Report

On 25 February 2004, Israeli police, Internal Security Agency (Shabak) officers and Border Police raided branches of the Jordan-based Arab Bank and the Cairo Amman Bank in the West Bank town of Ramallah, seizing in cash from the bank vaults more than NIS 35 million (the equivalent of US$ 7 million). The sum corresponded to the amount of money held in over 200 accounts belonging to individuals, charities and non-governmental organisations. This report analyses the bank raid in light of international law, as well as bilateral agreements between Israel and Palestine.

This In Focus brief, drafted as part of Al-Haq's campaign to stop collective punishment against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), addresses the use of punitive house demolitions by Israeli authorities. It gives an overview of Israeli practices in the OPT; international legal standards relating to house demolitions; and relevant Israeli jurisprudence.

In Focus: Movement Restrictions This In Focus brief, drafted as part of Al-Haq's campaign to stop collective punishment against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), addresses the impact of movement restrictions on Palestinians' lives. It gives an overview of Israeli practices in the OPT; international legal standards relating to freedom of movement; and relevant Israeli jurisprudence.

This In Focus brief, drafted as part of Al-Haq's campaign to stop collective punishment against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), addresses the legality of mass arrests. It gives an overview of Israeli practices in the OPT, notably during the 2002 incursions, and relevant international legal standards under international human rights and humanitarian law.

This In Focus brief, drafted as part of Al-Haq's campaign to stop collective punishment against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), addresses the legality of property destruction in the OPT. It gives an overview of Israeli practices in the OPT and relevant international legal standards under both international human rights and humanitarian law.

This In Focus brief, drafted as part of Al-Haq's campaign to stop collective punishment against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), addresses the legality of the Annexation Wall. It gives an overview of Israeli practices in the OPT and relevant international legal standards such as freedom of movement and the rights to work, education, health and self-determination, as well as the prohibition of the acquisition of territory by force

This In Focus brief, drafted as part of Al-Haq's campaign to stop collective punishment against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), addresses the impact of movement restrictions on Palestinians' right to health. It gives an overview of Israeli practices in the OPT; international legal standards relating to freedom of movement and the right to health; and relevant Israeli jurisprudence.

This Al-Haq report examines the policy of assassination of Palestinian activists and leaders by the Israeli occupying forces. With short descriptions of over two dozen cases ofassassinations, the study also outlines Israel's justification of the concerned policy. By thoroughly referencing international humanitarian laws and conventions as legal criterion to assess Israel's assassination policy, the report concludes that such a form of execution without trial is a war crime, and a crime against humanity.

This Al-Haq report examines the legality of punitive house demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) by the Israeli military. Utilizing the Israeli Supreme Court's security-based reasoning, Israel justifies punitive house demolitions in reference to the Defence Emergency Regulations of 1945. With a historical background of the issue at hand, as well as 5 case sudies of demolitions in the OPT, this study reviews the policy in light of international law.

Today, Palestinian youth comprise approximately 27 percent of the total population, and recent demographic trends indicate that, in the future, youth will constitute an ever increasing proportion of Palestinian society. As a result of the current reality in Palestine – primarily attributed to Israel’s brutal and longstanding occupation, but also related to internal division and societal norms – the reality of life for youth is beset by oppression, violence, and deprivation.