The report reveals Israel’s exploitation of the West Bank for the treatment of Israeli waste – including hazardous waste. In doing so, Israel abuses its power as an occupying regime and exposes the Palestinian residents to environmental and health hazards – without Palestinian consent. “This reality is simply one more facet of the exploitative policy...Read More
Over the past twenty years, Israel has taken measures to guarantee its impunity from its obligation under international law to compensate Palestinians harmed by its security forces. The report describes the development of this practice, and the approach in which it led to a major drop in the number of filed claims in recent years....Read More
The report by B’t Selem illustrates the approach Israel is using to grab Palestinian rural space, by fragmenting it, dispossessing its residents of land and water, and then handing it over to settlers. A case study of three villages in the Nablus District – ‘Azmut, Deir al-Hatab and Salem – narrates the experience undergone by these communities since Israel established the Elon Moreh settlement nearby. The case study, illustrates the broader policy Israel isimplementing throughout the...Read More
Administrative detention has been commonly used by repressive regimes to circumvent the legal process and hinder access to one’s legal protective rights. Such detention has been used in Northern Ireland, South Africa (under apartheid), the United States, and Israel. The Israeli practice of administrative detention does not comply with international law, given that Israeli authorities detain...Read More
Economic exploitation is a key facet for entrenching military occupation and administering a colonial regime to control, exploit and repress rebellion amongst subjects. The Israeli regime is no different: Palestinian families with home demolition orders are required to pay for their demolishment; the family of an executed Palestinian is required to pay a bail to...Read More
During the 2014 summer attacks, Israeli security forces killed 1,391 people, including 526 minors, who did not participate in the fighting. The report describes Israel’s approach in creating false appearance of investigations for grave breaches of the law during the fighting, when in fact, those truly responsible – the policymakers resining and issuing the orders...Read More
The report focuses on the detention of children from East Jerusalem in 2014-15: the cruel treatment they endured during arrest, detention and interrogation, and the impacts of this treatment on the children, their families, and communities. Addameer further examines the legal implications of Israel’s behavior and the political context in which it occurrs.Read More
The report by ACRI outlines the nature of the legal regime operating in the West Bank. Two systems of law are applied in a single territory: a civilian legal system for Israeli citizens, and a military court system for Palestinian residents. The result is institutionalized discrimination, known as apartheid.Read More
The report by PCATI investigates the manner in which the Military Police Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU or Metzakh) examines complaints filed regarding soldier violence towards Palestinian detainees in the Occupied Territories between 2007 and 2013, with only two becoming indictments. “The CIU’s actual role is to cover up systematic violations and create illusion of examination...Read More
"This report [by Amnesty International] shows how Israeli forces have repeatedly violated their obligations under international human rights law by using excessive force to stifle dissent and freedom of expression, resulting in a pattern of unlawful killings and injuries to civilians, including children, and have been permitted to do so with virtual impunity due, in...Read More