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HaMoked provides free legal aid to Palestinians living under occupation and conducts strategic litigation and advocacy against Israel’s violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

This site contains information regarding these violations, including documents from legal proceedings conducted by HaMoked, Israeli laws, military regulations and other official documents.

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The quiet deportation continues:

From 1967 to 2022, Israel expelled
14,808 Palestinians
from East Jerusalem

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HaMoked to the Defense Minister:

Halt the draconian restrictions on the entry of foreigners to the West Bank

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CREEPING DISPOSSESSION

Israeli Restrictions on Palestinian Farming Beyond the Barrier

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JOINT STATEMENT

We stand in solidarity with
our colleagues in the
Palestinian human rights community

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EQUAL RIGHT TO FAMILY LIFE

Joint petition against the newly reenacted law barring Palestinian family unification in Israel and East Jerusalem

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ON FLIMSY GROUNDS:

Israel's Pervasive Night Arrests of Palestinian Children

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HCJ PETITION

Halt the draconian restrictions on the entry of foreigners to the West Bank

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CREEPING DISPOSSESSION

Israeli Restrictions on Palestinian Farming Beyond the Barrier

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JOINT STATEMENT

We stand in solidarity
with our colleagues in
the Palestinian
human rights community

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EQUAL RIGHT TO FAMILY LIFE

"Citizenship Law" expired

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ON FLIMSY GROUNDS

Night Arrests of
Palestinian Minors

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Topics

Damage to Property [209] Human Rights Defenders [71] Detention Without Trial [30] Torture [295] Reparations [54] Freedom of Movement [337] Respect for the Dead [160] Rights of Detainees [260] House Demolitions [942] Violence [96] Detention [117] Legal - General [118] Secret Prison Facility 1391 [121] Separation Wall [472] Residency in the OPT [49] East Jerusalem [331] Deportation [203]

Updates

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16.04.2023 Family unification status cannot be revoked as a collective punishment; District Court accepts HaMoked’s appeals and prevents deportation of seven innocent Palestinians from East Jerusalem “for general deterrence considerations” Read more

11.04.2023 The HCJ approved a punitive demolition in the West Bank: Justice Kabub in the minority ruled that the order was disproportionate and that the military should submit an update regarding collateral damage Read more

24.03.2023 The HCJ approved yet another punitive demolition in the West Bank, despite factual questions regarding the cause of death: a three-story home of an innocent family will be demolished in its entirety Read more

19.03.2023 HaMoked to the HCJ: The ‘Anin gate in the Separation Wall must be opened daily; the current limited schedule denies farmers access to their trapped lands Read more