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Israel hides info on jailed Palestinians' health from families - NGO to High Court

JP staff | 25/01/2023 | The Jerusalem Post

The High Court rejected the state's notion that the family's right to know of a prisoner's condition should be subject to the nature of the prisoner's crimes.

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The Israeli army promised to avoid arresting kids at night. It never even tried

Oren Ziv and Basil Adra | 17/01/2023 | +972 Magazine

Despite committing to new procedures to reduce the practice, the army is still using night arrests as a default against Palestinian children, says rights group.

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Nighttime Israeli arrests haunt Palestinian kids, families

Isabel Debre | 13/01/2023 | Associated Press

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Terminal Limbo: This Gaza Man Is Stuck in a Room in Abu Dhabi, Unable to Enter the UAE or Go Home

Gideon Levy | 20/08/2020 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

For five months, a Gaza man has been locked up in a small room in Abu Dhabi, even though he’s not guilty of any wrongdoing. Israel and Egypt refuse to allow him to return to Gaza, and the UAE...

‘Gaza is a one-way ticket’: How Israel’s relocation policy is separating Palestinian communities

Henriette Chacar | 30/06/2020 | +972 Magazine | Foreign Press

Israel is systemically routing Palestinian movement in one direction — from the West Bank to Gaza. Families and advocates say the silent transfer is splintering Palestinian society....

I am under a lockdown, but not because of the coronavirus

Laith Abu Zeyad | 27/05/2020 | Al Jazeera | Foreign Press

Israel has banned me from leaving the West Bank and has refused to tell me why. ...

Israel's Top Court Halts Home Demolition of Palestinian Accused of Killing Soldier

Hagar Shezaf & Netael Bandel | 25/05/2020 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

The army didn't issue the demolition order until five months after the attack, meaning it wouldn't serve as a deterrent, justice says...

Israel Considers Cutting Off Parts of East Jerusalem to Stem Coronavirus Spread

Nir Hasson | 23/03/2020 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

Jerusalem Mayor Leon opposes the move which would sever access to thousands of permanent residents of Israel. Prime Minister's Office says a decision on the matter has yet to be made...

Israel’s New Condition for Palestinians Hoping to Work Their Land: A Pop Quiz in Map Reading

Amira Hass | 04/01/2020 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

The army confiscated dozens of crossing permits of farmers whose plots are beyond the separation barrier. While they labor to retrieve them, their land remains untended...

Israel Limits West Bank Farmers' Access to Lands Near Green Line

Hagar Shezaf | 24/11/2019 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

New regulations impose a quota on the number of times a year Palestinian farmers may enter their fields between the separation barrier and the Green Line...

Israel Releases Palestinian, Set for Deportation to Brazil, After Over 2 Years in Detention

Amira Hass | 02/10/2019 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

Ma'an Abu Hafez was born in Brazil but moved to the West Bank as a toddler and left no family behind. Israel has been unsuccessfully trying to send him back...

Top court throws out case demanding Palestinian kids be allowed to call parents from prison

Edo Konrad | 03/07/2019 | +972 Magazine | Foreign Press

The Israeli Supreme Court refuses to hear arguments in a case about whether Palestinian minors imprisoned by Israel should be allowed to speak to their families on the phone....

Should Palestinian children be able to call parents from prison? Israeli court will decide

Edo Konrad | 30/06/2019 | +972 Magazine | Foreign Press

Palestinian children in Israeli jails classified as ‘security prisoners’ are denied the right to speak to or see their families, sometimes for months on end...