Tagged: B’Tselem

Firing Zone 918 violence at el-Mufaqara - Arab throwing rock with slingshot

January 19, 2022

El-Mufaqara, Avigayil, and Havat Maon: Where did my anger get me?

This is a story borne out of anger. I was angry at the apparent one-sidedness of the reporting at what happened at el-Mufaqara and the way it seemed everyone I knew accepted the media...

Jewish settlers calmly standing around in the playground built for Arab children on state land under Israeli control

First-Hand and Investigative

December 30, 2021

Susiya Playground: Debunking a Fake News Report about Settler “Violence”

While this article was originally published in United with Israel on 11 November 2021, it remains relevant as the “Susiya playground attack” is still being brought up by anti-Israeli propagandists as if settlers really...

cover of the b'tselem report on idf behaviour during the Great Return March

Politically and Diplomatically Speaking

December 22, 2021

B’Tselem and the Great Return March — Waning Influence?

The anti-Israel Israeli NGO, B’Tselem, has a new Facebook campaign in their continuing efforts to delegitimize Israel, this time concerning a report on the “Great Return March”. Are they achieving their goal? A look...

An Arab is chasing away the Jewish shepherd's sheep at Mitzpe Yair

Politically and Diplomatically Speaking

November 15, 2021

Mitzpe Yair: Why so Little About Such a Violent Incident?

I am still trying to catch up with all the violence that has been taking place in the South Hebron Hills region of late. Last Wednesday, 10 November, there was intense violence near Mitzpe...

Passing through Huwwara Checkpoint, 2005

Politically and Diplomatically Speaking

April 16, 2021

B’Tselem Confirms that Checkpoints in Judea and Samaria Not so Bad

Those who protest against the Israeli so-called ‘occupation’ always bring up the subject of prevention of freedom of movement in the Palestinian Authority (PA). For example, Machsom Watch, an organization that reports on the...