B'Tselem update 29-03-07
New report: Crossing the Line
B'Tselem's new report is a unique study on the infringement of the human rights of the tens of thousands of Palestinian workers staying in Israel without a permit. As the occupying power in the Territories, Israel is legally responsible for the welfare of its residents and must take the actions necessary to create jobs there. So long as Palestinians depend on Israel for their livelihood, and the West Bank does not provide the means for earning a living, Israel must ease its closure policy and allow, following appropriate security checks, more Palestinians to enter the country to work.
Israeli soldiers use two Palestinian minors as human shields During the army's operation in late February, soldiers ordered two children, a fifteen-year-old boy and a eleven-year-old girl, to walk in front of them as they searched houses in the old city of Nablus.
B'Tselem's new report is a unique study on the infringement of the human rights of the tens of thousands of Palestinian workers staying in Israel without a permit. As the occupying power in the Territories, Israel is legally responsible for the welfare of its residents and must take the actions necessary to create jobs there. So long as Palestinians depend on Israel for their livelihood, and the West Bank does not provide the means for earning a living, Israel must ease its closure policy and allow, following appropriate security checks, more Palestinians to enter the country to work.
Israeli soldiers use two Palestinian minors as human shields During the army's operation in late February, soldiers ordered two children, a fifteen-year-old boy and a eleven-year-old girl, to walk in front of them as they searched houses in the old city of Nablus.
