In a majority opinion, the High Court of Justice cancelled a punitive demolition order for the home of a family of nine, as “the principle of proportionality requires mitigation of the harm”: The military was allowed to consider a partial sealing of the home

The Appeals Tribunal again invalidates the Minister of Interior’s decision to deport an assailant’s relatives for the purpose of deterrence: The Ministry of Interior must reconsider their case

HaMoked to the military: Palestinians must be allowed free access to their lands beyond the Separation Barrier during the upcoming olive harvest season

Yet again: HaMoked’s intervention is required for the military to remove a concrete barricade that prevented Qaffin farmers from bringing farm animals and equipment to their lands trapped beyond the Separation Barrier

Five human rights organizations to Israeli Defense Minister, COGAT and Attorney General: Immediately lift restrictions on travel to and from Gaza imposed under the guise of the pandemic and admit travel applications for all needs even in the absence of PA coordination

HaMoked and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel to the Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee: prison visits by family and lawyers must not be banned due to the pandemic; legislation must ensure regular contact between inmates and the outside world when visits are suspended

Precedential judgment against the Minister of Interior: a Palestinian woman living in East Jerusalem for years in the framework of family unification procedures cannot be denied an upgrade in residency status, due solely to actions of her son

High Court justices demand the state explain the deterioration in access to farmlands trapped beyond the Separation Barrier

The State’s appeal is rejected: Court reaffirms that Palestinians married to Jerusalemites cannot be denied temporary residency due to a gap in continuity of family-unification stay permits

Military data: in 2019-2020, majority of farmers’ requests to reach their lands beyond the Separation Barrier are denied and for reasons unrelated to security

Ministry of Interior data: 40 East Jerusalem Palestinians were stripped of their permanent residency status in 2019 as part of Israel’s “quiet deportation” policy; a significant increase compared to 2018

HCJ rejects petition by HaMoked and Al-Mezan seeking administrative reduction of prisoner population due to the COVID-19 pandemic: despite the continued health emergency, Israel refrains from using this useful measure for easing overcrowding in prisons

Israeli Human Rights organizations to the Minister of Defense: Israel must allow Palestinian travel via Erez Crossing, and allow Gazans to request permits directly, without PA coordination

The HCJ cancelled the Regulation Law for legalizing expropriation of private lands in the West Bank: “The Law does not meet the test of proportionality and is therefore unconstitutional”

HaMoked to the HCJ: Dismantle 6 kilometers of the Separation Barrier in the West Bank; this section dispossesses farmers with no security rationale

Following HaMoked’s demand: the military amended the invasive terms of use of the mobile app enabling Palestinians to check the status of permit requests

In response to HaMoked’s petition: in a future public health emergency, the state undertakes to consider the unique circumstances of Palestinians undergoing family unification procedures who live in the Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond the separation wall

For the first time since 2016, the HCJ has cancelled a punitive order for the demolition of a West Bank home; HaMoked’s petition successfully saved a woman and her three young children from becoming homeless

Israeli human rights and civil society NGOs call on Israel to lift movement restrictions imposed on Amnesty International employee, banning his exit from the oPt

HaMoked and Al-Mezan petition the High Court of Justice: a reduction of the prisoner population is needed, and must include “security” prisoners, whose overcrowded conditions make social distancing impossible