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Israeli Center Keeps Focus On Human Rights

Naela Khalil reports on B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights center that documents Israeli violations in the Palestinian territories.
An Israeli soldier fires towards the leg of a Palestinian detained during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, in this frame grab from a video taken about three weeks ago and released on July 20, 2008, by Israeli rights group B'Tselem.  The video footage of the Israeli soldier firing what appears to be a rubber bullet at point-blank range at a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee has led to an army investigation. REUTERS/B'Tselem via Reuters TV  (WEST
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It may seem surprising to some that B'Tselem — the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories — documents and exposes violations carried out by its country’s army against Palestinians. However, these doubts quickly disappear when you witness Palestinian victims dialing the numbers of B'Tselem personnel for emergency help when they are exposed to settler attacks and army abuses.

B’Tselem’s work in documenting and exposing human rights violations in the occupied territories has been so extensive that mere mention of B'Tselem vexes Israeli settlers and soldiers alike. Its consistent success in bringing hundreds of cases against settlers and soldiers to the Supreme Court has earned it Israeli ire and Palestinian praise.

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