International human rights organizations, along with the United Nations, and the United States Department of State, have reported human rights violations committed by the State of Israel, particularly against minority groups. These reports include violations of the rights of Palestinians, both inside and outside Israel as well as other groups in Israel.
Western Wall, Jerusalem
A cross-section of Israel's local newspapers in 1949.
Sign in front of the Galil school, a joint Arab-Jewish primary school in Israel.
A neighbourhood in the settlement Ariel
Criticism of Israel is a subject of journalistic and scholarly commentary and research within the scope of international relations theory, expressed in terms of political science. Israel has faced international criticism since its establishment in 1948 relating to a variety of issues, many of which are centered around human rights violations in its occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Protesters in Dar es Salaam opposing the Gaza War in 2009
A political cartoon by Lebanese cartoonist Mahmoud Kahil criticizing the policies of Ariel Sharon
Norman Finkelstein author of Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History
Desmond Tutu
