Relevant Documents By Organisation
Adalah
www.adalah.org
- Latest documents:
October 2000: Report_ The Accuse (Summary)
The documents addresses the investigation of police officers conducted under the authority of Mahash. It focuses on the criminal and public responsibility of Mahash for its failures in investigating the killings, the responsibility of police officers for the killing of Arab citizens and the wounding of other demonstrations.
July 2003: Law and Politics before the Or Commission of Inquiry. Marwan Dalal
This report Presents the key issues raised in the concluding arguments submitted by Adalah: The legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel to the official Commission of Inquiry into the October 2000 protest demonstration. The pages discuss the main reason for the Oct 2000 protest demonstration in Israel, which resulted in the killing of 13 Palestinians and the injury of hundreds.
2006_ Annual Reports of Activities
The report highlights Adalah?s Key activities in 2006, undertaking legal representations and conducting numerous advocacy and educational initiatives in promoting and defending the rights of Palestinians in Israel.
- Political Briefings:
Spring 2006: MAKAN_ The Right to the City
Periodically published, Adalah?s journal for Land, Planning, and Justice. With a critical approach to planning and development, legal and human rights issues, minority groups (especially the Palestinian minority in Israel) Makan has the aim to raise public and academic awareness.
?From Rakevet to the Neighbourhood of Neve-Shalom: Planning, Difference and the Right to the City?. Haim Yacobi
?The Right to the City and Gender Everyday Life?. Tovi Fenster.
?Spatial Violence on Behalf of the homogenous ?Order??. The Editors.
?Four Cases of Segregated Spaces?. Sharif Hamadeh, Hana Hamdan, Suhad Bishara
?Challenging the Prevention of Arab Citizens of Israel from Living on Jewish National Fund Land ?. Excerpts from Supreme Court Petition H.C. 9205/04, Adalah v. The Israel Land Administration, the Minister of Finance and the Jewish National Fund
?Excerpts from the Jewish National Fund?s Response to H.C. 9205/04 and H.C. 9010/04?
1998_ Legal Violations of Arab Minority Rights in Israel
List of rights legally violated to the Arab minorities in Israel.
AIC, The Alternative Information Centre
- Political Briefings:
News from Within
This is a monthly magazine that reflects the AIC?s activities, research and analysis. It presents a critical discussion of the political realities that have resulted from the Oslo process, the main trends in Palestinian and Israeli societies, with attention given to radical democratic and feminist struggles.
Feb 2007_ Vol. XXIII http://www.alternativenews.org/images/stories/downloads/NfW_February_2007/NfW-Feb07(Web).pdf
Dec 2006_ Vol. XXII
Oct 2006
Sep 2006
The Economy of the Occupation
This is a socio-economic bulletin describing the economy reality of the occupation. It attempts to challenge the mainstream economic perspectives of the Israeli and Palestinian economy proving an alternative analysis.
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Ultra Orthodox Jews in the West Bank
Information about the ultra Orthodox settlers in West Bank, their intentions, voting trends and the latest numbers of inhabitants,
Al-Aqsa Intifada enters 6 year
The 5th anniversary of the eruption of the Al-Aqsa Intifada is described in this report as well as the penetration of Israeli occupying troops and their grave breaches of international law against Palestinians civilians.
The Legal Boundaries of Israel
This article describes the international and legal accepted boundaries of Israel as it was given in 1948.
The Palestinian Child: The Politics of Prisoners
The article argues the number of the male Palestinian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that have been imprisoned. The number is almost the highest in the world.
Poll: Gaza Withdrawal and Public Opinion Poll
The document describes Public Opinion in the Occupied Palestinian Territories following the Gaza Withdrawal.
Sep 2005: Poll: Internet Use and Reading Habit in Palestine
The document aims at probing the opinion of the people about the use of Internet and the habit of reading in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Sep 2006: Future of Gaza Strip
The document describes the situation in the Gaza Strip with the continuing Israel?s military occupation.
Aug 2005: The Education to Obey
This article is a relecture of Michel Foucault?s book ?Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison?.
Aug 2005: Ethnic Cleansing in the Negev
This article shows the life of the Bedouin community - as a part of Palestinian refugees ? since the 19th century up to today.
Al-Haq
http://www.alhaq.org/publication.php
- Political Briefings:
Field Report
The report covers human rights abuses committed by the Israeli Occupying Power and the Palestinian National Authority in West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Jun 2007
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Description of investigation into facts and circumstances of the Israeli military incursion in the centre of Ramallah in the OPT.
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Dec 2006: The right to Education under Occupation: A Case Study of the Arab Orphan School, East Jerusalem
This document describes the strong impediments on school attending in the OPT because of the Israeli occupation.
Nov 2006: Extrajudicial Killings
This document focuses on Israeli extrajudicial killings throughout the OPT between Jan and Oct 2006.Sich Killings continue today creating an environment of constant fear and violence.
Nov 2006: The Wall in the West Bank
The document demonstrates the continuing relevance of illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank. The question of the Wall is showed also in connection with the annexation pf Palestinian land, including the ?invisible wall? along Jordan Valley. It recalls the obligation of the international community with regard to the wall.
Nov 2006: The UN Register of Damage for the Wall
Brief legal evaluation of the Proposal of the UN Secretary-General.
Nov 2006: Attacking Democracy
The document argues the Israeli undermining the ability of the PNA to govern effectively in the OPT. It shows how democratic institutions have been attacked and destroyed and elected representatives have been threatened or arrested.
Apr 2006: Israel's Deportations and Forcible Transfers of Palestinians out of the West Bank during the Second Intifada
This occasional paper examines the legality, under international law, of two forms of deportations or forcible transfers of Palestinians out of the West Bank adopted by the Israeli government since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000.
Oct 2005: Right Without Remedies: Israel?s Compensation Law
The document analyses the Compensation Law. It argues how this law is a blatant example of discrimination formalised into law, as in effect, it will deny compensation to Arabs in general, and Palestinians in particular.
Oct 2005: Building Walls, Breaking Communities: The Impact of the Annexation Wall on East Jerusalem Palestinians
Sep 2004: Four Years Since the Beginning of the Intifada: Systematic Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
This document provides a compilation of statistics on human rights violations committed during the four years of the current intifada and a legal analysis of the most prominent trends.
This document provides a compilation of statistics on human rights violations committed during the four years of the current intifada and a legal analysis of the most prominent trends.
2004: The Israeli High Court of Justice and the Palestinian Intifada: a stamp of approval for Israeli violations in the Occupied Territories
The documents highlights the role which the High Court played and still plays in providing a "legal" basis and a stamp of approval for Israeli violations and war crimes committed by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
2003; Israel's Punitive House Demolition Policy: Collective Punishment in Violation of International Law
This Al-Haq report examines the legality of punitive house demolitions in the OPT by the Israeli military.
2003: The Applicability of Human Rights Law to Occupied Territories: The Case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories
This report examines various theories of applicability of human rights law to occupied territory as well as the interaction between human rights law and humanitarian law.
2002: In Need of Protection: An Investigation Into Israeli Practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territories During the Intifada.
This report covers the range of human rights violations committed by Israeli authorities during the first year of the second intifada. It considers the legal and political context as well as Israeli violations including the unlawful use of force, targeted assassinations, settler attacks, detention and torture, property destruction, and movement restrictions. It then considers the legal mechanisms available for the protection of the Palestinians.
This report covers the range of human rights violations committed by Israeli authorities during the first year of the second intifada. It considers the legal and political context as well as Israeli violations including the unlawful use of force, targeted assassinations, settler attacks, detention and torture, property destruction, and movement restrictions. It then considers the legal mechanisms available for the protection of the Palestinians.
Al Meza Centre for Human Rights
www.mezan.org/site_en/index.php
- Political Briefings:
Jun 2007.
This Field Report describes the distinguish role of civil society organizations in the Palestinian society in the OPT. Furthermore it monitored the recent violations against civil society organizations and trade and popular unions in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Jan 2007: Report on Infringements upon the Law and the State of Insecurity in the Gaza Strip.
The report describes the escalation of the state of insecurity within the Palestinian society started 3 years before the second legislative elections took place.
Mar 2007: Cut- Flowers in Gaza: A special Report on the impact of Israeli Rights Violations on Gaza?s Cut-Flowers Business.
The report focuses on Gaza's cut-flower sector and provides a case study of the impacts of Israel's rights violations and the potential for the international community to intervene to protect Palestinians and their most basic rights. The documents contends that the many factors creating the obstacles undermining Gaza?s economy are related to the continued Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the whole OPT.
Feb 2007: A Special Report on Israel?s Restrictions pf the Palestinians Right of Movement at Rafah
The report argues the military control of Gaza has changes forms, from within to around, but the occupation and violation of international humanitarian law are not changed. The almost continued closure of Rafah Crossing Point is one of the most insidious examples of this, and it is the focus of this study.
A Manual on Priorities for Action on Issues of Child Rights
This manual aims to highlight the major problems of Gaza Strip children and to assist institutions and organizations working on children to provide affective mechanism to implement children?s rights.
ARIJ- Applied Research Institute Jerusalem
- Latest documents:
Dec 2006: Geopolitical Status in Jerusalem Governorate
The document describes the construction of the Segregation Wall isolating and confiscating large tracts of Palestinian lands in Jerusalem. The ARIJ stresses the imperative that Israel complies with the international legitimacy, laws and resolutions of the UN and the necessity to be accountable for its act in the OPT in order to not eliminate any future possibility for the Palestinian Community to expand and thus jeopardize sustainable development.
2006: Geopolitical Status in Ramallah Governorate
With the Israeli building of Segregation Walls Palestinians lands in Ramallah are isolated and confiscated. The documents asks for an Israeli accountability for its acts in the OPT and an end of apathy of the international community. In such a way Israel can be made conform to the UN?s resolutions.
http://www.arij.org/images/pub/Publications_2006/Ramallah_Status/Geopolitical_Status_In_Ramallah.pdf
2006: Analysis of Urban Trends and Land Use Changes in the Gaza Strip
The analysis shows the different types of urban expansion in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli and the Palestinian?s. They reflect the conflicting politics and have led to expansion without coexistence.
2006: Geopolitical Conditions in Bethlehem Governorate
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/
- Latest Docs:
Oct 2007: Israeli Occupied territories: Further Information on Health Concern
As a consequence of the Israeli restriction the number of Palestinians allowed to leave Gaza foe medical treatment has been reduced. Several have died or suffer of ling-term damage.
Oct 2007: Lebanon. Exiled and Suffering: Palestinians Refugees in Lebanon
The Amnesty?s report describes the situation of Palestinians refugees in Lebanon, from unemployment to poverty, overcrowding and lack of infrastructures.
Sep 2007: Israeli: Fear for Safety
The article describes the recent implementation of the Israeli government to apply new sanctions on the Hamas regime restricting the passage of goods to the Gaza Strip, as well as the supply of fuel and electricity.
Sep 2007: Peace Talks Ignore Rights
The article claims that while international community is interested in Middle East peace process and a flurry of initiatives are sought, human rights developments on the ground are not moving so fast.
Jul 2007: Israel/Occupied Territories: Further information on House Demolition/ Forced Eviction
The article describes the Israel army?s threat to demolish the village of Hadidiya.
Jul 2007: Israel/OP: Health Concern
The article describes the situation in a refugee camp in northern Egypt, where inadequate food, water and shelter make at risk health and safety.
Jun 2007: The Wire: 40 years of Occupation
The report describes the 40 years of occupation in OPT, where Palestinians are increasingly hemmed in and squeezed off their lands as Israel?s foothold strengthens in the West Bank.
Dec 2006: Israel and the OPT: Road to Nowhere
Six years since the outbreak of the last intifada and the collapse of the Israeli/Palestinian peace negotiations, the human rights situation in the OT has deteriorated to an unprecedented level. The document argues for a remote just and durable resolution.
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· UN Reports:
Feb 2007: 70th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 19 February to 9 March 2007: Update to Comments by Amnesty International on Israel?s compliance with its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
This document contains information on aspects of racial discrimination in Israel and the OPT. It argues that Israeli authorities have failed to respect the provision of the UN convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Arab Association for Human Rights
- Latest Docs:
On the Marin. Annual Review of Human Rights Violation of the Arab Palestinian Minority in Israel 2006.
The reports document some of the violations of human rights of Palestinians Arab citizens in Israel.
2005
B?Tselem
- Political Briefings:
Jul 2007: Ground to a Halt: Denial of Palestinians? Freedom of Movement in the West Bank
The document analyses the Israeli restrictions to Palestinians? freedom of movement as a consequence of the second intifada.
May 2007: Gaza Strip: One Big Prison
The insert shows the effect of the Israeli military occupation in Gaza on the Palestinian population.
May 2007: Absolute Prohibition: The Torture and III- Treatment of Palestinian Detainees
The report shows the findings of a research on Israeli interrogation methods based on ?exceptional? interrogation methods and ?physical pressure? against Palestinian detainees.
March 2007: Crossing the Line: Violation of the Rights of Palestinians in Israel without a Permit.
The document claims Israel?s responsibility in exacerbating the severe economic privations and poverty conditions prevailing in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.
Jan 2004: B?Tselem report: Forbidden Families ? Family Unification and Child \registration in East Jerusalem
The report discusses Israel?s human rights violation against Palestinians residents of East Jerusalem that result from the immigration law.
HUMAN RIGHT WATCH
- Political Briefings:
Jul 2007: Palestinian Rocket Attacks on Israel and Israeli Artillery Shelling in the Gaza Strip
This report finds that both Palestinian armed group and the Israeli Defence Forces have shown insufficient regard for civilian life.
ICG
Aug 2007: After Gaza.
Jun 2006: ICG Report: Palestinians, Israel and the Quartet: Pulling Back from the Brink.
The document reports the increasing tensions in the relationship between Israeli and Palestinian parts and the recoils in the international negotiation process.
Jan 2006: International Crisis Group Report: Enter Hamas ? The Challenges of Political Integration.
Dec 2005: International Crisis Group: Lebanon: Managing the Gathering Storm
Jul 2005: Disengagement and Its Discontents: What Will the Israeli Settlers Do? http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/middle_east___north_africa/arab_israeli_conflict/43_disengagement_and_its_discontents.pdf
- The Peace Process Documents
Jul 2006: ICG Report: Israel/Palestine/Lebanon ? Climbing Out of the Abyss
This report pieces the strands of the crisis in Israel, OPT, and Lebanon, based on talks with official and analysis of international community?s positions.
UNISPAL
Nov 2007: UN General Assembly: Report of the Committee in the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinians People
Oct 2007: Division for Palestinian Right: Chronological Review of Events.
Sep 2007: World Bank: Two Years After London: Restarting Palestinian Economic Recovery.
Sep 2007: Report of the Secretary-General on Women and Peace and Security
Jan 2006: UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights on the OPT
The report describes the violation of human rights in the OPT, the causes and the healthy and educational consequences of these violations.
Aug 2006: Statement on Gaza by UN Humanitarian Agencies Working in the OPT.
The report claims an escalation of violence on civilians and infrastructures in the Gaza Strip through the synthesis of reports of UN humanitarian agencies.
Jul 2006: UN Humanitarian Monitor: OPT July 2006.
The document reports field observations and humanitarian consequences of the escalation of violence started on June 2006.
Jul 2006: Gaza Strip Situation Report by the WHO
Jul 2006: Gaza Strip Situation Report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Jul 2006: UN: Statement of the Secretary-General
Statement by the United Nations Agencies Working in the OPT.
Apr 2006: UN: Assessment of the Future Humanitarian Risks in the OPT.
Oct 2005: UNESCO: Economic Fragmentation and Adaptation in the Rural West Bank
The document draws out causes of economic vulnerability among rural communities in the West Bank and underlines what can be done in order to reduce such vulnerability and support the positive aspects of community adaptation.
OCHA
Nov 2007: OCHA: Gaza Strip ? Humanitarian Fact Sheet
Nov 2007: OCHA: The Barrier Gate and Permit Regime Four Years on: Humanitarian Impact in the Northern West Bank
Sep 2007: OCHA: Humanitarian Situation Report ?Ein Beit el Ma (No 1) Refugee Camp (Nablus)
Feb 2007: OCHA; Gaza Strip Situation Report.
Aug 2006: OCHA, Lebanon Situation Report
The report gives an overview about the situation in Lebanon and the humanitarian responses to it.
Aug 2006: OCHA Gaza Situation Report
The reports give the details of the decline of the humanitarian situation in Gaza and its developments since July 2006.
Jul 2006: OCHA: Gaza Situation Report
Jul 2006: OCHA: Preliminary Analysis of the Humanitarian Implications of the April 2006 Barrier Projections.
In June 2002 the Israeli Government began the construction of the Barrier as a consequence of a series of suicide attacks by Palestinians militants on Israeli citizens. While on April 2006 the total length of the Barrier route has been increased.
The document analyses the humanitarian impact of this modification.
May 2006: OCHA Territorial Fragmentation of the West Bank
Mar 2006: OCHA: Gaza Strip February Access Report ? Closure at Karni Crossing.
The report describes the humanitarian consequences of the closure of Karmi crossing.
Feb 2006: OCHA: Special Focus Access to Jerusalem ? New Military Order Limits West Bank Palestinian Access.
Jan 2006: OCHA: The Humanitarian Impact of the West Bank Barrier on Palestinian Communities.
Dec 2005: OCHA Report Costs of Conflict: Nablus After Five Years of Conflict.
UNDP
July 2007: UNDP: Poverty in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Apr 2006: UNDP: Palestinian Perceptions Report
2005: UNDP: Millennium Development Goals: OPT.
Jun 2005: UNDP: Palestinian Public Perceptions Report
Poverty Fact Sheet
UNICEF
Sep 2007: UNICEF Report: Humanitarian Action Update/OPT.
Aug 2007: UNICEF Report: The Humanitarian Monitor
UNRWA
Nov 2007: UNRW: Prolonged Crisis in the OPT: Recent Socio-Economic Developments
Nov 2006: UNRW: Prolonged Crisis in the OPT: Recent Socio- Economic Impacts
Oct 2006: UNRWA: A Socio Economic Analysis of Special Hardship Case Families in the Five Fields of UNRWA Operations