February 9, 2016
10:41 am

Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on February 2, 2016. (AFP/Frederick Florin)

50 European MPs slam NGO bill as ‘inherently discriminatory’

Legislation passes first reading; raked over coals by EU lawmakers, Human Rights Watch

By Raphael Ahren

January 28, 2016
11:15 pm

A Femen activist, Sarah Constantin, hangs from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge to call attention to the large number of executions in Iran, January 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)

Jewish groups join protests greeting ‘executioner’ Rouhani in Paris

Human rights activists express disapproval at president’s warm welcome with mock hanging near Eiffel Tower

By Rina Bassist

January 26, 2016
4:06 am

Ezra Nawi at the Jerusalem District Court, January 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ezra Nawi’s arrest after sting enrages right and left alike

Left-wing groups unrepentant over activist’s apparent efforts to send West Bank land sellers to their deaths, calling report a political witchhunt

By Ben Sales

January 18, 2016
11:52 am

David Keyes, executive director of Advancing Human Rights (Courtesy)

PM to tap US-born human rights activist as new spokesman

Before David Keyes started ‘punking’ Iranian and Saudi officials, New York Times hailed him as a ‘pioneer in online activism’

By Raphael Ahren

January 11, 2016
1:05 am

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at the Jerusalem offices of left-wing NGO B'Tselem, on January 10, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Left-wing MKs, activists blame government incitement for B’Tselem fire

Group says won’t be deterred from ‘exposing the harm to human rights under the occupation’ after blaze consumes Jerusalem offices

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 2, 2016
9:52 am

US President Barack Obama with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2015. (AFP/Yuri Gripas)

State TV: Saudi Arabia has executed 47 criminals

Announcement comes day after advocacy groups said kingdom held at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings at 20-year high

By AP

December 27, 2015
3:20 pm

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the Jewish Home party seen at a party meeting in the Knesset, October 12, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Cabinet moves to force NGOs to declare foreign government funding

But coalition faces uphill battle to pass bill that would also require representatives of left-wing groups to wear ID tags in Knesset

By Lee Gancman

December 19, 2015
1:15 pm

Zionism’s essence is Jewish sovereignty

A response to Melanie Takefman’s position that human rights organization fulfill the Zionist mandate

By Lewis Rosen

December 18, 2015
4:38 am

Illustrative photo of electronic boards showing the results of a vote in the United Nations General Assembly. (AP/Evan Schneider, United Nations)

Iran, North Korea rapped at UN over human rights

General Assembly condemns Pyongyang’s ‘gross’ violations, ‘serious concern’ voiced over Tehran’s use of death penalty

By AFP

December 17, 2015
3:42 pm

Human rights organizations ARE Zionism

It is not the salary, but national loyalty that drives the social activists protecting Israel’s most vulnerable

By Melanie Takefman

December 16, 2015
6:30 pm

Still image from a video published by the right-wing NGO Im Tirtzu, December 15, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)

Righty Im Tirtzu faces backlash over ‘foreign agent’ clip

NGO chief responds to incitement claims, saying ‘moles’ responsible for whatever happens to them

By Raoul Wootliff

December 15, 2015
10:48 pm

A still from an ad accusing Israeli activists of being foreign funded 'moles.' (screen capture: Facebook)

Right-wing group accuses activists of being foreign agent ‘moles’

Likud MK distances himself from Im Tirtzu after introducing legislation branding B’Tselem and other foreign-funded NGOs as saboteurs

By Times of Israel staff

December 10, 2015
8:44 pm

A Palestinian man is beaten and restrained by IDF soldiers during a violent demonstration in the Jelazoun refugee camp, near Ramallah, on June 12, 2015. (screen capture: Palestine TV)

Israel seeing ‘alarming’ human rights trends — report

Civil rights group decries use of administrative detention; MK Hanin Zoabi says ‘resistance’ only option for Palestinians