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Who Cares if Palestinians Are Dead or Alive?

Gideon Levy | 02/04/2023 | Haaretz

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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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Israel Prosecutor Reopens Case Against Officers Beating Palestinian Inmates After Haaretz Investigation

Josh Breiner | 16/08/2021 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

At least 10 officers were filmed beating prisoners and dozens more were present, in one of the most violent events to ever take place in an Israeli jail. Only four officers were questioned, none were...

Israeli Army Launches New Procedure for Summoning Palestinian Minors

Hagar Shezaf | 03/08/2021 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

The IDF's procedures for bringing minors in for interrogation replaces arrests at home with summonses, but exceptions and conditions mean that human rights experts still fear that 'nothing will...

The Magic Word That Eases Israelis' Conscience

Amira Hass | 26/07/2021 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

The issue of family reunification in Gaza and the West Bank is not included in Israeli military briefings to the Israeli press about the 'Palestinian situation,' yet it is one of the most important...

‘When I Fight With My Husband, I Have Nowhere to Go;' What It's Like Living as an 'Illegal Resident' in the West Bank

Amira Hass | 23/07/2021 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

Israel refuses to approve family reunification for thousands of citizens of Arab countries who are married to Palestinians...

Israel Razed a Palestinian Mansion as Collective Punishment, U.S. Intervention Be Damned

Gideon Levy & Alex Levac | 16/07/2021 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

The IDF blew up the family home of a Palestinian accused of murdering an Israeli. The High Court rejected a petition against the demolition, which argued that the assailant lives in the U.S. Even the...

Israel Razed a Palestinian Mansion as Collective Punishment, U.S. Intervention Be Damned

Gideon Levy & Alex Levac | 16/07/2021 | Haaretz | Foreign Press

Hope for fractured Palestinian families as Israel law ends

Al Jazeera | 12/07/2021 | Al Jazeera | Foreign Press

With the failure of the law’s renewal, more Palestinians will begin the arduous and expensive process of applying to Israeli authorities to obtain residency rights for their West Bank spouses....

US to Israel: No Palestinian punitive home razing, we won't let this drop

Tovah Lazaroff | 10/07/2021 | The Jerusalem Post | Foreign Press

"The home of an entire family should not be demolished for the actions of one individual," the US Embassy spokesperson said on Thursday....

US to Israel: No Palestinian punitive home razing, we won't let this drop

Tovah Lazaroff | 10/07/2021 | The Jerusalem Post | Foreign Press

"The home of an entire family should not be demolished for the actions of one individual," the US Embassy spokesperson said on Thursday....

Court: Law punishing parents for childrens' rock-throwing illegal

Idan Zoshine | 09/07/2021 | The Jerusalem Post | Foreign Press

A lawyer for Adalah - the NGO which filed the appeal to the High Court - said it is an "invalid, discriminatory and vengeful tool that violates the basic principles of criminal law."...