Gisha representative at Knesset conference: “Any discussion about resolution of the conflict must include the Gaza Strip and the two million Palestinians living there.”
February 16, 2017. Gisha participated in a conference entitled “Not in a Democracy: 50 Years of Occupation”, held at the Knesset, to mark 50 years of occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Elizabeth Tsurkov, representing Gisha, spoke at the conference, reminding participants that there is no solution to the occupation that doesn’t include Gaza.
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Gisha in Action
2017
2016
Following Gisha petition, HCJ issues order nisi instructing the Ministry of Interior to explain discrimination in the registration process against Israeli citizens who marry foreign nationals
The High Court granted Gisha’s request and issued an order nisi (conditional order) instructing the state to explain, within 60 days, why it delays the registration of marriages between Israeli citizens and foreigners. Gisha filed the petition about 18 months ago, challenging sections in a Ministry of Interior procedure that allow ministry officials to delay the registration of marriage in ID cards when Israeli citizens marry foreign nationals.
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Meetings in Sderot with activists in the Movement for the Future of the Western Negev and Meretz Members of Knesset
May 16, 2016. The discussions also addressed how Israel continues to control the Gaza Strip since disengagement
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New Gisha study about civil society organizations launched in Gaza with representatives of the organizations in attendance
April 20, 2016. This morning, Gisha’s latest study, Split Apart, was launched in the Gaza Strip. The study addresses the challenges facing civil society organizations in Gaza, mainly as a result of Israel’s separation policy.
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2015
Following Gisha advocacy, Palestinians will be allowed into Eilat
November 9, 2015. Until recently, Palestinians who received permits to enter Israel were barred from entering the Israeli city of Eilat. Two years after we exposed the fact that no one knew why the policy was in place – it has been changed.
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One day after going to court: Israelis allowed to return to their families
October 13, 2015. Authorities refused Israelis’ return to Gaza. After petitions were filed, approval suddenly given
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Gisha briefs Security Council
July 20, 2015. Gisha’s deputy director in a brief to the Security Council
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Exhibition at Tel Aviv Cinematheque: Distant | Relatives
July 14, 2015. A new photography exhibition looks at the lives of 3 families divided between Gaza and West Bank
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S’s application were repeatedly refused even though she met the criteria
March 11, 2015. S met her son who is incarcerated in Israel only twice during the first eight years of his sentence, due to persistent denials of her requests to exit Gaza. Only after Gisha intervened was S permitted to visit her son again, after not having seen him for a year
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Back to Gaza
February 15, 2015. After Hamas took over, Hanan left Gaza. She did not imagine that for seven years Israel would not let her return there and see her husband
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2014
Your mother passed away? Please wait here
December 31, 2014. Samah’s mother passed away, and she spent the first day of mourning on a bench at the DCO. She received a permit to visit with her grieving family in Gaza only the next day. COGAT: “All the necessary conclusions were drawn”.
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Received passports, but were compelled to leave their family
October 26, 2014. Two sisters born in Gaza to an Israeli mother are, by law, Israeli citizens themselves. Due to registration problems, they lived for years without any official documentation: neither Palestinian nor Israeli. Following Gisha’s intervention, they received Israeli passports but had to leave their home.
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She wanted to stay a little longer with her father and got stranded in Gaza.
May 28, 2014. When Sara (not her real name) decided to spend more time with her father in the Gaza Strip, she didn’t know Rafah Crossing would close and that she would end up staying in Gaza for much longer than expected
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Military changes procedure in order to justify its refusal to allow a British student to enter the Gaza Strip
February 25, 2014. A British student requested to travel to Gaza in order to complete his research. Since the existing procedure allowed him to enter, the military decided to change the procedure.
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The unbearable lightness of imposing a security block
February 12, 2014. When a Palestinian from Gaza is branded with a security block or preclusion, he or she is not allowed to travel to Israel or the West Bank. It often seems that security preclusions are issued arbitrarily and en masse.
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