Data Sources

Methodology

The Shireen Observatory collects and analyzes data published by official and human-rights institutions — governmental and non-governmental, local and international — concerning the violations committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people.

What the Observatory is — and isn't The Observatory does not in any way seek to duplicate the work of these institutions or to dismiss their efforts; rather, it provides a platform that summarizes, aggregates, and presents this data through interactive tools. It is therefore a media platform under the umbrella of data journalism, not a vehicle for legal or human-rights documentation.

Because the criteria used vary from one institution to another, we at the Observatory chose to provide data from multiple sources — without duplicating or omitting any of them — and to make the data available in full detail, leaving it to the user to choose which criteria to view it under.

A note on data accuracy The accuracy of the data depends entirely on the sources from which it was collected; the Observatory bears no responsibility in this regard, as the data is presented exactly as gathered from those sources.
Sources by data category
Martyrs
Prisoners
Wounded and Injured
Home Demolitions
Violations Against Journalists
Settlements and Settler Attacks