Announcement comes during court proceedings relating to a request by a lawyer in Gaza for an exit permit to reach her studies in the West Bank. The Court denied the petition.
Gisha filed an urgent petition concerning Ms. Fatma Sharif, a lawyer from Gaza who wishes to attend a Master's Degree program in human rights and democracy at Birzeit University.
An interactive game combining animation, documents, video clips and a blog warns against the policy cutting off the Gaza Strip from the West Bank – threatening to end the possibility of a two-state solution.
Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement published today a new position paper: "Electricity Shortage in Gaza: Who Turned out the Lights?" about Gaza's current electricity crisis and what can be done to solve it.
On Monday, Israel permitted jam, halva, and shaving razors to enter Gaza, and it has said that it is willing to allow additional foods such as coriander, cardamom, and cookies into Gaza, after banning them for three years.
Gisha wrote to the Prime Minister following his May 31, 2010 statement that Israel's only objective in restricting the passage of goods is to prevent the entry of war material into the Gaza Strip.
Gisha expresses sorrow at reports that dozens of civilians have been killed or injured during the Israeli military's interception of boats bound for the Gaza Strip, carrying humanitarian assistance and hundreds of foreign and Israeli activists, including elected representatives.
We, the undersigned, express our opposition to Israel's policy of unlawful transfer and deportation from the West Bank, which has escalated in the form of the Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) (No. 1650) ("Order 1650").
The new order: an Israeli demand that all residents of the West Bank including those who were born there and live in the Palestinian Authority obtain an Israeli-issued permit
Gisha and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel appealed to the High Court of Justice on behalf of Issam Hamdan against a District Court ruling blocking his exit from Gaza for emergency medical treatment.
Thirteen Israeli human rights organizations sent an urgent letter (attached) to the president, the Knesset speaker and the prime minister, protesting the increasing and systematic campaign against human rights organizations in Israel.
The petition was filed following six months of attempts by Gisha – all of them unsuccessful – to find answers to the most basic questions from the authorities – information which they are obligated by law to reveal.
At a court hearing held today in the Tel Aviv District Court, the Court ordered the State of Israel to produce documents related to its Gaza access policy within 30 days or to explain why it refuses to do so.
