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The Israeli Ministry of Defence announced a new procedure, effective from July, comprising a 97-page document to replace the previous four-page document. The procedure governs all entry by foreigners to the West Bank (excluding ‘mixed visits’ where visitors travel to both the West Bank and Israel) and sets criteria on the entry and stay of…
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Some of you may have signed the petition asking the government to review its foreign policy towards Israel, given the reports of Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and the UN Special Rapporteur. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office responded that it was aware of these reports but did not agree with the terminology they used. It…
Continue reading Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Response to Amnesty’s Report on Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians
The UK and Israel are negotiating a new free trade agreement which both parties hope will be agreed by the end of the year. Amnesty has serious concerns that it could allow the Israeli authorities to consolidate unfounded claims to occupied Palestinian land. This is because a lack of clarity in the terms of a new…
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More than 1,000 Palestinians are facing expulsion from their villages, one of the largest forcible transfers since Israel’s occupation of the West bank in 1967. The Supreme Court in Israel rejected evidence from residents of Masafer Yatta that their presence long preceded the declaration of the area as a ‘firing zone’ from which Palestinians are…
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