Following the unprecedented escalation that occurred on October 7 th , 2023, the Israeli government declared war on the Gaza Strip and announced the status of emergency in all regions. This status...
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Factsheet: War on Gaza: Violations of international law (November 2023)
The population of the Gaza Strip is approximately 2.23 million people, 80% of whom are refugees and depend on humanitarian aid. Although the area of the Gaza Strip does not exceed 365 km2 , the...
Factsheet: “Alarming and urgent”: The escalation of settler violence and forced displacement in the West Bank (December 2023)
While the world focuses on the bombardment enacted on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank is witnessing what the UN is calling an “alarming and urgent” escalation of violence. The formation of an emergency...
Factsheet: Squeezed Out: The struggles of Palestinian civil society organizations in East Jerusalem (September 2023)
Following the occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, many Palestinian organizations found themselves under the threat of being forcefully closed by the Israeli authorities. Since 1967, over 100...
Factsheet: The Israeli measures impacting Palestinian education in East Jerusalem (August 2023)
The Oslo Accords marked a turning point for education in Palestine, granting Palestinians the ability to shape their educational curricula after years of Israeli occupation. However, Israel has since...
Unconditional humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter immediately, in sufficient quantity, and be distributed equitably to all civilians across Gaza [EN/AR]
Open letter from Palestinian civil society organizations ahead of the Cairo Peace Summit: Unconditional humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter immediately, in sufficient quantity, and be...
Factsheet: Illegal expansion: Latest Israeli settlement projects in East Jerusalem (September 2022)
Successive Israeli governments have been pursuing to establish new settlements in East Jerusalem over the last few years, aiming to create facts on the ground that will geographically lead for the...