On February 4th, 70 people joined the Abrahamic Reunion South journey to meet religious, peace and ecology leaders in communities in the Negev and Gaza border region. Joining us were Jews, Christians and Muslims, rabbis and sheikhs, men and women, including Palestinians from East Jerusalem, Nablus, Jericho, Bethlehem and Hebron, Israelis from Jerusalem, and the … Read more
Last Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report announcing a historic database of companies doing business with illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. But they didn’t name any of the 206 companies on it. Luckily, we already know at least some of them. The Washington Post reported in … Read more
The growing fight against the deportation of asylum seekers is an encouraging show of civil engagement and strength. But at the end of the day, what will determine whether or not Israel follows through with the deportation is now in the hands of the Rwandan government. If Rwanda refuses to accept people who are brought … Read more
Remand in custody – even of minors – is part of the routine of oppression that Israel employs against Palestinians, with the full backing of the military courts, a system in which both judges and prosecutors are always military personnel, the defendants always Palestinian, and the conviction rate almost 100% Today (Wednesday, 17 Jan. 2018), … Read more
Israeli security forces fired live ammunition, killing 10 Palestinians and injuring hundreds more at demonstrations and clashes, in an attempt to quell the Palestinian protest sparked by U.S. President Trump’s declaration recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Live gunfire is permitted only in cases of immediate mortal danger that cannot be prevented by any other means. … Read more
Jerusalem is the Capital of Both Peoples: Palestinians and Israelis March Together in Protest and Hope The future of Jerusalem is for us to decide. Together. We invite you to march with us and model an alternative to the one-sided and aggressive approach of the American President. Jerusalem is holy and dear to all of … Read more
Tuesday, December 12 at 16:00 (4 PM) at the Um el Fahem intersection There are members of the governing elite who prefer not to notice, but Wadi Ara comprises shared lives, good neighbors and mutual solidarity even through difficult times. This country is full of Jews and Arabs who want to live together in mutual … Read more
Last week Trump made a reckless statement regarding the USA acknowledging Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The recklessness of it is less about what was said, but more about the context, the timing and by whom. The result is that it has triggered a snowball effect which we cannot yet estimate its size or … Read more
The Trump speech will not change the reality of Jerusalem. West Jerusalem will remain an Israeli city, where Israel’s government is located since 1949. East Jerusalem will remain an occupied Palestinian city, which is not and cannot be a part of Israel. Believers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam will continue clinging to their holy sites … Read more
B’Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad will tomorrow (Monday, 27 November 2017) attend a conference at the French Senate organized by the Institut de Recherche et d’Études Méditerranée Moyen-Orient (iReMMO). The event will emphasize the vital need for France, as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, to intervene in the developments in the … Read more