Blackouts in Gaza
February 27, 2012. While the Gaza Strip experiences 8-hour rolling blackouts, the Gaza energy authority has announced it is waiting for diesel to be shipped from Egypt, but not through the tunnels. Read More »

Unemployment rate in Gaza on the rise: 30.3%
February 23, 2012. According to figures published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, during the final quarter of 2011, the unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip rose by 2.3%. There are 108,000 jobless people in Gaza Read More »

Israeli Human Rights Groups Call to Lift Travel Ban Against Palestinian Human Rights Defender
February 22, 2012. Israel’s Supreme Court today will hear a petition filed by Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq, against a travel ban that has prevented him from leaving the West Bank for the past six years. Read More »

Fifth day without electricity: The fuel for hospital generators in the Gaza Strip is running out and there are fears of sewage floods.
February 19, 2012. Hamas has refused to accept fuel from Egypt via Kerem Shalom Crossing and there are reports that the Palestinian Authority has refused to buy fuel from Israel. In the meantime, fuel reserves in Gaza are dwindling. Read More »

Gaza power plant shuts down
February 14, 2012. Severe shortages of fuel coming through the tunnels force the Gaza power plant to stop operations completely. In the past two weeks, the amount of fuel entering Gaza dropped by two thirds of what had been entering previously. Read More »

Severe shortages of electricity and fuel in the Gaza Strip resulting in rolling 12-hour blackouts
February 12, 2012. Some 120 gas stations in the Gaza Strip have shut down and rolling blackouts have become more frequent as a result of fuel shortages in the Gaza Strip. Read More »

What does one have to do to get permission to travel from Gaza to Israel? Just come sign this form…in Israel.
February 8, 2012. Palestinian citizens of Israel who live in the Gaza Strip and wish to obtain legal counsel in order to enter Israel are required to sign a power of attorney form in Israel. Just how is unclear. Read More »

Report by Human Rights Watch: The freeze on the Palestinian population registry has led to families being torn apart and restrictions on access to livelihood and education
February 7, 2012. In September 2000, Israel stopped processing certain kinds of applications for registration in the Palestinian population registry. The report argues that this decision has impacted Palestinians’ ability to unite with family and travel freely. Read More »

The state pledges to details the efforts it has made to locate documents listing criteria for travel into and out of the Gaza Strip, documents which it claims are not in its possession
February 5, 2012. At a hearing on a Freedom of Information petition, the court instructed the state to specify the measures it has taken to locate requested documents. Read More »

Export from Gaza, via Israel and the West Bank but not to them, is allowed once again: this time tomatoes to Saudi Arabia
February 6, 2012. Three trucks of tomatoes exited the Gaza Strip today. Though they made their way to Saudi Arabia via Israel and the West Bank, Israel continues to ban sale of goods from Gaza to its traditional markets in Israel and the West Bank Read More »

How many Israeli work permits are granted to Palestinians? No one knows
February 5, 2012. The state submitted documents regarding the policy on granting Palestinians residents of the West Bank permits to enter and work in Israel, but the documents contain contradictions. The Tel Aviv District Court will hold a hearing on this matter on February 9. Read More »

Soccer players – yes, poets – no: Who is allowed to leave the Gaza Strip for the West Bank?
January 30, 2012. New table summarizing the criteria issued by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) for travel from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank has been posted on our Facebook page. Read More »

New documents detailing the closure policy in the Gaza Strip released to Gisha, including procedures for transfer of construction materials
January 25, 2012. A set of documents detailing procedures for importing and exporting goods in and out of the Gaza Strip were released by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). Read More »

For the first time since 2007, non-agricultural goods are cleared for export from the Gaza Strip, though not for sale in the West Bank
January 22, 2012. Six Gaza factories were invited to participate in a furniture expo held in Jordan from January 24-26. In order to showcase their merchandise, the factories received clearance to send a truck loaded with furniture out of Gaza. Read More »