Israel

Fact Sheet Find basic data on Israel, it's people and government and a link to the international human rights instruments ratified by Israel.

Human Rights Issues Learn about the main human rights issues at stake in Israel and find useful links to know more.

Civil Society Initiatives Learn about the different initiatives on Israel taken by Civil Society.

Recent News on Israel

• Policeman who killed Palestinian in Tel Aviv sentenced to one year in jail
• PCATI submitted a List of Concerns to the UN Committee Against Torture
• Adalah Demands that Court Prevent the Expulsion of 1,000 Arab Bedouin from their Homes and the Destruction of their Village in the Naqab in Israel
• Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israeli blockade causes worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza
• Al Mezan Condemns Blackmailing Patients; Calls the International Community to Intervene
• The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and HaMoked: The Center for the Defence of the Individual Filed a Contempt of Court Petition to the High Court of Justice through Attorney Avigdor Feldman
• Rebranding Israel: an attempt to mask injustice?
• Call on the OECD to consider human rights in Israel’s accession process
• Testimony: 12-year-old beaten and imprisoned with adults
• Israeli civilian stabbed to death by a Palestinian in East Jerusalem
• Appeal to be heard in the case of UK arms-related licenses agreements to Israel
• The Separation Wall, the October 2000 Killings and the Housing Crisis in the Mixed Cities Head Adalah's Third Annual Law Students’ Conference
• Contribution to the meeting of the EU-Israel subcommittee on political dialogue and cooperation
• Professor Marwan Dwairy, Chair of Adalah’s Board of Directors, Named Among Ten Top Researchers in the World who has Contributed to and Influenced Academic Research in the Field of Multicultural Psychology
• Adalah Demands that the Mayor of Ramle Yoel Lavi be Disqualified from Running for Re-election Next Month due to his Racist Statements against Arab Citizens
• Al Mezan Condemns Banning PHR-Israel Delegation Visit to Gaza
• High Court orders JAG to reconsider punishment of battalion commander and soldier in Ni'lin incident
• Al-Haq open letter to the Royal Dutch Embassy, Israel, The Dutch Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority and Heineken Nederlands to praise the decision of Barkan Wineries to divest from illegal Israeli settlements in Barkan.
• Following Petitions filed to the Supreme Court by Adalah and other Human Rights Organizations: Jewish National Fund (JNF) Demands that State Compensate it for Land Purchased by Arab Citizens with Alternative Land
• Municipality of Carmiel Bans Driving Instructors from Teaching in the Town on Saturdays and Jewish Holidays
• Middle East Quartet is failing
• Israeli Supreme Court: Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council whose Jerusalem Residency Status was Revoked Must be Given an Opportunity to Submit Applications to Reinstate it
• B'Tselem launches an office in the United States
• Preschool Children from Unrecognized Village of Wadi Jaraba in the Naqab Wait Two Hours for School Bus Every Day, Fully Exposed to the Sun
• Israel Implements New Permit Regime and Policy of Forcible Transfer of Palestinians from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip
• Policeman sent to prison for killing Palestinian in incident exposed by B'Tselem
• B'Tselem to Attorney General: Stop reckless use of rubber-coated steel bullets
• First Grade Class Opens for Arab Children at the al-Karma School for the Arts in Haifa
• Adalah Demands that Defense Minister Ehud Barak Revoke his Decision to Close Down the Al-Aqsa Association and to Proclaim it an Illegal Organization
• Petition demands to change the indictment filed against the officer and soldier filmed in Ni'lin: Severe abuse of handcuffed detainee is not "unbecoming conduct"
• Israeli Military Investigation Sanctions Wilful Killing of Civilians, including Reuters Cameraman, and Demonstrates Complete Disregard for Principle of Precautions in Attack
• Israeli Response to Death of Reuters Cameraman Makes Journalists Legitimate IOF Targets
• High Court suspends proceedings in Ni'lin shooting case
• Israel approves some 32,000 requests for family unification 90,000 Palestinians still waiting
• Supreme Court: Education Ministry, Haifa Municipality and Pupils’ Parents Must Enter Promptly into Negotiations over Establishing an Arab School for the Arts in Haifa
• Palestinian victim of shooting and Israeli human rights organizations demand suspension of legal proceedings in Ni’lin affair
• Israel: Don’t Destroy Homes. Collective Punishment Violates International Law
• Right to Life of Palestinian Children Disregarded in Ni’lin as Israel’s Policy of Wilful Killing of Civilians Continues
• Mr. Qawariq arrested by Israeli forces in the city of Nablus
• Following exposure by B'Tselem, Military Police investigate shooting of bound Palestinian
• Arab Political Prisoner Seeks Conjugal Rights in Order to Father a Child like Jewish Israeli Prisoners such as Yigal Amir
• Supreme Court Issues Order to Show Cause Requiring Israel Prison Service to Explain Policy of Prohibiting Palestinian Political Prisoners from Embracing their Young Children during Family Visits
• Prosecute soldier who fired ‘rubber’ bullet at Palestinian detainee, Investigate the involvement of an officer in the event and suspected cover-up
• Closing down of the Nafha Society for the Defence of Prisoners and Human Rights
• Jerusalem Municipality allows criminals to turn the Dahiyat a-Salam neighborhood into a garbage dump
• Adalah Demands Cancelation of Order Issued by Defense Minister to Prepare for Demolition of the Family Homes of Individuals Implicated in Attacks on Civilians in Jerusalem, in Breach of International Law
• Sacrificing Justice for Politics: Four Years on, Israel’s High Court Continues to Disregard the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion
• Physical and psychological ill-treatment and torture of a 10 year-old boy
• B'Tselem: Israel has not dismantled any section of the Separation Barrier that was nullified by the High Court
• Supreme Court Orders Mivtahim Ltd. to Freeze Bidding Procedures for Sale of Land in Nazareth Confiscated from Arab Owners in 1958
• Note on the human rights situation in Israel end the OPT
• Appeal to respect the freedom of movement owed to the Al-Haq General Director
• Stop Collective Punishment and Unlawful Killings
• EMHRN's note in view of the sub-committee on political dialogue and cooperation between the EU and Israel
• Israel Denies Freedom of Movement to Human Rights Defenders from Gaza
• PCHR office severely damaged during air raid by Israeli forces
• Representatives of the civil society must be respected
• The European Union and israel should implement their human rights commitments within the framework of the EU-Israel action plan
• Israel disregards its own commitments
• Open letter on the occasion of the Association Council between EU and Israel
• The Euro-Mediterranean Human rights Network condemns attacks against civilians
• Mission of Solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli members
• Escalating Violations against Civilians
• Severe violations of human rights in the Gaza Strip
• Association Council between the EU and Israel
• Appeal to the EU-Israel Association Council to Act
• The Gaza Strip Is Still Occupied,
• The EU violates it own Human Rights Commitments
• International Legal Consideration of the Barrier/Wall
• Migrant Workers in Israel
• International HR Groups decry harassment of monitors
• Disqualification of Arab party and members of Knesset to run in next election
• EU-Israel Association Council
• Investigation of Adalah
• Ccalling for a suspension of the Association Agreement with Israel.
• Azmi Bishara Trial
• EU-Israel Association Committee Meeting
• EU Abstention of Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
• 'Imprisonment of Combatants not Entitled to Prisoner-of-War Status' - Israel

Publications

• The Middle East Quartet: A Progress Report
• HR Review EU-Israel 2005-2006
• European Neighbourhood Policy Presentation (2006)
• Easy Reader to HR Review EU-Israel 2004-2005
• HR Review EU-Israel 2004-2005
• Israel's Human Rights Behaviour 2004-05
• HR Review EU-Israel 2003-04
• Justice in the South and East of the Mediterranean Region (2006)
• Migrant Workers in Israel (2003)
• Integration of Women's Rights into the Euromed Partnership (2003)

EMHRN Members

• The Public Committee against Torture
• B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
• Arab Association for Human Rights
• ADALAH: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
• Policeman who killed Palestinian in Tel Aviv sentenced to one year in jail
• PCATI submitted a List of Concerns to the UN Committee Against Torture
• Adalah Demands that Court Prevent the Expulsion of 1,000 Arab Bedouin from their Homes and the Destruction of their Village in the Naqab in Israel
• Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israeli blockade causes worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza
• Al Mezan Condemns Blackmailing Patients; Calls the International Community to Intervene
• The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and HaMoked: The Center for the Defence of the Individual Filed a Contempt of Court Petition to the High Court of Justice through Attorney Avigdor Feldman
• Rebranding Israel: an attempt to mask injustice?
• Call on the OECD to consider human rights in Israel’s accession process
• Testimony: 12-year-old beaten and imprisoned with adults
• Adalah’s Annual Report of Activities
• Israeli civilian stabbed to death by a Palestinian in East Jerusalem
• Appeal to be heard in the case of UK arms-related licenses agreements to Israel
• The Separation Wall, the October 2000 Killings and the Housing Crisis in the Mixed Cities Head Adalah's Third Annual Law Students’ Conference
• Professor Marwan Dwairy, Chair of Adalah’s Board of Directors, Named Among Ten Top Researchers in the World who has Contributed to and Influenced Academic Research in the Field of Multicultural Psychology
• Adalah Demands that the Mayor of Ramle Yoel Lavi be Disqualified from Running for Re-election Next Month due to his Racist Statements against Arab Citizens
• Al Mezan Condemns Banning PHR-Israel Delegation Visit to Gaza
• High Court orders JAG to reconsider punishment of battalion commander and soldier in Ni'lin incident
• Al-Haq open letter to the Royal Dutch Embassy, Israel, The Dutch Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority and Heineken Nederlands to praise the decision of Barkan Wineries to divest from illegal Israeli settlements in Barkan.
• Following Petitions filed to the Supreme Court by Adalah and other Human Rights Organizations: Jewish National Fund (JNF) Demands that State Compensate it for Land Purchased by Arab Citizens with Alternative Land
• Municipality of Carmiel Bans Driving Instructors from Teaching in the Town on Saturdays and Jewish Holidays
• Israeli Supreme Court: Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council whose Jerusalem Residency Status was Revoked Must be Given an Opportunity to Submit Applications to Reinstate it
• B'Tselem launches an office in the United States
• Access Denied: Israeli measures to deny Palestinians access to land around settlements
• Preschool Children from Unrecognized Village of Wadi Jaraba in the Naqab Wait Two Hours for School Bus Every Day, Fully Exposed to the Sun
• Israel Implements New Permit Regime and Policy of Forcible Transfer of Palestinians from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip
• Policeman sent to prison for killing Palestinian in incident exposed by B'Tselem
• B'Tselem to Attorney General: Stop reckless use of rubber-coated steel bullets
• First Grade Class Opens for Arab Children at the al-Karma School for the Arts in Haifa
• Adalah Demands that Defense Minister Ehud Barak Revoke his Decision to Close Down the Al-Aqsa Association and to Proclaim it an Illegal Organization
• Petition demands to change the indictment filed against the officer and soldier filmed in Ni'lin: Severe abuse of handcuffed detainee is not "unbecoming conduct"
• Israeli Military Investigation Sanctions Wilful Killing of Civilians, including Reuters Cameraman, and Demonstrates Complete Disregard for Principle of Precautions in Attack
• Extra-Judicial Executions as Israeli Government Policy
• Israeli Response to Death of Reuters Cameraman Makes Journalists Legitimate IOF Targets
• High Court suspends proceedings in Ni'lin shooting case
• Right to Life of Palestinian Children Disregarded in Ni’lin as Israel’s Policy of Wilful Killing of Civilians Continues
• Israel approves some 32,000 requests for family unification 90,000 Palestinians still waiting
• Supreme Court: Education Ministry, Haifa Municipality and Pupils’ Parents Must Enter Promptly into Negotiations over Establishing an Arab School for the Arts in Haifa
• Palestinian victim of shooting and Israeli human rights organizations demand suspension of legal proceedings in Ni’lin affair
• Israel: Don’t Destroy Homes. Collective Punishment Violates International Law
• Mr. Qawariq arrested by Israeli forces in the city of Nablus
• Following exposure by B'Tselem, Military Police investigate shooting of bound Palestinian
• Arab Political Prisoner Seeks Conjugal Rights in Order to Father a Child like Jewish Israeli Prisoners such as Yigal Amir
• Supreme Court Issues Order to Show Cause Requiring Israel Prison Service to Explain Policy of Prohibiting Palestinian Political Prisoners from Embracing their Young Children during Family Visits
• Prosecute soldier who fired ‘rubber’ bullet at Palestinian detainee, Investigate the involvement of an officer in the event and suspected cover-up
• Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, A Study on the Implementation of the EU Guidelines on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Closing down of the Nafha Society for the Defence of Prisoners and Human Rights
• No Defense: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees
• Jerusalem Municipality allows criminals to turn the Dahiyat a-Salam neighborhood into a garbage dump
• Adalah Demands Cancelation of Order Issued by Defense Minister to Prepare for Demolition of the Family Homes of Individuals Implicated in Attacks on Civilians in Jerusalem, in Breach of International Law
• Sacrificing Justice for Politics: Four Years on, Israel’s High Court Continues to Disregard the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion
• Physical and psychological ill-treatment and torture of a 10 year-old boy
• B'Tselem: Israel has not dismantled any section of the Separation Barrier that was nullified by the High Court
• Supreme Court Orders Mivtahim Ltd. to Freeze Bidding Procedures for Sale of Land in Nazareth Confiscated from Arab Owners in 1958
• Adalah Newsletter
• Unprotected Citizens: Amidar public housing company threatens to evict 497 Palestinian families in Jaffa-Tel Aviv
• Adalah Newsletter April 2008
• Off the Map. Land and Housing Rights Violations in Israel’s Unrecognized Bedouin Villages