Army officer indicted for vandalizing Palestinian vehicles

On 12 and 13 October, B’Tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) documented eight vehicles owned by Palestinians that had been vandalized, apparently by soldiers, near Jenbah in the southern Hebron hills. The vehicles, which were used to transport Palestinian laborers wanting to enter Israel without permits, were abandoned when…

Harassment of left activists at Ben-Gurion University

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) demands that Ben-Gurion University investigate and possibly take disciplinary action against security personnel, who harassed left students, among them Hadash activists, distributing leaflets on campus, and retract earlier statement of support for actions discriminating against freedom of speech of students affiliated with the left. Arrest of protestor…