[1] One of the suspects involved in the kidnapping and brutal abuse of a Palestinian is Michael Wolfowitz, a criminology Professor at the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University. This past August, a group of Israeli civilians attacked a Palestinian who had come with friends to >> [2] bathe in the Wadi Auja natural spring near Jericho. A source involved in the investigation described the incident as "an act of disproportionate violence- a red line." That same month, Wolfowitz appeared at a Knesset meeting of @rothmar Constitution Committee and presented >>

[1] Yesterday, Yesh Din published a new report addressing Israel’s policy of roadblocks in the WB, focusing on the case study of the Abu Awwad family from Turmusaya. For over a year, the sole access road to the family’s homes, located on the outskirts of the town, has been >> [2] obstructed by an earth mound of stones & dirt placed by soldiers & settlers. Under the cover of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip, soldiers imposed even harsher restrictions on the family’s freedom of movement. These include prohibiting work on the agricultural lands >>

[1] @bezalelsm announced that he has ordered that preparations be made to establish the necessary infrastructure to apply full sovereignty over the West Bank - in other words, to implement annexation. Smotrich welcomed Donald Trump’s election >> [2] as President of the United States, believing it would lead to American endorsement of the annexation process. However, in practice, significant aspects of annexation have already been completed. Since Israel’s 37th government was sworn in, >>

[1] Today, Channel 7 News reported that the head of the Samaria Regional Council purchased dozens of sniper rifles using donated funds, intended for the emergency response teams of the settlements >>
inn.co.il/news/651995 [2] This marks another step in the transformation of these teams in the West Bank into armed civilian militias, which, under the cover of war, are granted extensive powers by the state and operate independently. Since October 2023, settlers in uniform, recruited into >>

[1] Since the beginning of October, Yesh Din documented over 80 incidents of violence by soldiers & armed settlers against Palestinian olive harvesters. That's an average of 3 incidents per day! These incidents took place on the lands of 42 Palestinian towns and villages. >> [2] The incidents included shooting, violent assaults & threats, the expulsion of harvesters and prevention of harvesting, theft of crops & agricultural equipment, tree uprooting, & more. In 85% of the incidents, security forces personnel funded by the state were present, >>

[1] Summary of olive harvest-related incidents of violence towards Palestinian harvesters (October 3 - October 20): Since October 1, 2024, Yesh Din has documented 58 incidents of violence by settlers & soldiers against Palestinian olive harvesters. The violent incidents >> [2] occurred on the lands of 33 Palestinian towns & villages. These incidents included shooting live fire, violent assaults & threats, the expulsion of harvesters & prevention of harvesting, theft of crops & agricultural equipment, uprooting and cutting down trees, & more. >>

[1] Today, together with @btselem @Gisha_Access, & @PHRIsrael Yesh Din called on the international community to immediately take action to prevent Israel from forcibly transferring hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have remained in the Northern Gaza Strip outside >> [2] of the area, including by denying entry of essential humanitarian aid & fuel. The 4 Israeli NGOs said that there are alarming signs that the Israeli military is beginning to quietly implement the Generals’ Plan, also referred to as the Eiland Plan, which calls for complete >>

[1] The violence by settlers and soldiers is intensifying as the olive harvest season begins, and Palestinian landowners seek to harvest their olive trees. Law enforcement authorities continue to stand by and allow settler militias to carry out attacks against Palestinians. >> [2] During the holiday and weekend, Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked Palestinian farmers in at least 12 different incidents, injuring dozens of Palestinian farmers, stealing equipment, and vandalizing many trees. >>

[1] One year after surviving the October 7th attack, a few words from @Zivstahl, Yesh Din Executive Director: It’s been a year since October 7th, and yet the horrors of that day - and everything that has followed - remain with us. This past year has been one of deep pain, >>
[2] loss, and uncertainty for all of us; a stark reminder of the fragility of our circumstances and the enduring impact of violence on our lives. The ongoing war in #Gaza, the continued worry about the fate of the #hostages, and the escalating hostilities in #Lebanon and >>

[1] On Sept. 26, Yesh Din & @acri_online petitioned to the HCJ (via Atty. @sfardm) with the demand to stop the judicial overhaul in the West Bank, halt the annexation of the West Bank to Israel, & cease the deepening of the crime of apartheid. The petition also called for >> [2] the cancellation of the transfer of powers from the head of the Civil Administration to his civilian deputy. Under the cover of the war, while public attention is focused on #Gaza & #Lebanon, the GOI is carrying out a judicial overhaul & annexing the West Bank. >>

[1] At around 6 am this morning, five masked settlers equipped with saws arrived from the direction of the Yitzhar Yeshiva (the buildings under renovation) to an olive grove owned by a Palestinian farmer from Burin, where they cut down and burned dozens of trees. >> [2] The CSC (Civilian Security Coordinator) arrived at the scene immediately but did not stop the crime. The olive harvest season will soon begin, and the settlers are already destroying olive trees, which are a source of livelihood for many Palestinians. >>

[1] The Civil Security Coordinator of the Yitzhar settlement, Yitzhak Levi, has for years been identified with incidents of violence towards residents of the Palestinian villages in the Yitzhar area. For years, we have documented testimonies of his illegal actions, but >> [2] we also hear from the victims that they're afraid to file police complaints against him due to his unlimited power in the area. Levi is involved in countless incidents of violence and harm against Palestinians and their property. Since the beginning of the war, >>

[1] Yesterday Yesh Din submitted a petition in the case of Ali Harb’s death against the settler who stabbed him to death in the olive grove in the village of Iskaka, near the settlement of Ariel. The incident occurred in June 2022, when >> [2] a group of settlers came to the olive grove in the village of Iskaka to establish a new outpost. A confrontation developed between the settlers and the Palestinians, during which one of the settlers fatally stabbed Ali Harb. Despite numerous testimonies >>

[1] For 20 years, Yesh Din has been documenting and warning about systematic ideologically-motivated violence by Israelis against Palestinians in the West Bank. The consistent disregard of this phenomenon by all law enforcement agencies >> [2] the government, the military, the police, the prosecution, and the courts - led to a situation where violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, which occurred with state approval is now being directed against law enforcement authorities themselves within Israel.

[1] The occupation of the West Bank is illegal. Israel aims to turn its control of the WB into a permanent situation. It exploits the powers granted to it by the laws of occupation to harm the rights of protected Palestinian civilians and to exploit the occupied territory while > [2] tying it with annexation bonds to sovereign Israel. The legal opinion Yesh Din published a year ago states that the occupation of the West Bank is illegal, and it is the occupier's duty to end it immediately. The occupation is not an internal Israeli issue.

[1] Is IL going to properly investigate suspicions of war crimes committed during the war in Gaza? Out of 573 cases examined over the past decade by the IL military’s Fact-Finding Assessment (FFA) Mechanism for suspected war crimes in Gaza, only 1 (0.17%) led to an indictment. >> [2] Hundreds of complaints related to offenses by soldiers that occurred in Gaza over the past nine months have been referred to the FFA Mechanism. This military body was established in 2014 to align Israeli investigation mechanisms with international standards. The mechanism >>

[1] In recent months, serious allegations have been accumulating against Israel for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. How does Israel intend to investigate such suspicions? To answer this question, >> [2] we examined the results of the military law enforcement system's work regarding 3 military operations in the Gaza Strip over the past decade (“Operation Protective Edge”, the operation to repress the Great March of Return protests, and “Operation Guardian of the Walls”). >>

[1]@acri_online & Yesh Din have issued a joint demand through Atty. @sfardm to the Minister of Defense and the Commander of the WB, calling for the immediate cancellation of the appointment of a civilian deputy to head the CA & the revocation of powers delegated to this position. @acri_online @sfardm [2] This urgent appeal stems from significant constitutional flaws in the decree & appointment letter. The order, signed without public announcement & only revealed on the Military Prosecutor's Office's website, mandates that the new civilian dep. report directly to @bezalelsm >>

[1] Israel's policy of aggresion durning the current war on Gaza and the blockade of the strip has led to severe international criticism against Israel and heavy suspicions that the State of Israel is violating international humanitarian law. >> [2] The authority of international bodies to initiate an investigation and prosecute civilians or soldiers who have committed war crimes is contingent upon the absence of effective internal investigative procedures that meet international standards of >>

[1] In the past week we've witnessed more and more attacks by Israeli settlers of humanitarian aid trucks heading to Gaza. This past Thursday, dozens of settlers attacked a truck driver who's truck wasn't even heading towards Gaza, after mistaking it with an aid truck. >>





[2] They injured the driver and three Israeli soldiers. As absurd as it may sound, according to reports on the media, Israeli military officers have been giving the settlers information about the planned routes of the aid trucks so that they can prepare to block them. >>

[1] “Meticulously”? Based on data provided by the military, the State of Israel failed to fulfill its obligation to enforce the law against soldiers who committed offenses against Palestinians. Between 2017-2021, only a fraction of the complaints >>

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[2] regarding harm caused to Palestinians by soldiers resulted in investigations, and most investigations didn't lead to indictments. The odds of a complaint regarding the killing of Palestinians by soldiers culminating in an indictment is only 0.73%. In these rare events,