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B'Tselem ((ヘブライ語:בצלם), "in the image of ()") describes itself as an independent non-profit organization, whose stated goals are to document human rights violations in the occupied territories, combat denial and help to create a human rights culture in Israel.〔 Its executive director is Hagai El-Ad.〔(Staff ), B'Tselem.〕 B'Tselem also maintains a branch of the organization in Washington, D.C., called B'Tselem USA. B'Tselem was founded in 1989, during the First Intifada, by Israeli academics and members of civil rights and leftist organizations. B'Tselem's funding comes from private individuals (both Israeli and foreign), together with European and North American foundations focusing on human rights.〔 B'Tselem has published over a hundred reports on various issues such as torture, fatal shootings by security forces, restrictions on movement, expropriation of land and discrimination in planning and building in East Jerusalem, administrative detention, house demolitions, violence by Israeli settlers and Palestinians, and Israeli operations in the occupied territories. In December 1989, B'Tselem shared the Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize with the Palestinian group, Al-Haq.〔(A Special Prize of the Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation )〕 B'Tselem has been harshly criticized by Israeli nationalists. In 2011, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman charged the group with abetting terrorism and weakening Israel's defense forces. ==History== B'Tselem was founded on February 3, 1989. The name comes from Genesis , which states that all mankind was created ''"b'tselem elohim"'' (in the image of God), which the organization says is in line with the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights that all humans are equal in dignity and so deserve the same fundamental rights.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=B'Tselem Brochure )〕 Key founders were Daphna Golan-Agnon (academic and founding director of feminist peace group Bat Shalom), David Zucker (Knesset member for the Ratz party, one of the founders of the Peace Now movement), Haim Oron (Knesset member for the Mapam party, one of the founders of the Peace Now movement), Zehava Gal-On (Ratz party activist and future Knesset member for the Meretz party formed through the merger of Ratz and Mapam), Avigdor Feldman (civil liberties lawyer), and Edy Kaufman, a civil liberties activist). The Washington Post describes the line between human rights groups and political parties in Israel as "very blurry", noting that Gal-on has served as director, by turns, of both the Socialist Meretz Party and of B'Tselem. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「B'Tselem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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