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‘Like a nightmare’: 48 hours of Israeli settler terror
Exacting revenge for Jerusalem attacks, settlers across the West Bank set a house ablaze, attacked medical personnel, and erected a new outpost.
By
Orly Noy
January 31, 2023
The odds of a violent Israeli soldier facing charges? Under 1 percent
New data shows how the Israeli army's complaints mechanism serves as a facade of accountability when it comes to soldiers who harm Palestinians.
By
Dan Owen
December 29, 2022
Thousands of homes destroyed in Gaza. Over 200 killed. Only one investigation
If Israeli officials had any inkling they would be held accountable, their decision to apply a lethal doctrine in Gaza would not have been made so readily.
By
Dan Owen
June 9, 2022
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Settlers break 64-year-old Palestinian farmer’s jaw
Tayseer Hasan Saliman underwent surgery for fractures in his lower jaw and neck after Jewish settlers from a nearby settlement beat him with clubs. By +972 Magazine Staff Israeli settlers attacked and badly wounded a Palestinian farmer from Huwarra as he was tending his land near the settlement of Yitzhar in the occupied West Bank Monday afternoon. Settlers who…
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March 27, 2018
WATCH: Settlers throw stones at Palestinian homes in revenge attacks
Dozens of Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinian cars and houses following the murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevach near the illegal settlement outpost of Havat Gilad. Israeli settlers carried out a string of revenge attacks targeting Palestinian civilians following the killing of Rabbi Raziel Shevach in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. Shevach, 35 and a father…
By
Joshua Leifer
January 11, 2018
No institution is safe from the corrupting power of occupation
The persecution of Breaking the Silence’s spokesperson is further proof that the state’s investigative bodies are not only deeply politicized, they are simply uninterested in doing their job. Between the years 2013 and 2016, Israeli anti-occupation group Yesh Din tracked the police’s response to 289 cases of “ideological crimes” against Palestinians in the West Bank. In each of those…
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Noam Sheizaf
November 20, 2017
Settler violence on the rise as olive harvest begins in West Bank
Since the beginning of the olive harvest two weeks ago, Israeli human rights organizations have documented 10 cases of settler violence and theft against Palestinians and their property. For now, it seems like the police are doing their job. The olive harvest season, which began two weeks ago across Israel-Palestine, is one of the most…
By
Orly Noy
October 20, 2017
The man on the heels of Israel’s settlement enterprise
Since 1967, the settlements have grown into Israel's greatest national project. Nearly a million Israeli citizens live beyond the Green Line, while their Palestinian neighbors live under military rule. A journey to the heart of the West Bank with Dror Etkes, the man who has dedicated the last two decades to monitoring the goings on in Israel's backyard.
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Edo Konrad
June 1, 2017
For settlers, there’s no reason not to break the law
How Israeli authorities avoid their duty to indict settlers who build illegally on other people’s land. By Yossi Gurvitz/Yesh Din In August 2009, the residents of Kfar Aqeb, a Palestinian village near Ramallah, noticed 12 illegal structures being built on their land near the settlement of Kochav Ya’akov. The residents urgently petitioned the High Court…
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April 22, 2017
When remembering the Sabbath day enables settler violence
Settler violence on the Sabbath is not uncommon in the West Bank: Israeli civilians feel emboldened to attack Palestinians, knowing that law enforcement will refrain from taking serious action until the following week. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din They came riding on a horse, two Israeli civilians armed with firearms. One of them jumped…
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April 12, 2017
When a Palestinian girl is shot and killed ‘by accident’
Samah Abdullah, 18, was in a car with her family when she was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, dying three weeks later. The army claims it was an accident. By Yossi Gurvitz / Yesh Din Samah Abd Al-Muman Ahmed Abdullah, from the West Bank village of Amoriya, woke up on Monday, November 23rd…
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January 23, 2017
Settler violence and IDF collusion deny Palestinians the fruits of their harvest
Stolen fruit, destroyed trees and harassment by the army and settlers wreak havoc with the yearly olive harvest, an essential source of subsistence for West Bank Palestinians. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din “The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up” (Deuteronomy 28:33) “I’ve been…
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December 9, 2016
Because BDS, Israeli archeologists want West Bank work kept secret
An Israeli court rejects a freedom of information request for the names of archeologists digging, under IDF license, in the occupied territories, and where Israel is storing the antiquities they uncover. The reason: so they don’t face academic boycott. The Jerusalem District Court on Monday refused to reveal the names of archeologists performing digs at…
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Haggai Matar
November 22, 2016
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