Leaked report highlights Israel lobby’s failures
Key Israel lobby groups have conceded that they have failed to counter the Palestine solidarity movement, despite vastly increasing their spending. The admission is contained in a secret report that….
Category: Reports
The Consequence of the UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements for the EU: Stop Trade with Settlements
The recent UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) reaffirmed that the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has no legal validity and that Israel’s settlement enterprise is….
Israel/Palestine: Rights Workers Denied Gaza Access Israeli Restrictions Cast Doubt on its Investigation Claims
(Jerusalem) – The Israeli military authorities are blocking access to and from the Gaza Strip for human rights workers who document abuses and advocate to end them, Human Rights Watch….
Documents reveal how Israel made Amnesty’s local branch a front for the Foreign Ministry in the 70s
The Israeli government funded the establishment and activity of the Amnesty International branch in Israel in the 1960s and 70s. Official documents reveal that the chairman of the organization was in constant contact with the Foreign Ministry and received instructions from it.
Landmark UN report backs Israel boycott
A new UN report offers explicit backing for the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign to end Israeli apartheid and support a just peace. The landmark report’s endorsement of….
New MAP briefing exposes barriers to Palestinian healthcare
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI) have today co-launched the first in a series of briefings exploring how Israel’s occupation affects the health….
A dangerous road to education : summary of the 2016-2017 school year – 1st semester
Children from the Palestinian villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al-Abeed began the first semester of the 2016-17 school year with Israeali soldiers escorting them to their school in the nearby….
Outlawing the struggles for international legality? Penal populism and the BDS movement after Security Council Res. 2334
Despite a backdrop of symbolic mislabelling, campaigns such as BDS seem to have formulated new horizons of civil and political practice (in opposition to the mere declamation) of human rights.
Report: 7,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails
Journalists, scientists, human rights activists and even a clown are among the Palestinians currently sitting in Israeli jails.
UN report: Palestinian development impossible without ending Israeli occupation
As Israel and its advocates promote a depoliticised framework of economic improvements for Palestinians under military occupation, a new United Nations (UN) document is required reading. Late last month, the….