B'Tselem director Hagai El-Ad speaks at a special UN Security Council meeting held in New York last Friday, October 14.

B’Tselem Director Addresses UN Security Council Meeting on Occupied West Bank Settlements

B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad spoke at a special UN Security Council meeting held in New York last Friday, October 14, to discuss the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The Security Council is the most important international forum dealing with the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, and possibly the only one currently…

Social TV’s reportage of the 2014 May Day parade in Tel-Aviv

More Attempts to Silence Independent Media in Israel

During the last few weeks, an item has been reported by a number of media organizations about the Ministry of Communications’ decision to cancel its support for “Israel Social TV” because it “undermines the foundations of the state and provides a platform to delegitimize Israeli soldiers.” The decision came after the movement “Reservists on the…

Occupation Forces Confiscate Palestinian-Owned Residential Barracks near Jericho

Israeli occupation forces confiscated residential barracks in the Palestinian Bedouin residential area of Arab al-Mleihat on Thursday, October 13, in the occupied West Bank district of Jericho, according to a report by Ma’an, the Palestinian new agency.  The residential barracks belonged to Ali Suliman al-Mleihat and Mohammad Ali al-Mleihat. The mayor of Jericho Majid al-Fityani…