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B'Tselem was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics,
attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and
educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in
the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among
the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel.

B'Tselem in Hebrew literally means "in the image of," and is also used as a
synonym for human dignity

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To some Israelis, daily Palestinian suffering under Israeli occupation is an
unacceptable fact of life that they refuse and need to highlight with
different methods, the latest of which is using music video to denounce such
oppressive practices.

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories,
B'Tselem, has produced a song and music video as part of the organization's
campaign against Israel's siege policy.

The music video features footage taken at roadblocks and checkpoints within
the West Bank and shows the daily reality of Israel's siege policy, B'Tselem's
website said.

The song - "Eyes Wide Open" - is a remake of a popular Israeli song,
featuring well-known Israeli artists. The song's lyrics speak of the need to
acknowledge the reality around us, the website added.

"You have to see the wrong in order to fight it... Don't put on glasses/Rose
colored or gray/Look with your eyes/Eyes wide open," the song says.

The video clip is performed by Arab and Israeli artists in an attempt to
reduce the sufferings faced by Palestinians in the occupied lands and inform
the Israeli public opinion of such sufferings.

The tape will be available for Israeli and Palestinian public within the
forthcoming days as a way to "condemn the Israeli military barriers and
convince the Israeli public opinion that such barriers are illegitimate and
unfair," the center said.

The number of copies to be distributed among the Arab and Israeli public,
according to the center, is estimated at 100.000.