19.02.2007
Following an appeal by HaMoked, the military retracted its arbitrary demand for the private phone numbers of Palestinians as a condition for processing various requests submitted on their behalf by human rights organizations, including HaMoked, to the Gaza DCO: In its response, the military claims the directive had been handed down at the request of the ISA and that the phone numbers were required for "operative needs". It has, however, been decided that the directive would not apply to Palestinians who turn to the Gaza DCO via organizations such as HaMoked. The military has stated that where