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HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual is an Israeli human rights organization whose main objective is to assist 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.
| "Ceased residency" |
Between 1967 and 1994 Israel revoked the residency status of some quarter million Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
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| Timeline: Torture |  |
| The Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award of 2011 |
HaMoked congratulates attorney Tamar Peleg-Sryck on receiving the 2011 Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award for Lifetime Achievement
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| Contrary to the opinion of the Supreme Court President |
The HCJ rejects HaMoked's appeal: the children of an Israeli resident will be left without status
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| Timeline: The Sparation Wall |  |
Updates
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Israel continues its "quiet deportation" policy: in 2012, the Ministry of Interior revoked the residency status of 116 Palestinians from East Jerusalem
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Following HaMoked's application: an elderly stroke survivor will be able to meet her son, imprisoned inside Israel, in the framework of an "open visit" with no partition. Her husband, the prisoner's father, will have to make do with a regular visit
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HaMoked in a petition to the HCJ seeking the return of the bodies of Palestinians to their families for proper burial: the handling of the return of bodies was suspended in the summer of 2006, following the capture of three Israeli soldiers
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After three years, two court petitions and one appeal to the appellate committee for foreigners: children from a previous marriage, accompanying their parent seeking family unification in Israel, will receive a permit of temporary residency in Israel
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Human rights organizations in Israel condemn the Israeli military's raid on Palestinian Human Rights' & Civil Society Organizations
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