October 15, 2016
6:33 pm

Zionist Union MK Itzik Shmuli seen at the Labor Party conference in Tel Aviv on December 14, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Leftist MK: By going to UN, B’Tselem helps ‘demonization of Israel’

Zionist Union’s Itzik Shmuli calls Israeli human right watchdog’s testimony against settlements unhelpful to peace, internally unwise

By Times of Israel staff

October 15, 2016
12:30 am

Illustrative photo of the West Bank outpost of Amona (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

US, at UN, says Israel must choose between settlements or two-state solution

American representative tells Security Council that progress is needed ‘right now’

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

October 14, 2016
5:20 pm

B'Tselem director Hagai El-Ad speaks to the UN Security Council on October 14, 2016 (YouTube screenshot)

B’Tselem head urges Security Council to act now on settlements

Israel’s UN ambassador slams NGO’s participation in UN debate, accuses it of helping Palestinians ‘wage diplomatic terror against Israel’

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

October 12, 2016
8:36 pm

James Fitzgerald, sheriff of Howard County, Maryland (YouTube screenshot)

Maryland sheriff resigning over sexist, anti-Semitic comments

Officer James Fitzgerald described by workers as ‘vindictive, arrogant, narcissistic, rude, belligerent, nasty and intimidating’

By AP

September 21, 2016
5:49 pm

Palestinians hold posters against administrative detention and in support of Palestinian prisoners Bilal Kayed, Muhammad and Mahmud al-Balboul outside the United Nations building in the West Bank city of Ramallh, on August 22, 2016. (Flash90)

Palestinian inmates end hunger strikes after release dates set

Three prisoners had refused food for over two months; Ramallah official hails ‘victory’ over Israeli prison system

By Dov Lieber

August 28, 2016
11:35 pm

Israeli politician Yair Lapid addresses the crowed during a 'Taking Back Zionism' demonstration for Israel on August 28, 2016 at the Raoul Wallenberg Square in Stockholm. (AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand)

At Stockholm rally, Lapid accuses Swedish FM of anti-Semitism

An attack on Jews not based in fact has a name, Yesh Atid leader says, advising Wallstrom to look into true rights abuses in Mideast

By Times of Israel staff

August 27, 2016
6:34 pm

Nissrine Samali, 20, gets into the sea wearing a burkini, a wetsuit-like garment that also covers the head, in Marseille, southern France, August 4, 2016. (AP Photo, File)

Why burkini swimsuits are causing controversy

After crackdown, top French court sets legal precedent in ruling that ban of full-body beachwear is a human rights violation

By Angela Charlton

August 14, 2016
5:47 am

One of the most active chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, organizing anti-Israel campaigns and events throughout the year (SJP at UOIT/DC Facebook page)

Canadian university accused of ‘banning’ Jewish students

Suit filed in Ontario seeks legal review, damages for alleged discrimination, starting when the student government endorsed BDS in January

By Matt Lebovic

August 10, 2016
3:28 am

Cuban civil rights activist Oscar Biscet in Jerusalem, August 2016 (Raphael Ahren/TOI)

Castro still Israel’s enemy, prominent Cuban dissident warns on rare visit

Undeterred by torture and prison, Oscar Biscet draws attention to the totalitarian nature of the regime in Havana. I may get killed when I return but I must continue my fight, he says

By Raphael Ahren

August 7, 2016
4:02 am

Illustrative photo of an execution (AFP/Arash Khamooshi/ISNA)

Iran reacts angrily to UN criticism over executions

Foreign ministry says country a ‘victim of terrorism,’ slams meddling in its domestic affairs

By AP

July 30, 2016
4:47 am

Illustrative: In this photograph taken on July 28, 2016, an Afghan girl stands in the Hari Rud river on the outskirts of Herat. (AFP/Aref Karim)

Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl

Arrest comes just days after a 14-year-old pregnant girl was burned to death in Ghor, in a case that sparked shock waves in Afghanistan

By AFP

July 27, 2016
5:41 pm

100 Palestinian inmates fast in solidarity with hunger strikers

Prisons service fines and sanctions prisoners protesting incarceration without charge, in bid to end their strike

By Times of Israel staff

July 26, 2016
5:21 am

The mother of Palestinian terrorist Murad Idais holds a Palestinian flag as she stands in the rubble of their house after it was demolished by the IDF in the West Bank village of Yatta, south of Hebron, on June 11, 2016. Idais stabbed mother-of-six Dafna Meir to death. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Rights group: West Bank demolitions in 2016 unusually high

B’Tselem says Israel’s wrecking of Palestinian homes in past 7 months exceeds almost every year in past decade

By AP

July 22, 2016
3:54 am

Supporters carry Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's portrait during a rally at Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul on July 21, 2016. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)

With state of emergency, Turkey suspends human rights convention

In first such move since 2002, Erdogan strengthens state powers to round up suspects behind failed military coup, alarming world leaders

By Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan

July 19, 2016
2:36 pm

Terror, security and human rights fervor

When preventing intrusions on civil liberties trumps the need to protect life, society needs to fix itself, and fast

By Gerald M. Steinberg

Topic: human rights

Leftist MK: By going to UN, B’Tselem helps ‘demonization of Israel’

Zionist Union’s Itzik Shmuli calls Israeli human right watchdog’s testimony against settlements unhelpful to peace, internally unwise

US, at UN, says Israel must choose between settlements or two-state solution

American representative tells Security Council that progress is needed ‘right now’

B’Tselem head urges Security Council to act now on settlements

Israel’s UN ambassador slams NGO’s participation in UN debate, accuses it of helping Palestinians ‘wage diplomatic terror against Israel’

Maryland sheriff resigning over sexist, anti-Semitic comments

Officer James Fitzgerald described by workers as ‘vindictive, arrogant, narcissistic, rude, belligerent, nasty and intimidating’

Palestinian inmates end hunger strikes after release dates set

Three prisoners had refused food for over two months; Ramallah official hails ‘victory’ over Israeli prison system

At Stockholm rally, Lapid accuses Swedish FM of anti-Semitism

An attack on Jews not based in fact has a name, Yesh Atid leader says, advising Wallstrom to look into true rights abuses in Mideast

Why burkini swimsuits are causing controversy

After crackdown, top French court sets legal precedent in ruling that ban of full-body beachwear is a human rights violation

Canadian university accused of ‘banning’ Jewish students

Suit filed in Ontario seeks legal review, damages for alleged discrimination, starting when the student government endorsed BDS in January

Castro still Israel’s enemy, prominent Cuban dissident warns on rare visit

Undeterred by torture and prison, Oscar Biscet draws attention to the totalitarian nature of the regime in Havana. I may get killed when I return but I must continue my fight, he says

Iran reacts angrily to UN criticism over executions

Foreign ministry says country a ‘victim of terrorism,’ slams meddling in its domestic affairs

Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl

Arrest comes just days after a 14-year-old pregnant girl was burned to death in Ghor, in a case that sparked shock waves in Afghanistan

100 Palestinian inmates fast in solidarity with hunger strikers

Prisons service fines and sanctions prisoners protesting incarceration without charge, in bid to end their strike

Rights group: West Bank demolitions in 2016 unusually high

B’Tselem says Israel’s wrecking of Palestinian homes in past 7 months exceeds almost every year in past decade

With state of emergency, Turkey suspends human rights convention

In first such move since 2002, Erdogan strengthens state powers to round up suspects behind failed military coup, alarming world leaders

Terror, security and human rights fervor

When preventing intrusions on civil liberties trumps the need to protect life, society needs to fix itself, and fast

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