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Bring the shooter in Hebron to justice

In December '08, settler Ze'ev Braude was filmed shooting and wounding three Palestinians in Hebron. On 8 June '09, it was reported that, following a Supreme Court order that the state reveal privileged evidence in the case, the indictment against Braude is to be withdrawn.

June 8
Testimony: Settlers throw stones with soldiers present

According to a testimony given to B'Tselem, on 3 April, soldiers allowed dozens of settlers to throw stones at homes and cars in the Wadi a-Nasara neighborhood of Hebron, and threatened Palestinians who protested.

May 10
Settler youngsters attack ambulance in Hebron

On 11 April, a Palestinian ambulance was transporting a patient to her home in the Israeli-controlled area of Hebron. According to testimonies, children and youths from nearby settlements threw rocks at the ambulance and soldiers at the scene did not intervene.

May 7
Policemen sentenced to prison for incident exposed by B'Tselem

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced two additional border policemen for their involvement in the 2002 abduction and killing of 'Imran Abu Hamdiya, a Palestinian from Hebron.

April 28
Hebron: Willful abandonment by security forces

Despite the likelihood that settlers would take revenge following the eviction of the new settlement in Hebron last week, security forces did not prepare to protect Palestinian residents of the city. Settlers made incursions into Palestinian neighborhoods, shot a father and son, torched houses, and caused substantial property damage.

December 10
Hebron: Security forces stand by as settlers riot

Despite the likelihood that settlers would take revenge following the eviction of the new settlement in Hebron last week, security forces did not prepare to protect Palestinian residents of in the city. Settlers made incursions into Palestinian neighborhoods, shot a father and son, torched houses, and caused substantial property damage.

December 7
Camera Distribution Project

A year ago, B'Tselem launched its Camera Distribution Project, a video advocacy project focusing on the Occupied Territories. We give out video cameras to Palestinians who live in high-conflict areas, so that they can document violations of their human rights and seek redress. Sample footage is now available on the website.

April 9
Hebron: Settlement marks a year since its establishment

Since the new settlement was established in the A-Ras neighborhood, attacks on Palestinian residents and violation of their rights have increased. Families have had to put up protective fences to prevent settlers from invading and attacking their homes.

March 19
Soldiers assault and arrest B'Tselem worker in Hebron

Soldiers assaulted and arrested Issa 'Amro, a B'Tselem fieldworker, in Hebron on Saturday, 19 Jan. 2008. 'Amro was arrested while filming a disturbance by settlers in the Wadi Hsein neighborhood in East Hebron.

January 20
Sharp rise in Israeli violence around the new settlement in Hebron

In the seven months since the establishment of the new settlement in the a-Ras neighborhood of Hebron, West Bank, there has been a noticeable increase in attacks by settlers and Israeli security forces on the neighborhood's Palestinian residents.

October 19
New report: the "quiet transfer" in Hebron

Israel's policy of segregation in the center of Hebron led to the closing of at least 1,014 commercial establishments during the Intifada. At least 659 Palestinian families had to leave their homes. These are the finding of a new report issued today by B'Tselem and The Association for civil rights in Israel.

May 14
Remove new Hebron settlement

The new settlement established in the city of Hebron is liable to result in widespread harm to neighboring Palestinians. Given this, and the fundamental illegality of settlements, Israel must immediately remove this settlement.

March 28
Testimony: Settlers riot in Hebron, soldiers order Palestinian to close store

On 27 January, a group of settlers went to the grocery store of Dahud Jabber, in Hebron. Soldiers at the site ordered Jabber to close his store and go home, and watched as the settlers stoned the closed store and broke into the house and assaulted its occupants.

February 20
B'Tselem: Don't make one Hebron settler into the scapegoat

Israeli authorities should not make the settler Yifat Alkoby, who attacked a Palestinian family in Hebron, the scapegoat for law enforcement failures in the West Bank.

January 11
Testimony: Settlers attack children in Hebron

"We have difficulties getting out of the house to go to school and to come back home. Almost every day, the settler children block the path for me and my sister, Fida'a, age 14. They throw stones, water and leftover food at us."

May 6
Testimony: Settler kids in Hebron throw stones injuring a Palestinian woman

"They began to throw stones at my house, shattering a windowpane in the children's room. The window faces the settlers' houses. My children were at home at the time but were not in their room…"

March 6