Tag Archive: West Bank

Exposing Bureaucratic Violence in the Occupied Territories

New Breaking the Silence Report on Israel’s Civil Administration

The report documents the experiences of IDF reserve soldiers serving in COGAT.

Masafer Yatta

Bullet Hits Palestinian Home as Israeli Military Begins Live Fire Exercises in Masafer Yatta

Following the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision greenlighting the forced expulsion of the Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta, the military’s live-fire exercises have wreaked havoc on their lives.

Israel Uses Advanced Technology to Track Palestinian Workers

Israel Uses Advanced Technology to Track Palestinian Workers

According to a new report produced in cooperation with ACRI and Privacy Israel, the Israeli military is using intrusive technologies to surveil Palestinians both in the occupied territories and within Israel proper.

Exposing the Systemic Injustice of Military Courts in the West Bank

Multiple NIF grantees recently revealed alarming, new statistics about Israel’s military court system in the West Bank, under which Palestinian civilians are subject to martial law.

Exposing Settlement Expansion

NIF grantee B’Tselem released a new report showing strong evidence for systematic cooperation between the State of Israel and illegal outposts in the West Bank in the quest to expand Israeli settlements.

Exposing Settler Violence in the West Bank

NIF grantees faced censorship as they attempted to present their findings on Jewish Extremist Violence in the West Bank to a Knesset Committee.

Documenting Settler Violence in the West Bank

NIF grantee Breaking the Silence documented a violent assault against Palestinian farmers in the Hebron Hills.

Civil Society is Laying the Blueprint for Social Change

At times it can feel that victories for equality are few and far between and that the destination of a truly just society is a long ways off. This week is an exception.

Democracy and Accountability

In America and Israel, citizens are asking fundamental questions about democracy and systems of accountability. But accountability is not just for those in the spotlight—corruption trials and presidential impeachments. Every day, civil society plays an essential role in demanding accountability in ways big and small.

Sowing Seeds of Hope

150 Israeli activists from NIF grantees Tag Meir and Rabbis for Human Rights traveled to the West Bank to plant olive trees with Palestinian farmers.