Hagai El-Ad

Illustrative: Residents of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al Hiran walk to their homes after a protest against the town's demolition, on August 27, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

November 17, 2017, 8:17 pm

IDF issues evacuation order for Bedouin village near major settlement

Notice found lying on the ground Thursday gives residents of Jabal al-Baba eight days to evacuate sensitive E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim

By Jacob Magid

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

July 1, 2017, 2:59 am

B’Tselem chief: Israel sabotaging fight against anti-Semitism to retain West Bank

Hagai El-Ad tells UN forum: 'Palestinians who oppose the occupation are terrorists, Israelis who do so are traitors, and those in the international community are of course anti-Semitic'

By TOI staff

Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks next to a picture of slain Border Police officer Hadas Malka at the United Nations on June 29, 2017. (Courtesy)

July 1, 2017, 1:10 am

After UN hosts 2-day anti-Israel event, Israel’s envoy says it colludes with terror supporters

At '50 years of occupation' gathering, Nobel laureate Jody Williams says Israel trying to silence Palestinian narrative

By Cathryn J. Prince and TOI staff

US translator Jessica Cohen (L) and Israeli author David Grossman (R) pose for a photograph with his book A Horse Walks Into a Bar at the shortlist photocall for the Man Booker International Prize at St James' Church in London on June 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel Leal-Olivas)

June 15, 2017, 11:05 am

Translator of Grossman’s winning novel to donate prize money to B’Tselem

In acceptance speech for Man Booker International Prize, Jessica Cohen commends Israeli human rights group for exposing 'uncomfortable truths'

By Jacob Magid

IDF troops filmed by a Palestinian activist with the left-wing B'Tselem human rights organization in February 2017. (Screen capture: B'Tselem)

May 10, 2017, 8:16 pm

IDF accuses B’Tselem of ‘manufacturing’ conflicts

On Facebook, spokesman Moti Almoz defends army officer who appeared in a video published by the left-wing group

By Judah Ari Gross

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel arrives for a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 26, 2017, 2:54 am

After meeting German FM, B’Tselem calls on world to punish Israel

Netanyahu defends decision to snub Berlin's top diplomat Sigmar Gabriel over his talks with left-wing advocacy groups

By TOI staff and AP

Likud MK Amir Ohana attends a Knesset debate on December 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

December 28, 2016, 5:41 pm

Bill barring national service at left-wing NGOs passes first Knesset vote

Likud-proposed legislation comes after Israeli human rights group B'Tselem criticizes Israel's settlement policy at UN

By Tamar Pileggi

November 7, 2016, 9:49 am

B’Tselem donations soar amid furor over settlement criticism

Reported 350% surge in private contributions to human rights group comes after MK threatened to strip director of citizenship

By Tamar Pileggi

October 31, 2016, 6:11 am

B’Tselem chief ‘a true patriot,’ say sources in elite IDF unit in which he served

Hagai El-Ad was excellent soldier who contributed greatly to Israel's security, say those who served with him in intel Unit 504

By Alexander Fulbright

B'Tselem Director Hagai El-Ad appears on 'Meet the Press' on October 29, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)

October 29, 2016, 8:07 pm

B’Tselem chief: I am not anti-Israel, I am anti-occupation

Hagai El-Ad denies his NGO harms the state, says recent appeal for UN intervention was driven by love of country

By TOI staff

Michael Lynk, the UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, on October 28, 2016 (Courtesy)

October 28, 2016, 10:47 pm

UN rapporteur: I’ll probe treatment of human rights groups in Israel

Michael Lynk says Israel's threatening response to criticism by B'Tselem is unacceptable; Israeli envoy says he represents a biased, discredited organization

By TOI staff

Jewish Home parliament member Bezalel Smotrich addresses the Israeli parliament on November 16, 2015. Photo by Miriam Alsterl/Flash90

October 25, 2016, 7:28 pm

Right-wing MKs call to remove Amnesty’s tax exemption status

Bezalel Smotrich says rights organization is 'radically against the State of Israel and its leaders,' should not receive benefits

By TOI staff

October 25, 2016, 12:42 pm

Censorship by any other name

B'Tselem's public concern for Palestinian civil rights was justified by government attempts to muzzle its director

By Naomi Chazan

Knesset House Committee Chairman David Bitan speaks at a committee meeting October 26, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

October 25, 2016, 3:42 am

Coalition unlikely to back chairman’s bill seeking to bar Israelis from speaking at UN

Government source says David Bitan knows he won't have the needed support to restrict the freedom of speech of Israeli citizens

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on October 9, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)

October 23, 2016, 7:12 pm

Netanyahu blasts NGO ‘silence’ after PA arrests Palestinians who visited sukkah

In Facebook post, PM says human rights groups are hypocritical for highlighting only alleged violations by Israel, calls on world to press for men's release

By TOI staff