Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Urgent action (follow-up): Israel. Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan nears death.

Further information on UA: 31/12 Index: MDE 15/004/2012 Issue Date: 8 February 2012

Palestinian Khader Adnan’s life is in danger as he continues his hunger strike in protest against his detention. On 7 February an Israeli military judge confirmed his four-month administrative detention order, which allows him to be held without charge or trial. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action: Israel. Palestinian hunger striker’s life at risk.

UA: 31/12 Index: MDE 15/003/2012 Issue Date: 1 February 2012

Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike since 18 December 2011 in protest against his administrative detention, a procedure which the Israeli authorities use to detain individuals indefinitely without charge or trial. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action: Palestinian legislator Aziz Dweik, held without charge

UA: 23/12 Index: MDE 15/002/2012 Issue Date: 25 January 2012

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 7 MARCH 2012.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

The Speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Aziz Dweik, has been placed under administrative detention following his arrest on 19 January. This allows the Israeli authorities to detain him indefinitely without charge or trial. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action:Isreal. Palestinian school at risk of demolition

UA: 301/11 Index: MDE 15/039/2011 Issue Date: 10 October 2011

Please write immediately in Hebrew or your own language asking the Israeli authorities to: PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 21 NOVEMBER 2011 Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action: Israel. Palestinian properties at risk of demolition.

UA: 297/11 Index: MDE 15/036/2011 Issue Date: 5 October 2011

On 18 September, the Israeli military served three “stop work” orders against four domestic structures belonging to three Palestinian Bedouin families in the Tubas district in the occupied West Bank. These orders precede demolition orders, so the properties could be destroyed at any time. The villages are in “Area C” where the Israeli authorities effectively prohibit any Palestinian construction. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action (follow-up): Israel: village destroyed for eighth time

Further information on UA: 236/10 Index: MDE 15/030/2010 Date: 23 December 2010

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 2 FEBRUARY 2011 . Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

The Bedouin village of al-‘Araqib in the Negev in southern Israel has been demolished for the eight time, affecting around 50 people, over half of them children. The residents, citizens of Israel, are determined to rebuild their homes as the weather deteriorates. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action (follow-up): Bedouin village demolished

Further information on UA: 236/10 Index: MDE 15/028/2010

On 22 November, Israeli authorities demolished approximately 30 structures in the Bedouin village of al-‘Araqib in the Negev in southern Israel for the seventh time since July. The residents – citizens of Israel with a long-established claim to the area – are trying to rebuild their homes yet again but face increasing hardship as winter approaches. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action: Israel: demolition of Bedouin village imminent

UA: 236/10 Index: MDE 15/027/2010 Issue Date: 12 November 2010

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 24 DECEMBER 2010 .
Check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

Around 250 residents, one third of them children, of the Bedouin village al-‘Araqib in southern Israel are facing forcible eviction from their land and the destruction of their property for the seventh time since July. Although residents have a long-established claim to the area and are Israeli citizens, the Israeli government does not recognize their rights to the land. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent Action (good news) : Israel allows Abu Mteer, a palestinian patient, out of gaza

UA: 183/09, Index: MDE 15/023/2009, Issue Date: 10 July 2009

Israël : the Israeli authorities have agreed to grant Palestinian man Ahmed Abu Mteer permission to leave Gaza in order to travel to a Palestinian hospital in East Jerusalem, where he can receive life-saving treatment. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Update - 08/10/2008

 
The school buildings were completed in time for the start of the new school year in September, and at the end of the month the army ordered a moratorium on demolitions in Area C. Soldiers in Area C have generally complied with the moratorium.


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