Yesterday, Tuesday, 21 January 2003, Israeli security forces destroyed dozens of structures in the Nazlat ‘Issa Market. Nazlat Issa is a Palestinian village located in the Tulkarm district in the West Bank. On Monday, 20 January, 2003, B’Tselem issued an urgent letter to the Israeli defense minister. Read more about Israeli forces destroyed the Nazlat 'Issa market harming the livelihood of hundreds of families
Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, the Israeli Supreme Court will hold a hearing against Palestinians who were forced to serve as human shields in Israeli military operations. Read more about Israeli Supreme Court hearing on human shields, tomorrow
For the first time since the previous intifada, more than 1000 Palestinians are being held in administrative detention, reports B’Tselem. Read more about IDF holds 1,007 Palestinians in administrative detention
B’Tselem released a new case study exposing a severe incident in which IDF soldiers in Hebron abused Palestinians and used them as human shields. On December 3, four Israeli soldiers entered a barbershop in Hebron. For more than an hour they abused five Palestinian residents of the city. Read more about B'Tselem: Soldiers' Abuse of Palestinians in Hebron, 3 December 2002
Groups of armed settlers have been disrupting the olive harvest in the West Bank since the harvest began in October. These groups have carried out systematic and violent attacks on Palestinians who were harvesting olives. B’Tselem reports on Israel’s response to settler attacks on olive harvesters. Read more about B'Tselem report: Israel's failure to stop settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters
In its new report, B’Tselem exposes a list of incidents in which the IDF violated a High Court of Justice injunction by using Palestinians as human shields (as part of the “neighbor procedure”). Read more about Israeli army still using Palestinians as human shields, says B'Tselem
The Israeli army has killed 15 Palestinian civilians for violating the curfew in West Bank cities reoccupied since June, and 12 of the dead were children, the Israeli rights group B’Tselem said in a report published today. Read more about 80 percent of Palestinians killed by IDF while enforcing curfew are children
Report from this Israeli human rights organisation that documents continued use of Palestinians as human shields by the Israeli army. Read more about IDF continues use of 'neighbor procedure'
The death of Abu M’khisan illustrates the illegality of the policy outlined in the State’s response. Using civilians to enter homes is just as life threatening as the practices the State discontinued. The IDF must prohibit this practice as it did all others. Read more about IDF is Responsible for Death of 'Human Shield'
Today B’Tselem is publishing a report on the failure of security forces to enforce the law on settlers who rioted in Hebron after the killing of the soldier Elazar Leibowitz. Read more about Standing Idly by: Non-enforcement of the law on settlers
