Unraveling the closure of Gaza: What has and hasn't changed since the Cabinet decision and what are the implications?

Gisha assesses the Cabinet's plan and the situation on the ground in Gaza in the weeks following the Cabinet decision.

Who Turned Out the Lights in Gaza?

A new position paper about Gaza's current electricity crisis and what can be done to solve it.

Frequently Asked Questions: Restrictions on passage of goods into and out of Gaza

Partial List of Items Prohibited/Permitted into the Gaza Strip - June 2010

The list is based on information from Palestinian traders and businesspersons, international organizations, and the Palestinian Coordination Committee, all of whom "deduce" what is permitted and what is banned based on their experience.

Frequently Asked Questions: The Threat of Deportation from the West Bank

The following document was prepared to answer questions on the meaning of the order, as far as can be understood from its language, from the procedures that preceded its amendment and from various statements by Israeli officials.

Restrictions on the transfer of goods to Gaza: Obstruction and obfuscation

The following paper examines the policy restricting the passage of goods between Israel and the Gaza Strip, including its stated rationale, developments since its 2007 instatement, and implications for the civilian population of the Gaza Strip.

Restrictions and Removal: Israel's double bind policy for Palestinians holders of Gaza IDs in the West Bank

Beginning in approximately 2003, Israel began to prohibit Palestinians whose registered address is in Gaza from being in the West Bank – even if they had been living in the West Bank for years.

Despite Israeli Permit, Lulav Exports from Gaza Blocked Again

Due to Israel's restrictions on exports from the Gaza Strip, lulav traders and growers in Gaza were once again denied their livelihood this year

Report: "Red Lines Crossed: Destruction of Gaza's Infrastructure"

Submission of Human Rights Organizations based in Israel to the Goldstone Inquiry Delegation

June 2009

Obstacle Course: Students Denied Exit from Gaza

July 2009

New Procedure - Israel bars Palestinians in Gaza from moving to West Bank

HaMoked and Gisha postion paper

Rafah Crossing: Who holds the keys?

Summary

Rafah Crossing: Who holds the keys?

Report by Gisha and PHR

The Collapse of Gaza's Electricity System – Well-Planned and Foretold in Advance

Power Point Presentation January 28, 2009,

Gaza Closure Defined: Collective Punishment

Position Paper on the International Law Definition of Israeli Restrictions

Frequently Asked Questions: Students trapped in Gaza, November 2008

The following document seeks to answer questions and common misperceptions about the situation of Palestinian students who are residents of the Gaza Strip and have been prevented from leaving in order to reach universities abroad by the policy of closure.

Presentation: Students Still Trapped in Gaza, July 2008

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY: Israeli Attitudes Toward the Closure of the Gaza Strip, June 2008

Held Back: Students Trapped in Gaza

Hundreds of young Palestinian men and women are trapped in the Gaza Strip and cannot leave to pursue academic studies abroad. The closure that Israel has imposed on Gaza prevents them from exercising their right to freedom of movement and to access education.

Gaza Fuel Restrictions: Walking Toward Crisis

Gaza residents are completely dependent on fuel delivered via the Nahal Oz crossing between Israel and Gaza • Gaza's fuel shortage began six months ago, when Israel restricted the quantities of fuel that it permits Gaza residents to purchase

Briefing: Israeli High Court Decision Authorizing Fuel and Electricity Cuts to Gaza

On January 30, 2008, Israel's Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by ten Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups challenging punitive measures taken against Gaza's civilian population, especially restrictions on supply of fuel and electricity to Gaza.

Israel Undermines Higher - Education and its Own Best Interest - in Gaza

some 1.5 million people are today effectively imprisoned within the 360 square kilometer Gaza Strip. Among them are more than 670 university students who seek to exercise their right to travel abroad to pursue higher education, broaden their intellectual horizons and gain professional training.

Summer Closure Report 2007: What is NOT Moving through Gaza’s Crossings

"Power Point Presentation Showing the Continued Closure of Gaza’s Crossings – and its Effect on 1.5 Million People Trapped in Gaza."

Commercial Closure: Deleting Gaza's Economy from the Map

• Israel’s closure policy is destroying Gaza’s business sector and denying its residents the right to live in dignity.

Disengaged Occupiers: The Legal Status of Gaza

January 17, 2007

Disengaged Occupiers: The Legal Status of Gaza

Executive Summary, January 17, 2007

Limitations on Access to Higher Education for Palestinian Students

Submitted to the Knesset Committee for Education, Culture and Sport

Disengagement Danger: Israeli Attempts to Separate Gaza from the West Bank

This briefing paper describes the ways in which Israel has acted to separate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank by restricting access between the two territories and establishing a domestic legal framework apparently aimed at sealing off Gaza from Israel and from the West Bank.