BIHR produced a report that captures the significant surge in settler violence, including testimonies from Palestinian communities in some areas in the Bethlehem Governorate that are carried out against Palestinians without any accountability, that seek to forcibly displace them from their lands.
Since Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, Palestinians were given a “temporary residency status”, face residency revocations and obstacles to family unification. This fact sheet addresses these challenges and the Israeli laws and policies behind them.
The number of Palestinian workers in Israel has seen a steady rise over the past decade, but is Israel using this Palestinian economic dependence on it for political and security pursuits?
There is an escalating trend of “self-demolitions” in East Jerusalem, whereby Palestinians are forced to demolish their own homes. This fact sheet explored the reasons behind this phenomenon in light of Israel’s planning, building and zoning policies in the city.
The Palestine Archeological Museum, renamed the Rockefeller Museum since the Israeli occupation in 1967, is a spectacular iconic monument in Jerusalem. This essay looks at the history of the museum: its beginnings, establishment and administration over the years, and future prospects.
This factsheet discusses in detail the conditions of private water desalination plants in the Gaza Strip and their impact on human rights, including the rights to health, water and sanitation, and a healthy environment.
The permanent residency status of Jerusalemites makes them subject to a range of social and economic push factors, creating a coercive environment that serves the Israeli policy of displacement / expansion in East Jerusalem. This policy paper focuses on Silwan.
On 15 May 2021, Israeli artillery shelling caused a fire that engulfed multiple units of the Khudeir Group’s warehouse in Beit Hanoun, the largest warehouse of pesticides and fertilizers in the Gaza Strip, which raged for several days. This fact sheet addresses the health risks and repercussions on the environment of this incident.
