9.7.2008
The Separation Barrier in the village of 'Azzun 'Atmeh, Photo: Miki Kratsman, 28 Feb. 2007.
The Separation Barrier in the village of 'Azzun 'Atmeh, Photo: Miki Kratsman, 28 Feb. 2007.
Israel has dismantled no section of Barrier nullified by High Court
Four years after the Hague advisory opinion, the Separation Barrier has not been moved in any of the sections that were built and later nullified by the Israeli High Court of Justice.

Summer 2008: Water shortage in the West Bank worsens
B'Tselem warns against a severe water shortage this summer in the West Bank and its effects on the economic conditions and health of tens of thousands of Palestinians. The chronic water shortage results in large part from Israel's discriminatory water policy.

Three persons killed by Palestinian in central Jerusalem
B'Tselem severely condemns the Palestinian terror attack on July 2 in the center of Jerusalem, in which three Israeli civilians were killed and dozens injured.

B'Tselem to Mazuz: Prevent demolition of home belonging to family of Jerusalem attack perpetrator
The demolition of houses as punishment is a grave breach of international humanitarian law and a clear case of collective punishment.

Interrogator beats 13 year-old
In late 2007, soldiers arrested Majed Jaradat after he threw stones at a demonstration. Jaradat told B'Tselem that soldiers beat and kicked him while he was detained, and a policeman beat him during a subsequent interrogation. He was then tried and held with adult prisoners for two months.

Israel severs a-Nabi Samwil from rest of West Bank
The army recently severed the Palestinian village a-Nabi Samwil and its 220 residents from the rest of the West Bank, isolating it almost completely. The action is part of Israel's policy to separate Israeli and Palestinian traffic in the West Bank.