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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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Palestinians Have a Tradition of Collective Ownership, but Israel Splits Up Their Land Anyway

Amira Hass | 04/01/2019 | Haaretz | Local Press

Fahima and Jihad Hirsheh, like many of their neighbors, are fighting for their right to cultivate their land on the other side of the West Bank separation barrier. As a consolation, they grow...

Palestinians Have a Tradition of Collective Ownership, but Israel Splits Up Their Land Anyway

Amira Hass | 04/01/2019 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

Fahima and Jihad Hirsheh, like many of their neighbors, are fighting for their right to cultivate their land on the other side of the West Bank separation barrier. As a consolation, they grow...

Farming Permits for Palestinians in West Bank ‘Seam Zone’ Cut Drastically

Amira Hass | 03/01/2019 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

Nearly three-quarters of requests refused in 2018, compared to one-quarter in 2014 ...

Palestinian girl arrested by Israel sent to Gaza Strip – where she'd never been, activists say

| 01/02/2018 | The Guardian | Foreign Press

Teen from West Bank was arrested after visiting Jerusalem without a permit and dropped off at crossing into Gaza, Israeli rights group says...

Israel deports 14-year-old girl to Gaza — without telling her parents

Edo Konrad | 01/02/2018 | +972 Magazine | Foreign Press

Ghada had spent her entire life in the West Bank, yet somehow found herself deported to the Gaza Strip after being arrested by Border Police officers....

Detained, Arrested and Harassed: The Life of Palestinian Teens in East Jerusalem

Dina Kraft | 10/01/2018 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

Under Israeli law, minors can be arrested only in rare circumstances and held for the shortest time possible. But human rights organizations say the security services ride roughshod over this when it...

Detained, Arrested and Harassed: The Life of Palestinian Teens in East Jerusalem

Dina Kraft | 10/01/2018 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

The Shin Bet Told the Judge It Wasn't Torturing Palestinians. The Scene Next Door Proved Otherwise

Avigdor Feldman | 03/01/2018 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

How I almost won the fight on the Israeli bureaucracy of torture...

Israel Drops Claims That Palestinian Attacker Had ISIS Ties, Bid to Ban Family From Jerusalem Stopped

Amira Hass | 14/12/2017 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

The proceedings against family members of Fadi Qunbar, who killed four soldiers in truck ramming attack at Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv promenade, included a 10-year-old niece and 9-year-old...

'I tried not to scream, I was afraid they’d hit me even harder'

Yael Marom | 03/12/2017 | +972 Magazine | Foreign Press

An Israeli raid on Al-Aqsa compound earlier this year turned violent when hundreds of Palestinian worshippers were beaten, arrested, and marched barefoot through the streets of Jerusalem. Now two...