In response to a Freedom of Information application, COGAT provided figures on the issuance of BMG (Business Man Gaza) cards to Gaza residents
Response received January 28, 2016
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Legal Advocacy
2016
Gisha asks COGAT Public Liaison Officer to publish current Status of Authorizations document
Letter sent January 20, 2016.
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Gisha asks Israeli Water Authority for information about water supply to the Gaza Strip
Application filed January 18, 2016
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Gisha submits two Freedom of Information Applications to COGAT regarding the list of dual-use items restricted from entering Gaza
Applications filed January 18, 2016
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Gisha files Freedom of Information application asking for details and figures on Israel’s herbicide spraying policy in Gaza’s “buffer zone”
Application filed January 10, 2016
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2015
COGAT figures indicate significant drop in the number of Israeli citizens entering Gaza in the second half of 2015
Information sent to HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual on December 30, 2015.
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Population Authority refuses to allow Gaza residents who worked in Israel to file applications to withdraw accrued benefit funds without original powers-of-attorney signed in the presence of Israeli lawyers
Response receive December 20, 2015
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Petition filed by Gisha for change-of-address of a Palestinian living in the West Bank deleted HCJ 1337/15 Bali v. Minister of Defense
Petition deleted on December 16, 2015
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Supreme Court upholds denial of request made by Israeli citizen to enter Gaza to accompany his wife, also an Israeli citizen, whose mother passed away in Gaza. HCJ 8656/15 Abu Thakafeh et al. v. GOC Southern Command
Petition filed December 16, 2015
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COGAT to Gisha: The ban on wood planks is legitimate. Israel has no obligation to allow products to enter Gaza
COGAT response received December 16, 2015
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Following a High Court petition, the state agreed to permit a bride living in the Gaza Strip to travel via Israel to Jordan to attend her wedding with her fiancée who lives in Spain
December 13, 2015
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Gaza strawberry sales in the West Bank renewed only in early January, after communications from Gisha
Letter sent December 9, 2015
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Gaza strawberry sales in the West Bank renewed only in early January, following interventions by Gisha
Letter sent December 9, 2015
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Gisha files revised High Court petition after the Ministry of Interior made superficial corrections to the procedure that allows Israelis’ personal status to be kept as “under review”
Revised petition filed, December 8, 2015
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Gisha files two urgent petitions on behalf of two women and their children whose applications to enter Israel for a visa interview at the Swedish Consulate were denied
AP 5877-12-15 and AP 5887-12-15. Petitions filed December 2, 2012
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