"[A]s the occupying power in the West Bank, Israel must explicitly acknowledge the applicability of the right to demonstrate in the occupied territories. Subsequently, Israel should establish clear rules that will enable the realization of freedom of expression and the right to protest in the West Bank, whether through weekly demonstrations or other protest events. The...Read More
The Absentee Property Law (APL) was enacted in the wake of the 1948 War to transfer the property of Palestinian refugees to the Israeli authorities. The provisions of the APL defined "absentee" and "absentee property" broadly. The APL also granted the Custodian of Absentee Property absolute authority, including the ability to release the property, while...Read More
"The Tribunal finds that Israel subjects the Palestinian people to an institutionalised regime of domination amounting to apartheid as defined under international law. This discriminatory regime manifests itself in varying intensity and forms against different categories of Palestinians depending on their location. The Palestinians living under colonial military rule in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are...Read More
The Attorney General’s decision maintained the absolute immunity granted by Mahash to the police officers implicated in the lethal shootings of 13 Arab citizens of Israel in October 2000. By endorsing Mahash’s decision and notwithstanding its grave failings, the Attorney General establishes low and inappropriate standards for the authorities’ duty to investigate and indict those...Read More
"This short paper provides a list of 20 main new laws and currently-tabled bills that discriminate against the Palestinian minority in Israel and threaten their rights as citizens of the state, and in some cases harm the rights of Palestinian residents of the OPT. While this paper does not cover the entire body of discriminatory and/or...Read More
"In recent years, Israeli groups have put forward several constitutions for the state of Israel. However, these proposals are distinguished by their lack of conformity to democratic principles, in particular the right to complete equality of all residents and citizens, and by their treatment of Arab citizens as if they were strangers in this land.” These proposals...Read More
This report, by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions and BADIL, outlines the legal system that the Zionist movement, and later Israel, created to acquire land and property from Palestinians. It documents the appropriation of land and property from Palestinians and describes the use of military force for the acquisition of Palestinian lands.Read More