South Hebron Hills

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Israel uses new surveillance technology to distance itself from the occupation. It’s not working

In some ways, this use of high-tech means is the natural, almost obvious, progression of a sustained process of rebranding the occupation.

Have You Heard About Blue Wolf?

One of the army’s main security strategies in the occupied territories, about which we heard a great deal from dozens of soldiers, is to create “a sense of persecution” in the Palestinian population.

Major Washington Post exposé: IDF use of new surveillance technology on Palestinians

Investigation, based on testimonies given by soldiers to Breaking the Silence, reveals escalation of surveillance of Palestinians with facial recognition program in West Bank

Don't Call Them 'Stray Weeds'

If, instead of expressing shock at yet another pogrom, we would start to seriously address this violence, we would have noticed by now that it is an inseparable part of the occupation, and that it is very hard to separate it from the violence perpetrated by the state itself.

Even the Sabbath takes second place to settler violence

Amid a broad escalation of violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories, Shabbat - the Jewish Sabbath - has become the most violent day of the week in the South Hebron Hills.

I Grew Up Watching Settlers Attacking My Palestinian Village. They're Becoming Bolder. I'm Afraid

The Israeli settlers' attacks are not random, nor do they reflect some kind of penchant for violent outbursts. They do what they do in order to create facts on the ground. They're after our land.

Settler Violence and the Military's Complicity Can't Be Blamed on a Single Israeli General

While Gen. Yadai bears direct responsibility for what happens in the territories, the disregard for human life long preceded him.

Israel Fights Against Its Finest Sons: Ex-soldiers Who Dare Speak Up

The Tax Authority surrendered to the pressure of right-wing organizations and demanded the removal from its building of signs posted by Breaking the Silence – from a campaign in which the organization called on the defense minister and the public security minister to take aggressive action against settler violence.

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