HaMoked to the military: initiate a thorough investigation into the excessive damage caused during the punitive demolition of a third floor apartment in the West Bank

Six human rights organizations in an urgent petition to the High Court of Justice: Reverse all restrictions on movement of goods through Kerem Shalom Crossing and immediately allow entry of fuel to Gaza

Human rights organizations to the Attorney General: Israel’s decision to reduce electricity supply to the Gaza Strip is inherently unlawful and would lead to a humanitarian disaster for some two million people; the government must be instructed not to pursue implementation

Israeli human rights organizations, including HaMoked, in an ad expressing solidarity with the human rights organizations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, September 7, 2014

The Attorney General's response to Israeli human rights organizations: no indication that he intends to intiate an external investigation mechanism into the military offensive policy of Israel in the Gaza Strip

Human rights organizations to the Minister of Defense: Israel must immediately enable the renewal of water and electricity supply to the Gaza Strip in order to prevent humanitarian and environmental crisis

Translation from the website of ACRI

Israeli human rights organizations to the Attorney General: instruct the government and the military to avoid indiscriminate attacks which cause excessive harm to civilians in the Gaza Strip

In one of the Israeli Supreme Court’s comprehensive judgments regarding the law applicable in the OPT, the court acknowledged the constitutional status of the human rights of residents of the OPT. In that same judgment, the High Court of Justice (HCJ) sanctioned the demolition of Palestinian houses in Hebron. The judgment was penned by Justice Procaccia with the consent of the then Supreme Cour...

Contrary to morality and in breach of international law: Israel limits the quantity and quality of drinking water in the Gaza Strip

The judgment in Jam'iat Iscan Al-Ma’almoun is a pillar of the Israeli law of occupation. One would be hard pressed to find a common law rule relating to the occupation which cannot be supported by this judgment. It is essential reading material for any lawyer training in this field and an inexhaustible source for quotes. The judgment is also a microcosm of the Supreme Court’s functioning when i...

One of the most important rules in the laws of occupation is the prohibition on the occupying power to plunder the occupied territories and transfer its non-renewable resources to its own hands. The Israeli court reviewed this rule in a petition filed by residents of two settlements, Na’ale and Nili, against the establishment of a quarry in the Natuf valley nearby.The settlers were concerned ab...

Report of the Goldstone commission appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in order to examine suspicions of war crimes during the Cast Lead war. The report, which is based on evidence and much information from both Palestinian and Israeli sources, determines that actions taken by Israel and Hamas during the war included breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law. The commissi...

HaMoked deleted its petition to allow B'Tselem's field researchers to enter the Gaza Strip: The court rejected the petitioners' claims that many Israelis enter Gaza, and the military's refusal to permit the entry appears to be an attempt to hinder the work of human rights organizations in Israel

To mark the two years of closure that Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip: Israeli human rights organizations have released a new online film with the message "Lift the closure - give life a chance".

Israeli human rights organizations to the EU: Use Association Council meeting to stop settlements and open Gaza

HaMoked and other human rights organizations launch an urgent appeal to the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister, the Minister of the Interior and the Attorney General: Refrain from collective punishment of the civilian population in Gaza as a means of exerting political pressure to advance the cause of Gilad Shalit