2.9.2010
Israeli ZAKA rescue service members near the vehicle which was carrying four Israelis killed in a shooting attack in Hebron area. Photo: Ronen Zvulun, Reuters, 31 Aug. '10.
Israeli ZAKA rescue service members near the vehicle which was carrying four Israelis killed in a shooting attack in Hebron area. Photo: Ronen Zvulun, Reuters, 31 Aug. '10.
Four Israeli civilians killed in attack in Hebron area
B'Tselem strongly condemns the shooting attack on 31 Aug. '10 in which Palestinians killed four Israeli civilians. Deliberate attacks against civilians are immoral and constitute a war crime.

Video: Soldiers seal Hebron shops
On 10 August '10, security forces sealed three shops in Hebron, while using violence and without showing a military order. B'Tselem volunteers documented part of the event.

Gaza water not fit for drinking
Almost 95% of water pumped in Gaza is unfit for drinking, according to international organizations and the Gazan water authorities. Despite years of dangerous over-pumping in Gaza, Israel prohibits entry of materials needed to repair the water and wastewater-treatment systems there.

B'Tselem offers theater managers tour around Ariel settlement
Following their decision to perform plays in the Ariel settlement, B'Tselem offered Israeli theater managers a field tour to learn about the grave harm to human rights caused by the settlement.

Intended chief-of-staff must be investigated
Maj. Gen. Galant's appointment as IDF chief of staff must be preceded by an investigation of his responsibility for suspected violations of human rights during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, which he commanded as GOC Southern Command.

PA must investigate demonstration dispersal by own forces
According to B'Tselem's investigation and the media, on 25 Aug. '10, Palestinian security forces dispersed a procession held in Ramallah by participants of a non-violent conference, and assaulted a human rights activist.

Israel demolishes Bedouin village in Jordan Valley
Last month, the Civil Administration demolished all the homes in al-Farsiya and several structures in other Bedouin farming communities in the northern Jordan Valley.