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	Administrative Detention Overview: Administrative detention is a procedure under which detainees are held without charge or trial. In the occupied Palestinian West Bank, the Israeli army carries out administrative detention on the basis of Military Order 1226 (1998). This order empowers military commanders to detain an individual for up to six months if they ‘have reasonable grounds to presume that the security of the area or public security require the detention.’ On or just before the expiry date, the detention order is frequently renewed. This process can be continued indefinitely. (Click for more) (PDF 203kB)
	Agreement on Movement and AccessOverview: Israel’s obligations to the people of Gaza under the 4th Geneva Convention and the Agreement on Movement and Access: This Agreement, which Israel signed in November 2005, set out arrangements that were to operate for the passage of people and goods in and out of Gaza, in the wake of Israel’s “disengagement”. The arrangements included continuous opening of the crossings between Israel and Gaza, bus and truck convoys between Gaza and the West Bank and a functioning airport and seaport in Gaza. (Click for more) (Mar 2010, PDF 1.1MB)
	A Moment of Truth - The Kairos Document Overview: (Click for more) (Mar 2010, PDF 158kb)
	Children Political PrisonersOverview: According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted on 20 November 1989 and entered into force on 2 September1990 (to which Israel is a signatory), and to relevant Israeli law, a child is defined as every human being under the age of 18 years. This is reiterated in the UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, adopted by General Assembly Resolution 45/113 of 14 December 1990. However, Palestinian children from the age of 16 years are considered adults under Israeli military regulations governing the Occupied Palestinian Territories. (Click for more) (PDF 200kB)
	Christian Zionism Overview: Christian Zionism is predominantly a political movement within Protestant fundamentalist Christianity that views the modern state of Israel as somehow the fulfilment of biblical prophecies. Christian Zionists argue that Christians must therefore give the State of Israel unconditional support. Christian Zionism is an important underlying factor in the strength of the pro-Israeli lobby especially in the US. Christian Zionism shows total disregard for the indigenous Christian churches in Palestine – Israel. The heads of Churches in Jerusalem assert that Christian Zionists have aggressively imposed an aberrant expression of the Christian faith and an erroneous interpretation of the Bible. (Click for more) (13 June 2010, PDF 896kB)
	ChronologyOverview: (Click for more) (PDF 262kB)
	Correspondence with the Israeli Embassy about UN ResolutionsOverview: (Click for more) (PDF 578kB)
	Failing Gaza: No re-building, No recovery, No More Excuses Overview: This report, published in December 2009 by 14 NGOs, including Amnesty International, Trocaire, Christian Aid, Oxfam International, and the Church of Sweden amongst others, provides factual information on the Israeli blockade of Gaza and its consequences for the people of Palestine. Written in a digestible format – it provides a clear account of the situation in Gaza one year on from the Israeli's 'Operation Cast Lead'. (Click for more) (Apr 2010, PDF 2Mb)
	GAZA: Its History, Siege and Consequences Overview: Gaza has experienced some of the harshest effects of zionist colonialism since the foundation of the state of Israel. The pattern of repression used against its people shows in microcosm the methods which Israel may try to use to ethnically cleanse the rest of Palestine. (Click for more) (21 July 2010, PDF 1.8MB)
	Goldstone Report (Summary) Overview: The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict was established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the Israeli attack on Gaza from December 2008 – February 2009. Richard Goldstone, a respected international jurist from South Africa and chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda was appointed to head the mission. He was accompanied by Christine Chinkin of the UK and Desmond Travers of Ireland. The mission's final report, released on 15 September 2009, accused the Israeli Defence Forces of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. It recommended that both the Israeli state and Palestinian militants openly investigate their own conduct and, should they fail to do so, that the allegations to be brought to the International Criminal Court. The report was endorsed by the UNHRC in October 2009 and on 4 November 2009, the United Nations General Assembly passed a (non-binding) resolution calling for independent investigations to be conducted by Israel and Palestinian armed groups on allegations of war crimes described in the report. (Click for more)(September 2009, PDF 103 Kb)
	Historic wrong against the Palestinian peopleOverview: (Click for more) (Dec 2009, PDF 5.4MB)
	International Court of Justice Ruling on the WallOverview: (Click for more) (Apr 2010, PDF 271Kb)
	Is a “two-state solution” still possible? Overview: A review of developments in the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) since President Obama’s inauguration in January 2009 (or rather the lack of them) and discusses the issues at stake in the process – borders, Jerusalem, refugees, settlements. It casts doubt upon Israel’s willingness to permit the creation of a viable Palestinian state, and argues that, if Palestinians in the Occupied Territories continue to be ruled by Israel as they have been for over 40 years, then they will have to be granted a vote in elections to the Knesset – otherwise Israel cannot claim to be a democracy. (Click for more) (Dec 2009, PDF 5.4MB)
	Israel - Hamas CeasefireOverview: Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s military assault on Gaza which began on 27 December 2008, cost the lives of more than 1,400 Palestinians, including over 400 women and children. 13 Israelis, including 3 civilians, also died. None of this carnage was necessary in order to protect Israeli citizens from rocket and mortar fire out of Gaza, as Israel claimed in justification for its action. This problem had been solved by the ceasefire arrangements Israel made with Hamas, as a result of which Hamas fired no rockets or mortars out of Gaza from 19 Jun 2008 until 4 November 2008 – when Israel broke the ceasefire. (Click for more) (Mar 2010, PDF 1.9MB)
	Israel's bogus excuses for piracyOverview: Israel claims it had compelling reasons for hijacking the Free Gaza ships in international waters and killing, wounding and kidnapping their passengers. All of them are bogus. Read on. (Click for more) (2 June 2010, PDF 528kB)
	Israeli Settlements and Settler Roads in the West Bank Overview: (Click for more) (July 2010, PDF 1.47MB)
	Maria Khoury Letters Overview: A series of letters and messages for 2010 from Maria Khoury reflecting the viewpoint of a Christian woman living her life under under occupation.(Click for more) (Sept 2010, PDF 3.5MB)
	OECD Approving Israeli illegality Overview: (Click for more) (PDF 989kB)
	Palestine Liberation Organisation Negotiations Primer Overview: A simple, yet comprehensive overview of the ‘permanent status issues’ to be addressed in the political negotiations between Palestine and Israel, including Jerusalem, and the settlements. Published by the PLO Negotiations Department in 2009, it provides historical information and sets the context for future negotiations by looking back at agreements made under Oslo and Camp David. The Primer looks at the issues of borders and natural resources. Essentially, this provides a comprehensive overview of the situation on the ground and the political context to political negotiations in an 'easy read' format. (Click for more) (2009, PDF 5.1Mb)
	Palestinian Citizens in Israel Overview: (Click for more) (July 2010, PDF 239kB)
	Palestinian Women Political PrisonersOverview: Israel’s obligations to the people of Gaza under the 4th Geneva Convention and the Agreement on Movement and Palestinian women have not escaped the mass arrest campaigns. Palestinian women in detention are subjected to mistreatment on a daily basis and are often held in cells and sections with Israeli criminal prisoners. Regular body searches are performed with brutality by prison guards; sexual harassment occurs frequently; the right to elect a representative for their collective demands is not recognised as in other prisons; solitary confinement is often used as a form of punishment; detainees are prohibited from going outside regularly or of using the canteen; cell searches and confiscation of personal belongings is a common practice; and attacks on women by beating or firing tear gas into cells occur regularly. (Click for more) (PDF 188kB)
	The blockade of Gaza must be ended – completely. Overview: As Israel promised in the Agreement on Movement & Access, the crossings between Israel and Gaza must operate continuously, not just when Israel takes the notion to open them and not just for the transfer of the goods that Israel decides. (Click for more) (4 June 2010, PDF 255kB)
	The Israel - Hamas CeasefireOverview: Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s military assault on Gaza which began on 27 December 2008, cost the lives of more than 1,400 Palestinians, including over 400 women and children. 13 Israelis, including 3 civilians, also died. None of this carnage was necessary in order to protect Israeli citizens from rocket and mortar fire out of Gaza, as Israel claimed in justification for its action. This problem had been solved by the ceasefire arrangements Israel made with Hamas, as a result of which Hamas fired no rockets or mortars out of Gaza from 19 Jun 2008 until 4 November 2008 – when Israel broke the ceasefire. (Click for more) (Mar 2010, PDF 1.9MB)
	The Road MapOverview: (Click for more) (Mar 2010, PDF 1.1MB)
	The WallOverview: (Click for more) (PDF 224kB)
	Tiff or Tipping Point: US / Israel RelationsOverview: Is the US beginning to realise that its alliance with Israel is not in the US national security interest, while Israel remains in conflict with Palestinians and its Arab neighbours? That was the message from General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command, in evidence to the Senate Armed Services Committee on 16 March. Does this herald a sea change in US relations with Israel? (Click for more) (Apr 2010, PDF 271kB)
	Torture and ill-treatment Overview: On 6th September 1999, the Israeli High Court of Justice ruled to ban the use of torture during interrogation. A seemingly considerable victory for human rights defenders proved later through practice not to be applicable to Palestinian “security prisoners”. Indeed, the ruling failed to explicitly forbid the use of torture but rather allowed that interrogation methods such as “moderate physical pressure” – widely deemed as torture – may be used in the “necessity of defence” and in situations where a detainee is considered a ‘ticking bomb’. In some instances, detainees have died while in custody as a result of torture. Confessions extracted through such practices are admissible in court and / or military tribunal. (Click for more) (PDF 203kB)
	UN Security Council resolutions contravened by IsraelOverview: (Click for more) (PDF 989kB)
	Zionism and the Holocaust Card Overview: This short video clip (posted on YouTube) shows Dr. Norman Finklestein, a Jewish-American political scientist and author, rejecting the use of the 'Holocaust Card' as any excuse for the torture and persecution of Palestinians. (Click to link) (YouTube Flash Video 9.2Mb)