Separation of Families due to the Separation between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
May 2010. The policy of separation between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank creates an almost impermeable barrier between the two areas, preventing routine contacts between members of extended families as well as violating the integrity of nuclear families, separating couples and keeping parents apart from their children. Read More »

Damage to Trade between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as a Result of the Separation Policy
May 2010. The ability to make a dignified living in the Gaza Strip, to maintain a productive society and develop an independent economy is diminishing as the closure of the Gaza Strip continues, including its restrictions on movement between the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Read More »

FAQs: Movement of students from Gaza to the West Bank
May 2010. Gisha describes the higher education system in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, explains why students from Gaza admitted to West Bank universities cannot attend their studies and explains that the travel ban is not because of concrete security threats posed by the students. Read More »

FAQs: Family unification between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
May 2010. Gisha explains what prevents residents of the Gaza Strip from moving to the West Bank for family reunification, describes the strict criteria for such travel and explains that the travel ban is not due to concrete security threats posed by the family members. Read More »

Legal framework: Merchants and the Economy – Rights and Obligations under International and Israeli Law
May 2010. This position paper examines Israeli military legislation and court rulings that restrict the transfer of goods between the West Bank and Gaza Strip and prevent the travel of merchants between the two areas, presenting Israel’s obligations in this context under international law and the Oslo agreements. Read More »

Legal framework: Family Separation – Rights and Obligations under International and Israeli Law
May 2010.This position paper examines the Israeli military legislation that separates members of Palestinian families divided between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and presents Israel’s obligations in this context under international law and the Oslo agreements. Read More »

Legal framework: Higher Education – Rights and Obligations under International and Israeli Law
May 2010. This position paper examines Israeli military legislation and court rulings concerning the travel of students between the West Bank and Gaza Strip and presents Israel’s obligations in this context under international law and the Oslo agreements. Read More »

Frequently Asked Questions: The Threat of Deportation from the West Bank and the New Order on the Prevention of Infiltration
On April 13, 2010. a new military order went into effect in the West Bank as an amendment to an existing order on “prevention of infiltration”. The following document answers 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. Read More »

Restrictions and Removal: Israel’s double bind policy for Palestinians holders of Gaza IDs in the West Bank, November 2009
November 2009. 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. Thousands of Palestinians, whose registered address is in Gaza, live in hiding in the West Bank, and the unlucky ones are caught and removed to Gaza Read More »

Despite Israeli Permit, Lulav Exports from Gaza Blocked Again
October 2009. 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. Meanwhile, buyers of lulavs were forced to pay higher prices due to the decreased supply. Read More »

Red Lines Crossed: Destruction of Gaza’s Infrastructure
August 2009. This report describes how Israel’s closure policies brought critical humanitarian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip to a state of collapse in a gradual process: the weakening of infrastructure prior to the military operation; its bombing during the incursion; and the hindrance of efforts to properly repair it since then. Read More »

Submission of Human Rights Organizations based in Israel to the Goldstone Inquiry Delegation
June 2009. A document compiling the data of Gisha and six other Israeli human rights organizations which was sent to the Goldstone Committee charged with investigating claims of human rights violations committed during Operation Cast Lead. The document focuses on human rights violations for which Israel is responsible. Read More »

Obstacle Course: Students Denied Exit from Gaza
July 2009. Since June 2008, Israel has required that students who comply with its rigid screening criteria may only leave Gaza if escorted by a diplomatic envoy from the time they exit Gaza via the Erez Border Crossing, throughout their journey across Israel and the West Bank, and until they reach the Allenby Bridge border crossing into Jordan. Read More »