Van oudsher staan "de kolonisten" wantrouwig tegenover Betselem, dat hen met regelmaat in de beklaagdenbank heeft geplaatst en weinig tot geen aandacht heeft voor Palestijns geweld en provocaties tegen de nederzettingen. Nu men de grote publicitaire impact van door Palestijnen gemaakte video's heeft gezien, wil men blijkbaar alsnog meedoen aan het video-project om het beeld recht te trekken. Een soepele samenwerking tussen Betselem en de kolonisten lijkt moeilijk voorstelbaar...
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Settlers ask B'Tselem for cameras
Yesha Human Rights Organizations says it wants to document 'Palestinian provocations' in agricultural areas, turned down by rights group
Efrat Weiss - YNET
The Yesha Human Rights Organization has asked the B'Tselem human rights group to provide settlers with cameras in order to document "provocations" on the part of Palestinians and left-wing activists in agricultural areas. According to the settlers, they have yet to receive the cameras.
B'Tselem has been supplying cameras to Palestinians in order to document acts of harassment by settlers and IDF soldiers in the West Bank. In once instance, the rights group released a film taken with one of these cameras, featuring a soldier firing at a bound Palestinian in the village of Naalin.
Orit Struck, head of the Yesha Human Rights Organization, claims that Oren Yakobovich, director of video at B'Tselem, recently offered to supply cameras to settlers as well. Struck says she was pleased with the offer, but has yet to receive even one camera.
Struck sent a letter to Yakobovich, stating that "if we receive those cameras, we will document provocations by Palestinians and left-wing activists-anarchists in settlers' agricultural areas.
"We document violence in order to minimize it, while the B'Tselem organization, along with the Palestinians, documents violence in order to humiliate the State of Israel."
It should be noted that in recent years, particularly after the Amona clashes, the Yesha Human Rights Organization has been handing out cameras to settlers itself. Cameras were also supplied inside the settlements, but the group says their number is not sufficient to document what takes place near the settlements.
Sarit Michaeli, a spokeswoman for B'Tselem, said in response, "We offered the settlers to receive cameras in the framework of our budgetary limitations when this project began a year and a half ago, in order to document human rights violations.
"Unfortunately, all those who asked for a camera stopped communicating with us, leading us to conclude that they did not wish to take part in the project but rather to attack us."
As for the recent appeal, Michaeli said that "if they have come to the realization that this is not a tool for attacks, we will be happy to include them in the project.
"In regards to the settlers, there are two things we are interested in documenting - Palestinian harassments against settlers, which are illegal acts and even war crimes, or claims that the Israeli authorities are violating their rights, although in most cases the settlers are favored. But should we receive material showing their rights are being damaged, we will work to advance investigations by the Israeli authorities in these cases as well."
B'Tselem has been supplying cameras to Palestinians in order to document acts of harassment by settlers and IDF soldiers in the West Bank. In once instance, the rights group released a film taken with one of these cameras, featuring a soldier firing at a bound Palestinian in the village of Naalin.
Orit Struck, head of the Yesha Human Rights Organization, claims that Oren Yakobovich, director of video at B'Tselem, recently offered to supply cameras to settlers as well. Struck says she was pleased with the offer, but has yet to receive even one camera.
Struck sent a letter to Yakobovich, stating that "if we receive those cameras, we will document provocations by Palestinians and left-wing activists-anarchists in settlers' agricultural areas.
"We document violence in order to minimize it, while the B'Tselem organization, along with the Palestinians, documents violence in order to humiliate the State of Israel."
It should be noted that in recent years, particularly after the Amona clashes, the Yesha Human Rights Organization has been handing out cameras to settlers itself. Cameras were also supplied inside the settlements, but the group says their number is not sufficient to document what takes place near the settlements.
Sarit Michaeli, a spokeswoman for B'Tselem, said in response, "We offered the settlers to receive cameras in the framework of our budgetary limitations when this project began a year and a half ago, in order to document human rights violations.
"Unfortunately, all those who asked for a camera stopped communicating with us, leading us to conclude that they did not wish to take part in the project but rather to attack us."
As for the recent appeal, Michaeli said that "if they have come to the realization that this is not a tool for attacks, we will be happy to include them in the project.
"In regards to the settlers, there are two things we are interested in documenting - Palestinian harassments against settlers, which are illegal acts and even war crimes, or claims that the Israeli authorities are violating their rights, although in most cases the settlers are favored. But should we receive material showing their rights are being damaged, we will work to advance investigations by the Israeli authorities in these cases as well."
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