Following petition by Gisha, four Palestinian citizens of Israel living in Gaza were allowed to return home to the Strip amid the coronavirus closure
HCJ 2442/20 M. A. et al. v. GOC Southern Command (filed April 7, 2020)
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Legal Advocacy
2020
Following petition: Israel allows Palestinian from the West Bank and her daughter to return to their home through the Allenby Bridge border crossing
AP 36588-03-20 R. S. et al., v. Civil Administration in the West Bank et al. (March 17, 2020)
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Israel refused to let a Palestinian citizen of Israel enter the Gaza Strip to reunite with her spouse
HCJ 1481/18 N. J. et al. v. GOC Southern Command et al. (February 19, 2018), HCJ 1851/20 N. J. et al. v. GOC Southern Command et al. (filed March 9, 2020)
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Following petitions by Gisha, the Gaza CLA retracts permit denials over alleged “invalid phone numbers” provided by permit applicants
AP 5897-07-19 (filed on July 2, 2019), AP 50133-01-20 (filed on January 21, 2020), AP 67380-02-20 (filed on February 26, 2020)
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Following petition by Gisha, a Palestinian citizen of Israel entered Gaza with her four children to visit her father
HCJ 1419/20 W. T. v. Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories et al. (submitted February 20, 2020)
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Following petition by Gisha, Israel allows a Palestinian woman from Gaza to visit her sick father in the West Bank
AP 03-20-36588 F.B. et al. v. Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories et al. (February 3, 2020)
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Following petition by Gisha, a Palestinian citizen of Israel entered Israel with her children to attend her mother’s wedding
AP 3668-02-20 Y. v. Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories et al. (submitted February 2, 2020)
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Following petition, Israel readmits a contractor into Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM)
AP 74074-01-20 A.H. et al. v. Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories et al. (January 30, 2020)
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A Christian family from Gaza were denied travel to the West Bank for Christmas after Israel claimed it would be used to stay there “illegally”
HCJ 16001-01-20 R.S. et al. v. Minister of Defense et al. (filed January 7, 2020)
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2019
In 12 of 16 petitions filed by Gisha against Israel’s refusal to allow West Bank-registered Palestinians to relocate from Gaza to the West Bank due to an alleged “security block,” block removed following petition
Summary of petitions filed by Gisha for the removal of “security blocks” throughout 2019.
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Appeal against Jerusalem District Court decision to uphold refusal of request made by Gaza resident to visit his bed-ridden father in the West Bank
AAA 2777/19 Shadi Ramadan v. Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories et al. (filed on April 17, 2019)
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Petition against Israel’s refusal to allow a woman and her three minor children to return to the West Bank, in keeping with their registered address, on the grounds they had permanently relocated to Gaza
AP 47968-10-19 S.S. v. COGAT et al. (filed October 2, 2019)
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Gisha petition against Israel’s refusal to allow a woman to return from Gaza to the West Bank with her children, in keeping with their registered address
AP 54868-09-19 P. v. COGAT et al. (filed September 24, 2019)
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Gisha petitions reveal the Gaza CLA’s practice of refusing permit applications due solely to the copy quality of the attached documents
AP 8258-08-19 A. S. et al. v. COGAT et al. (filed August 5, 2019)
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Following High Court petition by Gisha, Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority introduces protocol to facilitate registration of children born in Gaza to mothers with Israeli citizenship
HCJ 2620-18 Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement v. Population Administration et al. (filed on March 28, 2018, ruling given on July 15, 2019).
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