B'Tselem

B'Tselem claims 47 Palestinian families at risk of expulsion, IDF says homes built illegally

B'Tselem says water disruptions threaten 47 Palestinian families in the northern Jordan Valley; IDF sources cite security works and illegal construction.

Palestinians use their phones as Israeli settlers and military personnel stand outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.
A HAMAS terrorist stands on a street during Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City.

New IAM investigation claims B'Tselem report ‘demonizes Israel by rebranding terrorists as minors’

Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron

An absurd theater: How ‘settler violence’ statistics fuel a false narrative - opinion

Armed Israeli soldiers, settlers, Palestinians, and reporters watch smoke rise during West Bank clashes in November 2025.

Israel using armed militias to ethnically cleanse the West Bank - opinion


IDF begins preparations for Khan al-Ahmar demolition

The High Court of Justice last month ruled that the village, which is home to 52 families, could be razed along with the nearby school.

Civil Administration staff in Khan Al-Ahmar to prepare for its pending demolition.

Bill limiting filming IDF to be watered down

In its present form, the bill proposed by Yisrael Beytenu faction chairman Robert Ilatov, would subject violators to up to five years in prison, and 10 if national security was harmed

IDF soldiers during activities in the West Bank

In B'Tselem clip, IDF soldiers cheer after shooting protester near Nablus

In the video, one of the soldiers is shown taking aim at a Palestinian, shooting, and gleefully exclaiming "I hit him! The son of a bitch."

IDF soldiers patrol in Nablus [file]

Defense Minister calls for criminal probe of B’Tselem

Last week, B’Tselem told soldiers that the IDF’s order to shoot at Palestinians close to the border fence separating Israel and Gaza was illegal under international law.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman

'Sorry officer, I can't shoot': B'Tselem's latest campaign raises ire

The human rights organization has taken out newspaper ads with the slogan "I'm sorry officer, I can't shoot."

IDF completes large-scale Gaza drill simulating Hamas infiltration by land, sea, and air.

A picture worth 50 years: Jaffa Art Salon and B'Tselem collaborate

A new exhibit brings Palestinian and Israeli photographers together with 50 Palestinians who were born in 1967.

ISRAELI PHOTOGRAPHER Miki Kratsman’s contribution to ‘50 Years’ exhibit.

Breaking the Silence must be silenced

Current laws are too weak to offer protection against anti-Israel anarchists who are operating inside Israel.

Employees work at the offices of Israeli rights group "Breaking the Silence" in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 16, 2015

The untold story of Hanukka

‘The Hasmonean War was primarily directed against Jews and not against Greeks… meaning the Hellenistic Jews’ (Yeshayahu Leibowitz)

THIS WAS found in an underground cave tomb uncovered by workers widening a road in central Israel. The Hebrew inscription Hashmonaim appears on one of the boxes for human bones – the first evidence, archaeologists say, that the Hasmoneans, or Macccabees, who rebelled against Greek rule in the 2nd ce

B'Tselem: Police mistreatment of minors part of plan to get Palestinians out of Jerusalem

A report by the NGO said that the teens were not arrested, interrogated or held in accordance with the law, and provided examples.

Police arrest Palestinians outside the Old City, July 2017

Keep your promise

The UN secretary-general said that he would be “on the front lines in the fight against antisemitism."

Antonio Guterres