Category: Press Releases
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Prohibit live fire in circumstances that are not life-threatening in the West Bank
B’Tselem 18 June 2009 On Friday, 5 June 2009, ‘Aqel Sror, 35, was killed when a border policeman fired a live, 0.22 inch caliber bullet at his chest during a demonstration held in Ni’lin. Four other demonstrators were injured by 0.22 bullets that day. One of them suffered a severe wound to the spinal cord,…
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Independent Jewish Voices Canada joins BDS campaign
Independent Jewish Voices Canada 16 June 2009 Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, at its first Annual General Meeting this past weekend. This decision makes IJV the first national Jewish organization in the world to do…
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Israeli human rights organizations to the EU: use Association Council meeting to stop settlements and open Gaza
B’Tselem 15 June 2009 On the occasion of the 9th EU-Israel Association Council on June 15 2009, three prominent Israeli human rights organizations call upon the EU to link the upgrade of EU-Israel relations to respect for human rights and the rule of law. In their letter to the EU Foreign Ministers, the organizations emphasized…