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Israeli soldiers violently drag Rabbi Arik Ascherman while he and a group of activists attempt to repair an access road for a cluster of Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills on May 3, 2019. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

In the Hebron Hills, the settlers are the lords and the IDF does their bidding

A new booklet by Breaking the Silence compiles dozens of accounts by former Israeli combat soldiers who served in the South Hebron Hills of the occupied West Bank. Text by Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg In 2012, two Israeli residents of Mitzpe Yair, an unauthorized settlement in the Hebron Hills, spontaneously attacked an elderly, unarmed Palestinian man, beating him so…

By +972 Resources November 12, 2019

Jewish settlers prepare to resist an evacuation operation at the illegal outpost of Amona, February 1, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Resource: Tracking Israel’s support for illegal outposts

The Israeli government has been quietly authorizing illegal settlement outposts in recent years. A criminal activity, the trend also exposes Palestinians to increased violence and harassment from settlers. Text by Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg Illegal settlement outposts have become increasingly regularized during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure, according to a recent report from Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now. In a…

By +972 Resources September 20, 2019

A Jewish man walks with his prayer shawl early in the morning on the hill overlooking Ofra in the Jewish settlement of Amona in the West Bank, December 18, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Resource: Choosing annexation over development

A new report compares and contrasts two of of Israel’s largest and most important settlement projects: development towns built before 1967 and the settlements in the occupied West Bank. Text by Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg There are many ways of calculating the “cost” of the occupation. Since 2008, the Adva Center, a leading Israeli progressive think tank that monitors social and economic…

By +972 Resources August 26, 2019

Illustrative photo of an Israeli waste treatment facility. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Resource: Exploiting Palestinian land to treat Israeli waste

A new B’Tselem report reveals that a significant portion of Israel’s waste treatment system is located outside its sovereign borders, in the West Bank. Because Israel has set out less stringent environmental regulations for industrial zones in settlements and even offers financial incentives such as tax breaks and government subsidies, it is now more profitable…

By +972 Resources December 5, 2017

Israeli Border Police detain a Palestinian youth during clashes at Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, September 18, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Resource: The systematic abuse of Palestinian teens in East Jerusalem

Affidavits collected from 60 Palestinian teenagers reveal how they are pulled out of bed in the middle of the night, handcuffed, interrogated in violation of their rights, and kept in custody under harsh conditions, sometimes for extended periods of time by Israeli authorities. A new report by Israeli human rights groups HaMoked and B’Tselem reveals the broad, systemic…

By +972 Resources October 25, 2017

Israeli police officers guard as Muslim worshippers perform a prayer at the Lion's Gate, outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Metal detectors were placed at gates to the Temple Mount, and the Muslim worshippers refused to pass through them. The Temple Mount was reopened following last weeks terror attack when two Israeli Arabs opened fire and killed two Israeli police men. July 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Everything you need to know about tensions at Jerusalem’s holiest site

Over the last week a series of escalating events on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif has threatened peace and security at the holy site and for Jerusalem as a whole. Ir Amim have created the following primer to help make sense of these rapidly spiraling events and to raise the call for a swift, agreed resolution of…

By +972 Resources July 20, 2017

A view of the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing, the only permanently active passenger terminal leading in and out of the Gaza Strip. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Resource: The impact of the siege on women in Gaza

A report by Gisha addresses the effects of Israel’s policy toward Gaza’s workforce from a gender perspective. It focuses on women who managed to break through the glass ceiling only to be met by the concrete ceiling of the Israeli-imposed closure. The report examines the specific ways in which the closure on Gaza…

By +972 Resources March 8, 2017

Palestinians injured in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip arrive at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on the night of July 8, 2014. On the first day of the Israeli offensive 23 Palestinians were killed, including 7 children, and about 320 were injured. (Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

Resource: Israel’s refusal to compensate Palestinians

Over the past 20 years, Israel has taken measures to guarantee a nearly blanket exemption from its obligation under international law to pay compensation to Palestinians harmed by its security forces. In this report, B’Tselem traces the development of this practice and illustrates how it has led to a major drop in the number of…

By +972 Resources March 8, 2017

Israeli policemen clash with Jewish settlers in the illegal outpost of Amona, January 1, 2006. Clashes broke out shortly after the Israeli High Court gave the green light to dismantle half a dozen homes in the outpost. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Resource: Fact-checking Israel’s most stubborn illegal outpost

The state will ask the High Court to, once again, delay the demolition of Amona. Here are a few myths surrounding one of the most stubborn outposts in the West Bank. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz In recent months the residents of Amona and right-wing politicians have been waging a campaign designed to…

By +972 Resources October 13, 2016

Smoke from an Israeli air strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, July 12, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Resource: The Whitewashing Procedure

The Israeli bodies responsible for investigating the events of Operation Protective Edge are engaged primarily in creating the false impression of a functioning system that ostensibly seeks to discover the truth. In the meantime, those actually responsible for violations are not even questioned, and the investigations have been confined to superficial inspections of a number…

By +972 Resources September 23, 2016