill that would make it a crime to document clashes between soldiers and Palestinians violates the right to freedom of expression, encourages censorship and presents Israel as having something to hide