As the Israeli healthcare system begins the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Israeli public, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Israeli authorities to live up to their legal...
November 11, 2020. Rafah Crossing was opened by Egypt last week for four days (November 2-5) for travel in both directions. This is just the fifth time Rafah Crossing has opened for return to Gaza,...
October 22, 2020. In an unprecedented move, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to stop issuing visas for foreign nationals employed by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner...
October 18, 2020. In the morning hours of Tuesday, October 13, Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered Gaza, reaching up to 300 meters into the Strip. The incursion took place in the Khan Yunis...
October 1, 2020. Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened for three days this week (September 27-29) to allow travel in both directions. This is the second time the crossing was opened for exit...
September 21, 2020. According to figures (Arabic) by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate in Gaza increased by 3.6% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the...
High unemployment; long blackouts, severe shortages of clean water, limited economic opportunities; a very young, educated population with immense potential, and a closure that undermines their...
September 1, 2020. Today, after three weeks in which it enforced a series of punitive measures on top of the closure it imposes regularly, Israel reversed the bans on entry of fuel, construction...
New position paper by Gisha – Area G: From Separation to Annexation – How Israel’s “separation policy,” designed to isolate Gaza and cut it off from the West Bank, paved the way to annexation Monday,...
With over 250 identified COVID-19 Palestinian patients in the West Bank and potentially dozens in the Gaza Strip we, the undersigned organizations, express grave concern in the face of a potential...
Measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have ushered in an age of uncertainty around the world, taking a heavy toll on national and global economies. In the case of the occupied...
March 5, 2020. Figures released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) show a 2.4% drop in the unemployment in the Gaza Strip in Q4 of 2019 compared to Q3, however Gaza’s unemployment...
February 25, 2020. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced yesterday evening (February 24) that Gaza’s crossings with Israel, Erez and Kerem Shalom, are closed...
January 9, 2020. What is known today as the Gaza Strip, originally a region in Mandatory Palestine, was created through the armistice agreements between Israel and Egypt in 1949. From that time until...
January 1, 2020. Israel’s security cabinet convened today to discuss what has been portrayed in various media outlets as “civilian easings,” that is, measures to be implemented by Israel as part of a...
December 19, 2019. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced this morning that the fishing zone enforced by Israel off Gaza’s coast would again be reduced from 15...
September 4, 2019. Gaza’s unemployment rate rose 0.4% from the first to the second quarter of 2019, and now stands at 46.7%. As of Q1 of 2019, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics changed its...
August 29, 2019. On Sunday, Israel announced that according to the decision reached by Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benjamin Netanyahu, it would restrict the transfer of fuel destined for...
August 26, 2019. This morning Israel announced its decision to limit the transfer of fuel used to generate electricity at the Gaza Strip’s sole power plant. According to reports about the decision...
July 1, 2019. On Friday, Israel renewed the transfer of fuel destined for Gaza’s sole power plant after blocking its entry into the Strip through Kerem Shalom Crossing for three consecutive days...