IMEU : Human Rights

The story of a tree and a barrier: Al-Walaja faces a second uprooting (unrwa.org)

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:03:26 PST

Abu Wajih, 69, lives with his family of nine in the village of Al Walaja. On 5 September 2011, Abu Wajih arrived on his land to find that the Israeli authorities had confiscated six dunums and had already begun levelling it. Abu Wajih lost about 60 olive trees, 18 almond trees, and eight hawthorn trees since Israel began confiscating his land.

Israel escalates policy of political repression in East Jerusalem (Al-Haq)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:14:35 PST

As an organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is gravely concerned about Israel's escalation of political repression against Palestinian lawmakers, particularly in East Jerusalem. Between 19 and 24 January four Palestinian MPs and a former Minister were detained by Israeli Occupying Forces. At present, there are 27 Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli administrative detention where they are being held without charges in violation of due process and the presumption of innocence.

Shifting paradigms: Israel's enforcement of the buffer zone in the Gaza Strip (Al-Haq)

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:16:57 PST

The so-called buffer zone is a military no-go area that extend within the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) along the entire Gaza Strip's border with Israel as well as at sea. The buffer zone allegedly responds to the Occupying Power's legitimate security concerns; yet, Israel's unilateral expansion of this restricted area and its enforcement mechanisms seriously infringe upon the rights of protected persons and cause many civilian casualties.

A Pattern of Abuse Against American Citizens (IMEU)

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:38:24 PST

In coming days, ten ships will take part in a flotilla attempting to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Among the ships will be the U.S.-flagged "Audacity of Hope," carrying 36 U.S. citizens. Last year, the Israeli navy attacked a previous humanitarian flotilla in international waters, killing nine passengers, including one American. Though Israeli state violence against foreign nationals is often portrayed as an aberration, over the past 8 years alone, Israel has killed and/or severely injured a number of American citizens. Included are 10 such examples.

Israeli campaign to avoid accountability for Gaza war crimes must be rejected (Amnesty International)

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:30:02 PST

Recent Israeli government calls for the UN to retract the 2009 report of its Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict are a cynical attempt to avoid accountability for war crimes and deny both Palestinian and Israeli victims of the 2008-2009 conflict the justice and reparations they deserve, Amnesty International said today.

Israel: US Veto on Settlements Undermines International Law (Human Rights Watch)

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:35:53 PST

The US veto of a proposed United Nations Security Council Resolution calling upon Israel to end illegal policies that promote settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, undermines enforcement of international law, Human Rights Watch said today. The Geneva Conventions, to which Israel is a party, prohibit the transfer of a country's civilian population into territory it occupies.

An Open Letter from Gaza: Two Years after the Massacre, a Demand for Justice (Gazan Civil Society)

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:12:47 PST

This is a letter from Palestinian civil society institutions in Gaza writing to the world on the 2nd anniversary of Israel's invasion of Gaza codenamed Operation Cast Lead. During Operation Cast Lead, over 1,400 people in Gaza were killed, the majority of them civilians, and hundreds of buildings & institutions destroyed.

Israel/West Bank: Separate and Unequal (Human Rights Watch)

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:30:08 PST

Israeli policies in the West Bank harshly discriminate against Palestinian residents, depriving them of basic necessities while providing lavish amenities for Jewish settlements, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The report identifies discriminatory practices that have no legitimate security or other justification and calls on Israel, in addition to abiding by its international legal obligation to withdraw the settlements, to end these violations of Palestinians' rights.

Hebron: Israeli Occupation Policies, Palestinian Resistance Strategies (The Alternative Information Center)

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:40:41 PST

With this paper, we aim to outline the Israeli policies of confiscation and conquest of the city and district of Hebron and, at the same, the strategies of resistance pursued by the local population together with Israeli and international support. We will now consider settlement construction and expansion, focusing on the city of Hebron through use of Frantz Fanon's concept of colonized city.

Israeli Settlers' Violence Report - September and October 2010 (Alternative Information Center)

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:37:30 PST

The following report highlights a drastic change in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians, not only because of the increasing number of aggressions but also because of the evolution of the violence itself. One explanation for the violent evolution that took place over the past two months is the end of Israel's ten month partial settlement freeze on 26 September 2010.