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18 June 2003
Today, the Knesset approved the first reading of a bill submitted by the government that rescinds the right of Israeli residents and citizens who have married residents of the Occupied Territories to establish their home in Israel. Read more about The Knesset: Enshrining Racism in Law
4 June 2003
On June 3, Israeli soldiers stopped Izz a-Din Ghanem from Silwan who was heading towards Hebron and made him wait for 18 hours at the Hebron District Coordination Office after confiscating his identity card. Read more about Israeli soldiers make Palestinian wait 18 hours trying to get into Hebron
21 May 2003
B’Tselem wrote to the Chief Military Prosecutor demanding that she open an investigation into the severe beating of two journalists. Sha’aban Qandil, a photographer for ANN and Joseph Handal, a photographer for France 2, suffered serious injuries as a result of a beating by IDF soldiers in Beit Sahur on Monday night. Read more about Two journalists beaten by Israeli forces - testimonies
21 May 2003
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom’s statement that “most human rights organizations whose offices are in Gaza and the West Bank provide refuge to Palestinian terrorists,” is a direct continuation of the campaign that Israel’s government has been waging against human rights organizations operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. Read more about B'Tselem response to incitement Israel's Foreign Minister against human rights groups
29 March 2003
The following are testimonies that residents of Nablus gave to B’Tselem’s researchers. The testimonies indicate that, during the IDF’s invasion of the city, which began on 19 February 2003. The soldiers used civilians as human shields, in violation of the state’s commitment to the High Court of Justice, and blew up the interior of houses. Read more about The use of human shields and the destruction of homes during the Israeli invasion of Nablus
2 March 2003
Nuha al-Mukadame, age 33, was crushed to death when Israeli occupying forces blew up her home in al-Bureij refugee camp on 3 March 2003. Read more about Palestinian woman crushed to death as Israeli forces blew up her home
13 May 2003
During the operation to arrest Khalil Musbah, Border Police Officers used a Palestinian family as human shields. Read more about Human shields in Jenin
26 April 2003
Israeli authorities have arrested four Israeli Border Policemen suspected of beating to death ‘Imran Abu Hamdia, 18, in Hebron in December 2002. The Department for the Investigation of Police (DIP), of the Ministry of Justice, investigated the incident after B’Tselem provided its findings to DIP and requested that it open an investigation into the matter. Read more about Israeli authorities arrest Israeli border policemen suspected of killing 'Imran Abu Hamdia
15 April 2003
Today B’Tselem is publishing an updated position paper on the separation barrier being erected between the Green Line and the West Bank. The paper focuses on the planned route of the barrier and violations of human rights of the many Palestinians who live near the Green Line (Israel’s 1967 border) that will result from building the barrier within the West Bank. Read more about Behind the barrier: human rights violations resulting from Israel's construction of the wall
5 March 2003
B’Tselem’s latest report discusses the harsh daily existence of the residents of al-Mawasi, which has received scant public attention. Al-Mawasi is a narrow strip of coastal land one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long. Read more about Al-Mawasi: Impossible life in an isolated enclave