B'Tselem

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B'Tselem ( Hebrew בְּצֶלֶם, "image", cf. Genesis 1:27) is an Israeli non-governmental organization in Jerusalem and was founded in 1989 by prominent academics, lawyers, journalists and members of the Knesset . It has about 40 employees.

B'Tselem sees its task in proving human rights violations in the occupied territories , informing the Israeli public and lawmakers about them and contributing to a more humane society. According to its own statements, the organization does not want to make a difference whether these are committed by the Israeli or the Palestinian side. However, your primary goal as an Israeli human rights organization is to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and to ensure that Israel protects the human rights of the people there and fulfills its obligations under international law . The director of B'Tselem is Jessica Montell.

history

The association was founded on February 3, 1989. The name refers to the biblical words "b'tselem elohim" (German: in the image of God ), according to which God created people in his image ( Gen 1.27  EU ). The organization sees this as a unison with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations , which states that all men are created equal and therefore would have the right to equal treatment.

Among the founders were the academic Daphna Golan-Agnon, who also founded the Bat Shalom group, David Zucker (Knesset member of the former Ratz party ), one of the founders of the peace group Shalom Achshaw and Chaim Oron (Knesset member of the Mapam party ).

Due to a meeting between German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and representatives of B'Tselem and Schovrim Shtika held on April 25, 2017 , Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a meeting with Gabriel on the same day at short notice.

financing

B'Tselem is independent and supported by various organizations in Europe , Israel and the USA . Funders include the European Commission , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , the Norwegian Foreign Ministry , the Open Society Foundations , the EED and the Ford Foundation .

criticism

B'Tselem is controversial (especially in Israel). So designated z. B. the Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman B'Tselem as a terrorist group, right-wing political currents refer to B'Tselem as "enemies of Israel". There was also an allegation against a (former) employee who allegedly denied the Holocaust, but this allegation was not legally substantiated.

Awards

Web links

Commons : B'Tselem  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ B'Tselem - the Israeli conscience. The country's best-known human rights organization has existed for over 20 years , Neues Deutschland . April 15, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010. 
  2. ↑ B'Tselem Brochure . B'Tselem. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ Netanyahu drops meeting with Gabriel. Spiegel Online, April 25, 2017, accessed on the same day.
  4. ↑ List of donors to B'Tselem , B'Tselem. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ Gil Yaron, Tel Aviv: Rejection to Gabriel: Why the German-Israeli scandal now came. In: welt.de . April 25, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
  6. ↑ http://www.israelheute.com/Nachrichten/Artikel/tabid/179/nid/31787/Default.aspx
  7. ↑ http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antisemitismusvorwurf-umstrittenes-deutsches-ngo-engagement.886.de.html?dram:article_id=317342