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HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual is an Israeli human rights organization with the main aim of assisting Palestinians of the occupied territories whose rights are violated due to Israel's policies.
This site contains information relating to these human rights violations. It gives the texts of Israeli laws and regulations, including those of the Military Government; international conventions; petitions to the Israeli High Court of Justice; claims for compensation for damages; decisions by Israeli and other courts; and other official documents and reports.
| HaMoked – Standing Against Punitive House Demolitions |  |
| New report by HaMoked |  |
| "Quiet Deportation" |
Between 1967 and 2018, Israel has revoked the residency status of 14,643 East-Jerusalem Palestinians |
| Timeline: The Status of Palestinians in East Jerusalem |  |
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Denial of access to private lands without explanation or due process; in one Separation Wall case, when HaMoked insisted on receiving the reason for the “security" entry ban, the military said that the landowner “makes extremist statements”
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HaMoked successfully blocks another Ministry of Interior attempt to deny temporary status to Palestinians living in Israel for many years in the framework of family unification procedures: The Appeals Tribunal rules that an outdated security ban cannot be used to prevent a status upgrade
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The Israel Prison Service submitted a document to the court bearing a prisoner’s forged signature; the court ruled that this was done “in good faith”
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For over two years the military prevented a childless Palestinian man from leaving the West Bank to receive a specialized infertility treatment in Jordan: the travel ban was lifted shortly after HaMoked petitioned the court
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Detention of 11-year-old boy, held without his parents’ knowledge in inadequate conditions for over 24 hours: HaMoked calls on the military to swiftly act to prevent recurrence of such an event
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