A third generation has been born into the occupation by now. A third generation of children who know only the reality of daily human rights violations. It’s hard to find hope when the occupation infiltrates every aspect of your life; it’s hard to grow up when you don’t feel safe even in your own home, with soldiers waking you in the dead of night; it’s hard to feel free when soldiers and police officers detain you on your way to school; it’s hard to breathe when you live, whether as child or adult, with your most basic rights as a person denied – the right to freedom and to dignity.
Launched in 2007, the B'Tselem Video Department's Camera Project strives to protect human rights in the Occupied Territories through the medium of film. The Project distributes hundreds of video cameras to trained Palestinian volunteers who live in high tension areas within the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. These volunteers capture video footage, which B’Tselem distributes through traditional and new media in Israel and abroad. The cameras enable individuals to share their daily struggles and put a human face on the realities of living under military occupation.
In September 2012, Israeli security forces put up a chain-link fence along al-Ibrahimi Street in Hebron, separating the paved road from a narrow, rough walkway. Since then, B’Tselem has twice docum...
Of some 100,000 Palestinians who work in Israel daily, 63,000 have permits and enter Israel via one of 11 checkpoints. In June, during the fast of Ramadan, B’Tselem again documented the rough condi...
On 24 May 2016, dozens of soldiers spread through the streets of the Jaber neighborhood in Hebron, gathering children and teens. They stood 20 of them against a wall, asked them about a stone-throw...
On 4 May 2016 Raed Abu a-Rmeileh, a former B’Tselem camera volunteer, tried to film settlers using a dog to harass Palestinian girls. One settler hit Abu a-Rmeileh on the head, knocking him down. B...
On 4 May 2016 Raed Abu a-Rmeileh, a former B’Tselem camera volunteer, tried to film settlers using a dog to harass Palestinian girls. One settler hit Abu a-Rmeileh on the head, knocking him down. B...
Today is International Human Rights Day, commemorating 10 December 1948, the day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the UN. The declaration, composed in the wake of the ho...
היום יום זכויות האדם הבינלאומי לציון ההכרזה בדבר זכויות האדם לכל באי עולם, שהתקבלה באו"ם בשנת 1948 בעקבות זוועות מלחמת העולם השנייה. מהות ההכרזה היא כי כל בני האדם נבראו בצלם וככאלה הם ראויים לחיי...
In response to the attack in which Palestinians killed Eitam and Naama Henkin, settlers attacked Palestinians and their property in many parts of the West Bank. Footage shows that soldiers were pre...
Footage of one incident in a saga of harassment the Abu Haya family in Hebron underwent at the hands of soldiers in April 2015. On the evening of 9 April 2015 soldiers arrived at the Abu Haya home....
Footage of one incident in a saga of harassment the Abu Haya family in Hebron underwent at the hands of soldiers in April 2015. Late on the night of 8 April 2015 a group of soldiers arrived at the ...
Footage of one incident in a saga of harassment the Abu Haya family in Hebron underwent at the hands of soldiers in April 2015. On the afternoon of 6 April 2015 soldiers entered the Abu Haya home, ...
Over the years, several very small Israeli settlements were established in or near the Old City of Hebron, the commercial hub for the entire southern West Bank. Israeli security forces drew on the need to protect these settlements as justification for a policy based on the principle of separation, leading to severe restrictions on Palestinian movement and a lack of law enforcement in the case of violent settlers. As a result of this policy, many Palestinians have abandoned their homes and the economy of the city center has collapsed. More information on our website: http://www.btselem.org/topic/hebron
On 10 Aug. 2016 there was a fight between Palestinian and settler children in Hebron. After Israeli Border Police forces broke it up, they brought in five Palestinian boys - at least two below the ...
״אם תחייך העולם יחייך אליך״, סרט תיעודי שיתופי שיצרו משפחת אל-חדאד מחברון, איהאב טרביה ויואב גרוס, יוצרי קולנוע ואנשי פרויקט ״חמושים במצלמות״ של ארגון בצלם, יוקרן בפסטיבל הקולנוע הבינלאומי בברלין, ...
In September 2012, Israeli security forces put up a chain-link fence along al-Ibrahimi Street in Hebron, separating the paved road from a narrow, rough walkway. Since then, B’Tselem has twice docum...
On 1 July 2016 a Border Police officer shot and killed Sarah Hajuj, 27, from Bani Nai’m, at a checkpoint at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. The Israel Police said she had tried to stab a policewoman. F...
On 24 March 2016, after stabbing a soldier, ‘Abd al-Fatah a-Sharif and Ramzi al-Qasrawi were killed in Tel Rumeideh, Hebron, by soldiers’ gunfire. B’Tselem camera volunteer ‘Imad Abu Shamsiyeh capt...
On 24 March 2016, after stabbing a soldier, ‘Abd al-Fatah a-Sharif and Ramzi al-Qasrawi were killed in Tel Rumeideh, Hebron, by soldiers’ gunfire. B’Tselem camera volunteer ‘Imad Abu Shamsiyeh capt...
On 24 May 2016, dozens of soldiers spread through the streets of the Jaber neighborhood in Hebron, gathering children and teens. They stood 20 of them against a wall, asked them about a stone-throw...
On 24 May 2016, dozens of soldiers spread through the streets of the Jaber neighborhood in Hebron, gathering children and teens. They stood 20 of them against a wall, asked them about a stone-throw...
On 4 May 2016 Raed Abu a-Rmeileh, a former B’Tselem camera volunteer, tried to film settlers using a dog to harass Palestinian girls. One settler hit Abu a-Rmeileh on the head, knocking him down. B...
On 4 May 2016 Raed Abu a-Rmeileh, a former B’Tselem camera volunteer, tried to film settlers using a dog to harass Palestinian girls. One settler hit Abu a-Rmeileh on the head, knocking him down. B...
Today is International Human Rights Day, commemorating 10 December 1948, the day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the UN. The declaration, composed in the wake of the ho...
היום יום זכויות האדם הבינלאומי לציון ההכרזה בדבר זכויות האדם לכל באי עולם, שהתקבלה באו"ם בשנת 1948 בעקבות זוועות מלחמת העולם השנייה. מהות ההכרזה היא כי כל בני האדם נבראו בצלם וככאלה הם ראויים לחיי...
In September 2005 Israel completed its unilateral disengagement plan and announced an end to Israeli martial law in the Gaza Strip. However, Israel retained control of Gaza’s sea and air space, the crossings between Gaza and Israel, and Gaza’s registry of population. In June 2007 after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, Israel imposed a siege on Gaza, prohibiting both Palestinian travel to or from Gaza as well as the import and export of goods. In 2010, Israel eased the closure, permitting imports – with the exception of a small number of items – into Gaza. Most restrictions on exports remain in place. The three-year siege has caused a severe economic crisis in Gaza. More about Gaza: http://www.btselem.org/topic/gaza_strip
As the occupying force, Israel must protect the Palestinians in the West Bank. However, the Israeli authorities neglect to fulfill this responsibility and do not do enough to prevent Israeli civilians from attacking Palestinians, their property and their lands. The undeclared policy of the Israeli authorities in response to these attacks is lenient and conciliatory. Perpetrators are rarely tried, and many cases are not investigated at all or are closed with no operative conclusions.