“You want to kill him but he’s crying”: More Israeli soldiers’ confessions of crimes against children (VIDEO)
VIDEO: 13-year-old Majed Jaradat was abused by Israeli soldiers (Screenshot from B’tselem video documenting his narrative ) In 2007, Israeli soldiers arrested 13-year-old Majid Jaradat for throwing stones during a demonstration in Sair village, near Hebron. Majed spoke about the violence of his arrest and detention in a video produced by Israeli rights organization B’tselem. But this [...]
Choose a kid at random, “aim at his body”: Israeli soldiers confess their violence (VIDEO)
This video, shot by the Research Journalism Initiative, shows Israeli soldiers using Palestinian children as human shields in Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank in 2007. Two more such incidents – in Tulkarm and Hebron – are reported in a new publication from the Israeli veterans’ organization Breaking The Silence with disturbing testimonies from Israeli soldiers [...]
Israel uses Caterpillar bulldozers to block roads, isolate Palestinian villages (VIDEO)
Israeli forces were caught on camera when they blocked Palestinian roads in the south Hebron hills area of the occupied West Bank using Caterpillar armored bulldozers. Caterpillar is the subject of an international divestment campaign because its equipment has been routinely used by Israel to demolish Palestinian homes and other illegal activities. Rachel Corrie, the [...]
Israel: Military Justice System Fails Victims of Gaza Conflict
Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, pm_eng@pmo.gov.il Re: Israel:Military Justice System Fails Victims of Gaza Conflict Dear Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I have been informed by Human Rights Watch regarding the military trial that ended August 12, 2012, failed to hold anyone accountable for the killings of a mother [...]
Israel: Immediately lift the travel ban imposed on Abdullatif Ghaith
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, pm_eng@pmo.gov.il Re: Israel: Immediately lift the travel ban imposed on Abdullatif Ghaith Dear Prime Minister of the State of Israel, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I have been informed by the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations , Sahar Francis,General Director, [...]
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