B'Tselem

NGO B’Tselem report presents baseless claims of Israel dismantling Palestinian life in West Bank

WEST BANK AFFAIRS: B’Tselem accuses Israel of systematically dismantling Palestinian life in the West Bank, as Israel calls its central claim baseless.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER, YONAH JEREMY BOB
AN ISRAELI flag flies near the West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron, with a mosque in the Palestinian village of Kafr Lakif in the background. B’Tselem’s new report argues that Israel is making Jewish control of the West Bank increasingly irreversible, an allegation Israel and the IDF reject.
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.

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.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JONAH DAVIDOV
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’

According to the IAM investigation, B'Tselem's report contained internal discrepancies in which its text conflicted with its own data charts.

|ByALEX CARSON
Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron

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

What exactly are they counting when they tally up “settler violence?” I’ve seen the reports, and I’ve lived the reality. The numbers aren’t just inflated, they’re ridiculous.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI

Soldier arrested for shooting subdued terrorist after Hebron attack

“This is a grave incident which contradicts the spirit of the IDF and what is expected of IDF soldiers and commanders,” the army said in a statement to the press.

MARCH 24, 2016ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN, GIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN
IDF soldier shoots subdued Palestinian

NGOs charge Shin Bet with outsourcing torture to PA, state denies

"We can’t ascertain who initiated interrogation," says report by B’Tselem and Hamoked; State: Authors distorted reality

FEBRUARY 24, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF soldiers stand guard during a demonstration by Palestinians against the closure of the main road in Jabaa area south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem

IDF not appealing military court order to release B’Tselem activist

Nasser Nawaja is expected to be released Monday or Tuesday, along with PA-sympathizers Ezra Nawi and Guy Boteva.

JANUARY 25, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Gavel [Illustrative]

The Left Has Finally Succeeded in Making Me Ashamed

JANUARY 14, 2016ByADRIENNE YARON
The Jerusalem Post

B’Tselem’s fire

It was difficult to miss the glee with which some people, particularly those with a left-wing agenda, jumped to the conclusion that B’Tselem’s offices were set on fire by far-right activists.

JANUARY 11, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Fire at B'Tselem building Jerusalem, January 10, 2016

Fire at offices of left-wing NGO B'Tselem caused by electrical fault, not arson

Fire and emergency crews rushed to the scene in an effort to douse the blaze and search for individuals who may be trapped inside.

JANUARY 10, 2016ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD, BEN HARTMAN
Fire at B'Tselem building Jerusalem, January 10, 2016

B’Tselem video shows soldiers beating Palestinian in storage room outside Ramallah

The left-wing NGO claims that the man was innocent, while the IDF maintains that he was throwing rocks.

OCTOBER 23, 2015ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Palestinian throws back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem October 14, 2015

A false narrative and a risky proposition

OCTOBER 1, 2015ByLAWRENCE POLYAKOV
The Jerusalem Post

The Truth Shall Set You Free

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015ByADRIENNE YARON
The Jerusalem Post

The Lost Intellectual Maturity of Human Rights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015ByLEORA EISENBERG
The Jerusalem Post