Israel is planning a licensing bid for 24 offshore exploration blocks in November 2016. Worryingly, at least 4 of these blocks border the Palestinian sea, which Israel holds by military force. In particular, many of these new exploration blocks may house contiguous geol...
On 07 September 2016, Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law concluded its Second International Law Summer School. The objective of the summer school, which was held in Ramallah, Palestine on 24 August- 07 September 2016, is to help participants develop a coherent ...
On 5 September, Mustafa Nimer, a 27-year-old from Shufat refugee camp in Occupied East Jerusalem, was shot dead by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).The IOF alleged Mustafa was attempting a car ramming attack. Video evidence and eyewitness testimony emerged showing that M...
Since the beginning of July 2016, there have been daily power outages in the city of Tulkarem and its surrounding villages, including the Noor Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps. The northern West Bank has previously suffered from power cuts, especially during summer tim...
In light of the 39th FIDH Congress that took place in Johannesburg between 23 – 27 August 2016, the Federation adopted an urgent resolution on Palestine put forward by Al-Haq. The resolution calls for an end to Israeli occupation that is nearing 50 years in length and calls on Israel to end its apartheid measures and practices, discrimination policies, policies of arbitrary detention - particularly administrative detention, transfer of its civilian population into the occupied territory and the forced displacement of Palestinians from their land and homes.
