B'Tselem

B'TSELEM - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories "was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel."


 * Eitan Felner - Former Executive Director

Directors

 * Chair: Henriette Dahan-Kalev: Lecturer in Political Science, Ben Gurion University
 * Hasan Abadi: Lawyer
 * Neta Amar: Lawyer, Legal Advisor for IHL Project, Diakonia and Staff Attorney for Rabbis for Human Rights
 * Anat Biletzki, Professor of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University
 * Orna Ben-Naftaly, Head of the Law and Culture Division and the International Law Division, the Law School, the College of Management Academic Studies.
 * Menachem Fisch: Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science, Tel-Aviv University and Senior Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute
 * Tamar Hermann: Dean of Academic Studies, the Open University of Israel, and Senior Research Fellow, the Israel Democracy Institute.
 * Amnon Kapeliouk: Journalist, Le Monde Diplomatique
 * Peretz Kidron: Journalist and Translator
 * Menachem Klein: Lecturer in Political Science, Bar Ilan University
 * David Kretzmer: Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and School of Public Policy, Hebrew University
 * Victor Lederfarb: Financial Administrator, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel
 * David Neuhaus: Jesuit Priest, Reverend, Lecturer in Religious Studies at Bethlehem University and Seminary of the Holy Land in Beit Jala
 * Danny Rubinstein: Journalist, Ha'aretz Newspaper;
 * Alla Shainskaya: Senior Staff Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science
 * Gila Svirsky: Co-founder of Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
 * Ronny Talmor: Author and editor
 * Oren Yiftachel: professor of political geography and urban planning, Ben-Gurion University
 * Rayef Zreik: Co-founder of Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University

Donors

 * British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 * Christian Aid (UK)
 * Commission of the European Communities
 * DanChurchAid (Denmark)
 * Diakonia (Sweden)
 * Development Coorporation Ireland (DCI)
 * EED (Germany)
 * Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
 * Ford Foundation (USA)
 * Foundation for Middle East Peace
 * ICCO (Netherlands)
 * International Commission of Jurists-Swedish Section
 * Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
 * New Israel Fund (Israel)
 * Norwegian Foreign Ministry
 * Shefa Fund
 * SIVMO (Netherlands)
 * Stichting Het Solidaritetsfonds (Netherlands)
 * Trocaire (Ireland)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.btselem.org

Related SourceWatch

 * Edy Kaufman - Former director
 * Daphna Golan-Agnon
 * Palestine Human Rights Information Center
 * Dedi Zucker - cofounder