Sarit Michaeli

Sarit Michaeli is B’Tselem’s international advocacy officer and the author of its 2013 report Crowd Control: Israel’s Use of Crowd Control Weapons in the West Bank.

Recent Articles
An aerial photo of the demolition of the Khirbet Humsa community in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank, July 8, 2021. (Oren Ziv)
Where is the price for destroying a Palestinian village?
Diplomats can see that the new Israeli government is continuing to expel Palestinians. Why are their states still rewarding these crimes with honors?
By Sarit Michaeli July 26, 2021
Israeli soldiers carry away a Palestinian protester in Kufr Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, August 23, 2019. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
The dehumanization is the point
Israeli soldiers placed IEDs at the entrance to a Palestinian village. Why is such an act so hard to believe, even after everything we've seen the army do?
By Sarit Michaeli September 4, 2020
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  5. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
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  2. ‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza
  3. Even without a UN veto, Gaza remains hostage to American power
  4. Why do Israelis feel so threatened by a ceasefire?
  5. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen