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A humanitarian crisis in Gaza: connecting the tightened closure with the flawed Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism
18th July 2018

At the start of last week, the Government of Israel imposed a series of severe restrictions on the movement of goods through Kerem Shalom, the main commercial crossing to and from the occupied Gaza Strip, which will remain in place until further notice.

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The Israeli government is moving to institutionalise the application of Israeli domestic law in the occupied West Bank with disturbing consequences
26th June 2018

The United States NGO, Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), has detailed the recent steps taken by the Israeli government to systematically apply Israeli domestic law to illegal settlements. These developments critically build upon practices already in existence that are raising deep concerns, as summed up in a statement on 1 June by the UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, that Israel’s ‘illegal settlement activity promotes the de facto annexation of the West Bank’.

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The Gaza Electricity Crisis Continues – June 2018 Update
20th June 2018

LPHR remain extremely concerned at the ongoing suffering which the two million residents of Gaza are experiencing due to shortages of electricity. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has just revealed that in both April and May 2018, the Gaza Strip received on average only 4 hours of electricity per day. (more…)
Palestine, democracy and Abbas’ speech
1st June 2018

The right to participate in free and fair elections is enshrined in every major human rights instrument:

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Twitter

RT @ICAHDUK Al-Marsad has published a groundbreaking report analyzing settlement industries in the occupied Syrian Golan. Selling Settlements – The Occupied Golan’s Settlement Industries examines... golan-marsad.org/selling-sett…

About 3 days ago

Report by @aimshalan of @MedicalAidPal on her visit to Khan al Ahmar in October, on the day before the Israeli authorities announced a temporary suspension of the planned demolition map.org.uk/news/archive/p…

About 3 days ago

RT @LPHR_Lawyers Our briefing on Khan al-Ahmar argues that the impending demolition and forcible transfer of its residents is likely to amount to a war crime, and that it is incumbent upon the UK Government to take effective action should the demolition materialise lphr.org.uk/latest-news/lp…

About 5 days ago

RT @ochaopt Just released a new report covering two weeks in the occupied #Palestinian territory ochaopt.org/content/protec…

About 5 days ago

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