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2010-01-07
The Kairos Palestine Document
The Kairos Palestine document is modeled after a similar document written by churches in Apartheid South Africa. It takes a unified position on peace negotiations,...
2009-12-30
Accountability Denied: The Absence of Investigation and Punishment of Torture in Israel
The main conclusion of this report – "Accountability Denied: The Absence of Investigation and Punishment of Torture in Israel" – is that Israel has...
2009-12-23
The Establishment and Expansion Plans of Maale Adumim Settlement
This report describes how the Israeli government planned to annex Maale Adumim to Jerusalem's borders even before the settlement was built in the West...
2009-12-22
Gaza: A Health Care System Impeded
This report by Medecins Du Monde explores the status of the health care system in the Gaza Strip one year after Israel's war in Gaza.
2009-12-22
Failing Gaza: No Rebuilding, No Recovery, No More Excuses A report one year after Operation Cast Lead
Joint statement from Amnesty International UK, Broederlijk Delen, CAFOD, CCFD Terre Solidaire, Christian Aid, Church of Sweden, Diakonia, Finn Church Aid,...
2009-12-21
Do Settlements Matter? An American Perspective
This article in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs by former Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer explores the question of Israeli settlements from a US perspective....
2009-12-16
United Nations Security Council Resolution 237
UN Security Council Resolution 237 calls on the government of Israel to respect the Geneva conventions and to facilitate the return of inhabitants who...
2009-12-16
United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
The guiding principles identify the rights and guarantees relevant to the protection of the internally displaced in all phases of displacement. They provide...
2009-12-16
Agreement on Movement and Access
Palestinian and Israeli officials signed the Agreement on Movement and Access on November 15, 2005 after Israeli's disengagement from the Gaza Strip. The...
2009-12-16
Rafah Crossing: Who Holds the Keys?
This report by Gisha and Israeli Physicians for Human Rights traces events surrounding the Rafah crossing and Israel's closure of the Gaza Strip. Includes...
2009-12-10
Conflict, Occupation and Patriarchy: Women Carry the Burden
Increased militarization of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Palestinian intifada in 2000 has resulted in higher rates of poverty,...
2009-12-10
A Question of Security: Violence against Palestinian Women and Girls
Various studies and statistics gathered by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and Palestinian women’s groups record high levels of violence...
2009-12-10
Mecca Agreement
The Mecca agreement formed the basis for a Palestinian national unity government between the factions, Hamas and Fateh.
2009-12-10
Drought: The latest blow to herding livelihoods
Field monitoring by the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs found hundreds of Palestinian families living on bread and oil due to the drought...
2009-12-09
Map of Maale Adumim and Jerusalem Settlement Expansion
This map illustrates the expansion of Maale Adumim and the greater E-1 expansion plan in occupied East Jerusalem.
2009-12-08
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3068
The Apartheid Convention was the ultimate step in the condemnation of apartheid as it not only declared that apartheid was unlawful because it violated...
2009-12-08
Ghost Town: Israel's Separation Policy and Forced Eviction of Palestinians from the Center of Hebron
A senior official in the defense establishment described Israel’s policy on the center of Hebron as “a permanent process of dispossessing Arabs to...
2009-12-08
Humanitarian Impact on Palestinians of Israeli Settlements and Other Infrastructure in the West Bank
This report examines the humanitarian impact on Palestinians from the ongoing construction of settlements in the West Bank and other Israeli infrastructure,...
2009-12-07
Precisely Wrong - Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles
This 39-page report details six incidents resulting in 29 civilian deaths, among them eight children. Human Rights Watch found that Israeli forces failed...