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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) (Read More »)

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) (Read More »)

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) (Read More »)

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) (Read More »)

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) (Read More »)

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Media

Coronavirus Spares Gaza, but Travel Restrictions Do Not, The New York Times Coronavirus Spares Gaza, but Travel Restrictions Do Not, The New York Times
August 8, 2020 (Read More »)

Jerusalem Court Rules Israel Must Allow Three Gazans Stranded Abroad to Return Home, Haaretz Jerusalem Court Rules Israel Must Allow Three Gazans Stranded Abroad to Return Home, Haaretz
August 3, 2020 (Read More »)

The people that Covid-19 has cut off from home, The Guardian The people that Covid-19 has cut off from home, The Guardian
August 3, 2020 (Read More »)

Five rights groups to Israel: Immediately lift Gaza travel restrictions imposed under guise of COVID-19 pandemic, Wafa Five rights groups to Israel: Immediately lift Gaza travel restrictions imposed under guise of COVID-19 pandemic, Wafa
July 20, 2020 (Read More »)

Five human rights organizations to Israeli Defense Minister, COGAT and Attorney General: Immediately lift restrictions on travel to and from Gaza imposed under the guise of the pandemic and admit travel applications for all needs even in the absence of PA coordination
July 19, 2020 (Read More »)

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Area G: From Separation to Annexation Area G: From Separation to Annexation
Israel’s isolation of the Gaza Strip and how it serves annexationist goals in the West Bank (Read More »)

If Only – Young Palestinians in Gaza on What Freedom of Movement Means to Them If Only – Young Palestinians in Gaza on What Freedom of Movement Means to Them
To mark International Human Rights Day, Gisha is proud to release If Only, a new clip exploring what freedom of movement means to young people in Gaza. Recently, 23-year-old photographer (Read More »)

It’s time for a different conversation about Gaza It’s time for a different conversation about Gaza
Residents of Gaza cannot participate in the elections, but their lives are directly impacted by them. Israel still controls countless aspects of life in Gaza, including people’s (Read More »)

International Women’s Day International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is being marked today around the world. For us at Gisha, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the prices, both economic and personal, that Palestinian (Read More »)

Dreams Deferred Dreams Deferred
March 2018. To mark International Women’s Day, Gisha presents a new publication on the impact of the closure on women in the Gaza Strip. (Read More »)

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