Repression in the Shadow of Israel’s War on Gaza Part 1:
Five Israeli Human Rights Groups Sound the Alarm
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Listen to this webinar as a podcast
Featuring Yahav Erez, Yesh Din; Anat Litvin, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI); Jessica Montell, HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual; Tamara Newman, Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI); and Tal Steiner, Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) in conversation with Lara Friedman (FMEP)
FMEP is pleased to host representatives from five of Israel’s leading human rights groups for a collective call to examine the widespread violation of Palestinian rights across all areas under Israeli control. While the international spotlight is on Gaza, Israel’s extreme-right government has pursued a radical agenda to violate the rights of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, in the West Bank, in Jerusalem, and within Israel.
Resources from the webinar:
Follow our speakers and their work:
Tamara Newman: The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI):
Anat Levin: Physicians for Human Rights Israel:
- https://www.phr.org.il/en/
- https://twitter.com/PHRIsrael
- Health and Humanitarian Organizations Call for a Ceasefire, including PHRI: https://mailchi.mp/phr/war22en-995532?e=[UNIQID]
Tal Steiner, Public Committee Against Torture: https://stoptorture.org.il/en/
Jessica Montell: HaMoked:
Yahav Erez, Yesh Din
October 15, 2023 statement from Israeli human rights orgs: “We, Members of the Undersigned Human Rights Organizations in Israel, are Shocked and Horrified.”
Situation in the West Bank:
- Yesh Din: List of Settler Violence in the West Bank – October 2023: https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.yesh-din.org/Settler+Violence+WB+October+2023.pdf
- Israeli human rights organizations: Emergency call to the international community: Stop the Forcible Transfer in the West Bank: https://www.akevot.org.il/en/news-item/stop-the-forcible-transfer-in-the-west-bank/
- Israel using Gaza war to forcibly transfer Palestinians from South Hebron Hills: https://www.btselem.org/south_hebron_hills/20231113_israel_using_gaza_war_to_forcibly_transfer_palestinians_from_south_hebron_hills
- “Lines Increasingly Blurred Between Soldiers and Settlers in the West Bank,” Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/09/west-bank-palestinians-israeli-settlers-attacks-idf/
- “As Gaza War Rages on, Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and Create a New Reality in the West Bank,” Haaretz: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-13/ty-article/.premium/israeli-settlers-attack-palestinians-and-create-a-new-reality-in-the-west-bank/0000018b-c965-dd8b-abbf-dfff567c0000
Inside of Israel:
- ACRI’s response to threats against ACRI staff from Jewish Power Party Knesset member: ACRI Will Not Succumb To Threats: https://www.english.acri.org.il/post/acri-will-not-succumb-to-threats
- “‘This is political persecution’: Israel cracks down on internal critics of its Gaza war,” +972: https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-war-political-persecution/
- For Israeli leaders, every Palestinian citizen has a seat on the bus to Gaza, Samah Salaime//+972: https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-citizens-gaza-war-enemies/
- Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech, New Yorker//Masha Gessen: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-human-rights/inside-the-israeli-crackdown-on-speech
- Palestinian Political Leadership in Israel Detained for Anti-War Protest —> https://www.adalah.org/en/content/view/10955
- On the arming of Jewish Israelis: “Israelis are arming up in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack. Some are worried it is playing to the far right’s vision for the country”→ https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/14/middleeast/israel-guns-hamas-far-right/index.html
- “Attack Has Accelerated Israel’s Domestic Arms Race” —> https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-24/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israel-is-basically-telling-citizens-you-need-to-take-care-of-yourself/0000018b-6180-d312-a1fb-f7fb5473000
For more on Palestinian prisoners in Israel, see:
- Six human rights organizations in High Court petition against secret and illegal detention of thousands of Palestinian permit-holders from Gaza;
- Human rights organizations in an urgent High Court petition: Stop the violation of basic rights and minimal living conditions of Palestinian “security” prisoners;
- Following the Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners by the Israeli Security Service, we Turned to International Authorities
- ‘Unseen since the 1980s’: Israel accused of widespread abuse of Palestinian prisoners, The New Arab —> https://www.newarab.com/news/repression-palestinian-prisoners-unseen-1980s