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Israel kills American activist, terrorizes prisoners, as Biden admin shrugs – Day 335

[email protected] September 7, 2024 Ayşenur Eygi, btselem, ceasefire, international solidarity movement, israeli settler violence, palestinian prisoners, Tally Gotliv, unexploded ordnance, west bank death, white phosphorus, Yuli Novak

American activist shot in the head, killed while observing peaceful protest, US “needs more info”; leaked video shows Israeli torture and intimidation of Palestinian prisoners; Israel blocks polio vaccination teams, unexploded ordnance disposal equipment in Gaza; Israeli MK calls for death sentence for B’Tselem executive director; Biden says ceasefire imminent, Netanyahu says nope; Israeli forces kill 13-year-old while protecting violent settlers; Israel withdraws from Jenin, but may return; France arrests nurse who volunteered in Gaza; Israel uses white phosphorus in Lebanon; more.

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Welcome to Hell

[email protected] August 5, 2024 administrative detention, btselem, itamar ben gvir, torture

Israeli prisons, in which every Palestinian inmate is intentionally condemned to severe, relentless pain and suffering, operate as de-facto torture camps. Report by B’Tselem, the Israeli information center for human rights in the Occupied Territories.

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Palestinian Released From Israeli Prison Describes Beatings, Sexual Abuse and Torture

[email protected] May 1, 2024 Abu Ghraib, administrative detention, Amer Abu Halil, btselem, Israel's Prison Service, itamar ben gvir, Ketziot Prison, Ofer Prison, prison conditions post-Oct 7, prison murder, routine daily beatings, torture, West Bank

The prisoners’ hands were cuffed behind their back. They were led to the kitchen, where they were stripped and forced to lie one on top of the other, a pile of 10 naked prisoners… Then the dogs attacked

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Israel is pushing the West Bank toward a “Third Intifada” – Day 94

[email protected] January 10, 2024 btselem, east jerusalem, Gaza, genocide, hiba abadieh, illegal settlement, isaac herzog, Israel, Mohammed bin Zayed, third intifada, West Bank

Israel is “obligated” to bring food into the Gaza Strip; Gazan journalist killed; Israel approves 700 East Jerusalem housing units; Israeli Pres Herzog in genocide denial; Netanyahu wants cash from Emirates – the reply: “Ask Zelensky for money,”

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Unwilling and Unable: Israel’s Whitewashed Investigations of the Great March of Return Protests

[email protected] December 6, 2021 btselem, Great March of Return, israeli impunity, whitewashing

In 2018-19, Israel met a Palestinian nonviolent movement with violence week after week – causing 13,000 Palestinian injuries and 234 deaths – then went through the motions of “investigating” its military’s wrongdoing. The Israeli organization B’Tselem and the Palestine Center for Human Rights combined to produce a detailed report deconstructing the Israeli investigation…

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Israeli soldiers illegally photograph Palestinian children in middle of night

[email protected] November 17, 2021 btselem, childrens rights, Israeli military, midnight raid

Israeli soldiers gathered and photographed 13 Palestinian children, forcing them to ‘say cheese’ before snapping an illegal image. The children, all in kindergarten and early years of elementary school, were forced to stand outside in a line. Several of the children were trembling and crying.

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450 incidents of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in two years: B’Tselem

[email protected] November 16, 2021 btselem, occupation, settlement, settler violence, state violence

Despite the increase in violence, Israeli forces continue their practice of not intervening to stop the attacks in most cases, and often actively join in, B’Tselem rights group says.

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Israel’s FBI gives human rights researcher a “warning”

[email protected] March 15, 2021 btselem, harun abu aram, police brutality, shin bet

Israel’s internal security service, Shin Bet, interrogated a field researcher for rights group B’Tselem who they said was always around during Palestinian activity, and has been “making trouble and threatening the army.”

His troublemaking includes reporting on an unarmed Palestinian who was shot in the neck and paralyzed.

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To Jews, from a rabbi raised in South Africa: “tell the truth – Israel is apartheid”

[email protected] February 18, 2021 apartheid, btselem, shuhada street, south africa

A rabbi with South African roots recalls the moment he realized that Israel’s system is “apartheid.” He describes his struggle to release his idealistic view of the Jewish State, and encourages Jews to practice “moral clarity” regarding Israel – without which it is impossible to find a way forward.

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Israeli soldiers cheer after shooting Palestinian man

[email protected] February 18, 2021 btselem, occupation, police brutality, settler violence

This is just the latest incident caught on film in which Israeli soldiers cheered and congratulated each other after shooting a Palestinian protester. The teen may face a lengthy recovery. Such violence against the occupied Palestinian population is daily and deliberate.

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