02.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Bulldozer rampage hits Jerusalem"

Jerusalem: Palestinian in a bulldozer kills 3 people before being shot dead by police; according to the police, the attacker had no known affiliations to militant groups [ID 99687]

02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99641]

16.06.2008 - Source:UN Security Council 

"Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2008 [S/2008/390]"

Report of the UN Secretary General on situation in the Israel-Syria sector (general situation, activities of UNDOF) [ID 99497]

01.07.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Anger at harassment of Palestinian journalists at Israel checkpoints"

Palestinian journalist harassed at several Israeli checkpoints [ID 99407]

29.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Ethiopian Jews disadvantaged, marginalised"

Ethiopian Jews who have emigrated to Israel over the past 30 years have not integrated well; a recent report blamed successive governments [ID 99330]

2008 - Source:Transparency International 

"Global Corruption Report 2008"

Global Corruption Report 2008 [ID 99205]

25.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel closes Gaza after rockets"

Israel closes its border crossings with Gaza in response to a Palestinian rocket attack that breached a ceasefire [ID 99041]

23.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Israel: Knesset should reject draft law which would put asylum-seekers at grave risk"

AI urged legislators to reject a proposed law that imposes lengthy prison sentences on asylum-seekers and irregular migrants, disregarding their reasons for entering the country, and allowing for their immediate deportation [ID 99021]

19.06.2008 - Source:Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

"Das kleinere Übel"

Brief report on truce between Hamas and Israeli government; truce encompasses Gaza Strip, but not West Bank [ID 99018]

19.06.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Gaza militants and Israel begin fragile truce"

Egyptian brokered 6-month ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza began at dawn today [ID 98978]

19.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Ceasefire begins in Gaza after one year of blockade"

Gaza Strip: Ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect [ID 98933]

22.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Israeli troops accused of abuse"

According to Israeli human rights group Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), Israeli soldiers routinely abuse Palestinian prisoners [ID 98887]

09.06.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Israel Monatsbericht Mai 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (May 2008) [ID 98840]

18.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire"

Israel's government approves a ceasefire with militant group Hamas following months of bitter clashes in the Gaza Strip [ID 98695]

17.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Israel and Hamas agree ceasefire"

Israel and Hamas agree a truce, Israeli and Palestinian officials tell after Egyptian-brokered talks [ID 98687]

19.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Steadfast in Protest. Annual Report 2007" , Author: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Annual report on the situation of human rights defenders [ID 98674]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98293]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 98214]

05.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Gaza missile kills one at kibbutz"

Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortars from the Gaza Strip, killing one person in Nir Oz kibbutz and injuring two [ID 97884]

27.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"New law threatens to imprison refugees"

Knesset has approved the draft of a new law, which will make infiltration into the country a criminal offence, punishable by up to seven years in prison; it will also apply to refugees and asylum-seekers [ID 97682]

28.05.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2008"

Annual Report 2008 (covering 2007) [ID 97638]

22.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Critically ill patients from Gaza appeal to Israeli court"

Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in need of immediate medical care in Israel have been denied permission to leave by the Israeli military; they filed separate petitions to the Israeli High Court, asking that they be allowed to leave the enclave and go to the relevant hospitals [ID 97262]

05.2008 - Source:Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 

"Child Soldiers Global Report 2008"

Report on recruitment and use of child soldiers (events between April 2004 and October 2007) [ID 97218]

21.04.2008 - Source:Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

"Kompromiss oder Verhängnis"

Article on renegotiations between Israel and Palestine (peace process, situation in the countries, role of the EU) [ID 97057]

21.05.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Syria and Israel officially confirm peace talks"

Israel and Syria officially confirmed that they are holding indirect peace talks, with Turkey acting as a mediator; they are discussing the issue of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in the 1967 six day war; their goal is to reach a comprehensive peace agreement [ID 97043]