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Head of Israeli human rights NGO to address UN Security Council

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Published: 16 October 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Ground-breaking invite to B'Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad prompts angry response from Israeli UN Ambassador

Head of Israeli human rights NGO B'Tselem invited to appear before UN Security Council (Haaretz)
'Violations that occur in the occupied territories, outside of the official borders of the state, are certainly of international concern,' says B'Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad

Israeli envoy fumes at unprecedented invite to B’Tselem by UN Security Council (Times of Israel)
With rights group’s head Hagai El-Ad to address session next week, Israel’s ambassador says it is ‘cooperating’ with Israel’s enemies, vows to ‘expose its lies’

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Police question Breaking the Silence directors, lawyer about Hebron incident (Haaretz)
The three, not suspected of any wrongdoing, were called to testify after being detained for entering a closed military zone – although no one else on their anti-occupation NGO tour was arrested

Photo: B'Tselem chief Hagai El-Ad speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv in February 2016 (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
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