25.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel detains Hamas MP Aziz Dweik for six months"

Israeli military court orders Aziz Dweik, a speaker of the Palestinian parliament, to be held without trial for 6 months, according to his lawyer [ID 209055]

23.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel arrests two Hamas MPs at Red Cross compound"

Jerusalem: 2 senior Hamas politicians, who had been sheltering since 2010 in the compound of the international Red Cross after their residence permits had expired, arrested by Israeli authorities [ID 209052]

22.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"Israel accused over jailed children"

Israel's military justice system is accused of mistreating Palestinian children arrested for throwing stones; between 500 and 700 Palestinian children are arrested by Israeli soldiers each year [ID 209184]

22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"World Report 2012"

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208798]

19.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel arrests senior Palestinian Aziz Dweik"

Senior Palestinian politician and member of the militant group Hamas, Aziz Dweik, arrested at Israeli army checkpoint in the West Bank, according to his chief of staff [ID 209051]

18.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel in air and ground attack on Gaza 'militants'"

At least one killed and 3 injured according to Palestinian medical sources, after Israel launches an air and ground attack on northern Gaza targeting militants [ID 209049]

11.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"New detention law violates rights of asylum-seekers"

The Israeli parliament passed the “Prevention of Infiltration Law”, which mandates the automatic detention of anyone, including asylum-seekers, who enters Israel without permission [ID 208380]

10.01.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"New law designed to stop "infiltrators"

On 9 January 2012, the Israeli cabinet passed the "Law to Prevent Infiltration" which allows for the detention for up to 3 years - without trial - of anyone who crosses the border without a permit; anyone convicted of helping them once they enter, including aid workers, can be jailed for up to 15 years [ID 208299]

05.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel bars 12 "extremist" settlers from West Bank"

Israeli police issue restraining orders banning 12 settlers from entering West Bank for up to 9 months; the Israeli military suspects the group of involvement in violence targeting Palestinians and Israeli forces [ID 208168]

01.01.2012 - Source:Guardian 

"West Bank theatre founder wanted by Israel after amnesty deal revoked"

Former Palestinian militant Zakaria Zubeidi, who renounced violence in favour of "cultural resistance" is in custody after Israel apparently revokes an amnesty deal [ID 207946]

30.12.2011 - Source:BBC News 

"Israeli raid kills Gaza militant"

Gaza City: Muman Abu Daf, the leader of the Islamic militant group Army of Islam, killed in Israeli air strike, according to the Israeli military; 5 others were wounded in the strike [ID 207986]

28.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Palestinians hoping to leave Gaza Strip asked to collaborate with Israel"

Palestinian patients and business people hoping to leave the Gaza Strip are being asked by the Israeli intelligence agency to collaborate with Israel in exchange for an exit permit, according to an Israeli human rights organisation [ID 207884]

28.12.2011 - Source:BBC News 

"Israelis rally against ultra-Orthodox extremism"

Beit Shemesh: Thousands rally against ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremism after attacks on "immodestly" dressed women [ID 207983]

27.12.2011 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Israelis Rally Against Religious Discrimination"

Town of Beit Shemesh: Some 10,000 people have attended a demonstration against the discrimination of women and against religious fanaticism; the protest came amid growing tensions after a TV program showed an 8-year-old girl being spat upon by Ultra-orthodox believers, who had decided she was not dressed modestly enough [ID 207850]

23.12.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Israel: Knesset should reject draft law imposing prolonged detention on asylum-seekers [MDE 15/043/2011]"

The Knesset is expected to vote on draft law that imposes lengthy detention periods on asylum-seekers and irregular migrants, disregarding their reasons for entering the country [ID 207624]

23.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Israel's treatment of women is hardly that of a democracy"

Businesses in the town of Sderot sign up to a dress code that intends women to be "modestly" clothed, according to Haaretz newspaper [ID 207876]

19.12.2011 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) 

"Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan; Report of the Secretary-General [A/HRC/19/46]"

Report of the Secretary-General on human rights in the Syrian Golan, which is occupied by Israel [ID 208233]

16.12.2011 - Source:UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 

"Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant; Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Israel [E/C.12/ISR/CO/3]"

Concluding observations of the Committee on the state report on implementation of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Covenant) [ID 209270]

09.12.2011 - Source:Reuters

"Israeli raids kill 4 Gazans; rockets fired at Israel" , Author: AlertNet

2 Palestinian insurgents killed by Israeli air strike in Gaza Strip; Palestinian rocket attack near Beersheba; 2 Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli air strike on Hamas training camp [ID 206881]

07.12.2011 - Source:BBC News 

"Islamic Jihad militant killed in Gaza Strip air strike"

One Palestinian militant killed and at least 2 others injured in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medics [ID 206810]

06.12.2011 - Source:BBC News 

"Hamas MP expelled from Jerusalem"

Israel expels Ahmed Attoun, a senior member of parliament from the Palestinian group Hamas, from Jerusalem on the grounds that he was living there illegally [ID 206807]

05.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Israel to forcibly remove bedouin communities in settlements push"

Around 2,300 members of the bedouin Jahalin tribe, who live between Jerusalem and Jericho, are to be forcibly relocated under an Israeli plan to expand a huge Jewish settlement [ID 206744]

02.12.2011 - Source:UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 

"Advance unedited version; Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant; Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Israel [E/C.12/ISR/CO/3]"

Advance version of concluding observations of the Committee on the state report on implementation of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Covenant) [ID 206673]

12.2011 - Source:UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 

"International Commission of Jurists Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Examination of the Third Perodic Report of Israel under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" , Author: International Commission of Jurists

Report on economic, social and cultural rights and on violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law [ID 208220]

12.2011 - Source:UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 

"Suggestions for disability-relevant recommendations to be included in the Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 47th Session (14 November – 2 December 2011)" , Author: International Disability Alliance (IDA)

Brief report on situation of disabled persons
[ID 208225]