Israeli Soldier Found Guilty In Execution Of Wounded Palestinian

Israeli Sergeant Elor Azaria shot and killed Abdul Fatah Sharif in March in an act the verdict deemed revenge.

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Israeli solider Sgt. Elor Azaria waits for the verdict inside the military court in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP/Heidi Levine).

(REPORT) --- The Israeli soldier who executed a Palestinian man while he was lying on the ground bleeding and incapacitated was found guilty Wednesday of manslaughter after facing a military trial that outraged far-right sectors in Israel. Israeli Sergeant Elor Azaria shot and killed Abdul Fatah Sharif in March after the Palestinian carried out

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Israel Razes More EU-Funded Homes For Palestinians

In the first three months of 2016, Israel demolished 165 projects or buildings funded by private and international organizations.

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Demolitions in Umm al-Kheir in the West Bank pf Palestine on Aug. 8, 2016.

More than 20 Palestinians were made homeless on Tuesday after Israel destroyed five homes in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank — three of which were funded by the European Union — Israeli human rights group B'Tselem reported. Photos and videos posted to social media by B'Tselem showed Israeli bulldozers destroying the buildings, some of

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‘A Fig Leaf For The Occupation’: Israeli Human Rights Group Ends Cooperation With Israeli Military

“[T]he way in which the military law enforcement system functions precludes it … from achieving justice for the victims,” noted a report from B’Tselem, the human rights group which has ceased cooperating with Israeli military investigations into crimes committed by Israeli soldiers.

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Palestinian volunteers with the B'Tselem human rights organization learn how to use video cameras to document the actions of the IDF and Israeli settlers in the West Bank, in 2014.

JERUSALEM --- An Israeli NGO that protects the human rights of Palestinians announced last month that it would cease cooperating with the Israeli military in investigating soldiers’ crimes. Founded in 1989, B’Tselem is dedicated to “promoting a future where all Israelis and Palestinians will live in freedom and dignity.” One of the group’s

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Human Rights Group Critical Of Israeli Occupation Targeted In Arson Attack

The office of an Israeli human rights group in the occupied territories, that has documented Israel’s rights violations, has caught fire in a suspected arson attack.

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“A fire broke out at B’Tselem’s office in Jerusalem this evening. None of our staff were in the building,” Sarit Michaeli, the spokeswoman for the group, said on Sunday night. According to Michaeli, the blaze extensively damaged the office but there were no injuries as the building was empty at the time of fire. The incident was first

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Report: Targeting Of Homes An ‘Appalling Hallmark’ Of Israel’s Summer Attack On Gaza

New report from Israeli human rights group finds the deadly attacks on Gaza had official backing.

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In this Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 file photo, Palestinians look for their belongings after houses were destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Attacks in which the Israeli military deliberately targeted Palestinian homes were an "appalling hallmark" of the military offensive this summer and had the backing of top Israeli

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WATCH: Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Photographer In West Bank

During a mass prayer service of Palestinians protesting Israel’s refusal to release a group of Palestinian political prisoners, Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian photojournalist.

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A Palestinian farmer looks at Israeli army soldiers after he planted an olive trees near the West Bank town of Tubas in the Jordan valley, during a protest against the closure of land to Palestinians by the army and Jewish settlers, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP/Mohammed Ballas)

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank --- Israeli military forces shot and injured a Palestinian photojournalist during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank last week. Mohammad Basman Yasin, 21, is a volunteer photojournalist for the Israeli organization B’Tselem, a group that monitors human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory. An

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