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Calls for independent investigation into military’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead

Posted on: March 30, 2009

B’Tselem

30 March 2009

Israeli human rights organizations say, in response to the Israeli Army’s speedy closing of internal investigation files about war crimes in Operation Cast Lead: The speedy closing of the investigation immediately raises suspicions that the very opening of this investigation was merely the army’s attempt to wipe its hands of all blame for illegal activity during Operation Cast Lead.

The internal investigation ignored a significant amount of material that was collected and that coincides with soldiers’ testimonies recently publicized in Israel media. In addition, the Military Advocate General disregarded allegations that several of the commands given … Continue reading


Updated on March 30, 2009
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IPS: Israelis Using ‘Excessive’ Force Against Protesters

Posted on: March 20, 2009

Mel Frykberg | Inter-Press Service

The critical wounding of a U.S. activist has highlighted the excessive use of force by Israeli forces.

The activist, Tristan Anderson, 38, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel’s separation barrier in the Palestinian West Bank last week. He remains in intensive care in Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv.

Anderson was one of approximately 400 international, Palestinian and Israeli protestors taking part in a demonstration in the village of Ni’ilin, near the central West Bank city Ramallah, when he was hit by a teargas canister.

Since Israel’s devastating … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2009
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B’Tselem: ‘Stop whitewashing suspected crimes in Gaza’

Posted on: March 19, 2009

B’Tselem

19 March 2009

Israeli human rights organizations have reiterated demands that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz reconsider his refusal to establish an independent investigative body to examine military proceedings during Operation Cast Lead. Such an investigation is critical following the revelation of soldier testimonies concerning the killing of innocent Palestinians revealed this morning in Haaretz. Many Palestinian accounts have reflected a similar picture to that revealed today, triggering suspicions that today’s revelations represent only the tip of the iceberg, and that they are the result of norms of conduct that have taken hold throughout the army.

A letter sent by the … Continue reading


Updated on March 24, 2009
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Security forces use tear-gas canisters as weapons

Posted on: March 18, 2009

B’Tselem

18 March 2009

B’Tselem today requested the judge advocate general, Brig. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit, to immediately clarify to security forces in the Occupied Territories that it is absolutely forbidden to aim tear-gas canisters, including extended-range type canisters, directly at demonstrators in the West Bank. Firing of this kind has already resulted in injury, some very serious, to dozens of Palestinians and Israeli and foreign citizens. B’Tselem also called on the JAG to conduct a thorough and effective investigation into the cases in which there is a suspicion that this prohibition has been breached, and bring the persons responsible to … Continue reading


Updated on March 18, 2009
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Guardian: Israelis ‘firing live rounds’ at West Bank protesters

Posted on: March 15, 2009
New tear gas projectile, called sarukh, reaches around 500 meters.

Peter Beaumont | The Guardian

Israeli armed forces and border police used the cover of the war against Hamas in Gaza to reintroduce the firing of .22 rifle bullets – as well as the extensive use of a new model of tear-gas canister – against unarmed demonstrators in the Occupied West Bank protesting at the building of Israel’s “separation wall”.

The tactics were highlighted on Friday, when a US protester, Tristan Anderson, 38, was hit in the … Continue reading


Updated on March 15, 2009
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B’Tselem: Testimony of 12-year-old beaten and imprisoned with adults

Posted on: November 7, 2008
B’Tselem: Testimony of 12-year-old beaten and imprisoned with adults

Testimony taken by B’Tselem from Mohammad Khawaje who was arrested from Ni’lin on the 11th September 2008

To view original testimony taken by B’Tselem click here

Muhammad Khawajah

I live with my family in Ni’lin. We live on the ground floor of the house, my two uncles and their families live on the first floor, and my grandmother lives on the second floor.

Photo by Iyad Haddad

Last Thursday , around 3:00 A.M., I woke up from my mother’s shouts. She was shouting, “Get up! Get up! The army is here!” My father wasn’t home that night. … Continue reading


Updated on April 6, 2009
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