Press Releases - 1996

December

• Dec. 19 - New Settlement Begun Near Ramallah
• Dec. 14 - Israeli Government Actively Encourages Settlement Expansion in New Move to Consolidate Control Over West Bank
• Dec. 12 - New Settlement Annouced for East Jerusalem as Settlement Expansion and Land Confiscation Continue
• Dec. 10 - On Internation Human Rights Day: Israeli High Court again Upholds prolonged Incommunicade Detention; Refuses to Order Israeli Secret Police to Refrain from Torture
• Dec. 9 - Israeli Secret Police Extend Incommunicado Detention; "LAW" Submits Second Petition to Israeli High Court
• Dec. 7 - Israeli High Court Legalizes Prolonged Incommunicado Detention of Palestinian Detainee as Threat of Toorture Continues; Decision Based on Secret Evidence Withheld from Defensae Attorney

November

• Nov. 30 - LAW Submits Petition to Halt Demolition of Five Houses: Israeli High Court Issues Temporary Order Halting Demolitions
• Nov. 19 - Israeli Justice and the New Era of Peace: Israeli High Court Sancions Torture of Palestinian; Israeli Military Court Fines Undercover Unit One Cent for Murder of Innocent Palestinian
• Nov. 15- Palestinain Administrative Detainees in Ashkalon Prision Held in Isolation: Wisam Rafidi Receives Sixth Extension of Detention
• Nov. 10 - The Peace Process? 1 Palestinian Shot Dead, 12 Injured Defending Land Aginst Confiscations and Settlement Expansion
• Nov. 8 - No Repreive: Israelis Continue Torture and Administrative Detention of Palestinians

October

• Oct. 31 - LAW's Executive Director Receives Permit to Leave Following Publicity of LAW's Petition to Israeli High Court
• Oct. 29 - Full Closure on Occupied Territories: LAW Executive Director Prohibited from Leaving West Bank to Attend His Own Wedding
• Oct. 29 - Palestinian Boy Beaten by Settler was Slated to Donate Bone Marrow to Dying Sister
• Oct. 28 - Jewish Settler Beats Child to Death as Netanyahu Approves Settlement Expansion
• Oct. 23 - Two Palestinians Killed by Jewish Settlers in the West Bank; Tensions Increase
• Oct. 21 - Israeli High Council of Planning in the Occupied Territoried Refuses Building Permits for Palestinian Homes; Homes can now be Dmolished
• Oct. 20 - After Four Weeks of Torture, Palestinian Released from Israeli Prison
• Oct. 19 - Jerusalem Under Attack as World Focuses on Hebron
• Oct. 14 - Palestinian Authority Threatens to Interfere with Activities of Human Rights Organization
• Oct. 1 - Joint Press Release: Palestinians Suffer from the Detrimental Effects of Irael's Total Military Siege on the Occupied Terrotories
• Oct. 1 - 17 Palestinian Administrative Detainees Begin Hunger Strike: Detainees Continue Boycott of Military Courts and Hold Demontstrations in Prison

September

• Sep. 27 - LAW Urgently Calls for International Commission of Inquiry into Israeli Human Rights Violations that Led to Current Violence as Bloodshed Continues in the West Bank and Gaza
• Sep. 27 - LAW Calls on Israel to Release Palestinian Administrative Detainees as an Initial Confidence Building Measure
• Sep. 26 - Heavy Clashes and Gun-Fights Continue in All Areasof the West Bank and Gaza; 36 Palestinians Killed in Two Days, Over 500 Injured, 11 Israelis Killed, 47 Wounded
• Sep. 25 - Demonstrations, Clashes in Ramallah and Throughout the West Bank; Over 170 Injured, One Killed; Israeli Army Enters Palestinian Autonomous Areas
• Sep. 24 - Two Injured, One Killed in Police Shooting at Football Match
• Sep. 22 - Woman Prisoner in Central Prison in Nablus Denied Critical Medical Care
• Sep. 19 - Eight More Homes to be Demolished Immediately in East Jerusalem while Jewish Settlers Occupy an Arab Home
• Sep. 17 - Apartheid in the West Bank
• Sep. 13 - Twelve More Demolition Orders Served to Arab Jerusalem Residents
• Sep. 4 - Habeas Corpus Petition to Israeli High Court Calling for Release of Palestinian Administrative Detainee
• Sep. 2 - Palestinian Authoritry Creates a New Armed Force
• Sep. 2 - Ramallah High Court Justice Forced to Resign; Judicial Independence Violated

August

• Aug. 31 - For the Urgent Attention of Your Excellency President Yasser Arafat and Members of the Palestinian Council
• Aug. 30 - General Director of LAW meets with President Arafat; Human Rights Situation Discussed
• Aug. 29 - Jewish Settlement Expansion in the West Bank Formally Approved as Palestinian House Demolition Continues
• Aug. 27 - Demolition in the Old City of Jerusalem; Jerusalem Municipality Campaign Against Arab Residents Continues
• Aug. 24 - More Accidental Shooting by Palestinian Police; Fatalities on the Rise due to Police Negligence
• Aug. 21 - Six More Palestinian Homes Demolished in the West Bank and Jerusalem as Settlement Expansion Continues
• Aug. 20 - Urgent Action Alert: Appeal to Palestinian Authority to Respect High Court Decision
• Aug. 18 - Palestinian High Court Orders Palestinian Authority to Release 10 Bir Zeit Students from Prison
• Aug. 14 - Palestinian Police Brutality in Bethlehem
• Aug. 14 - Palestinian Homes Under Attack While Jewish Settlements Strehgthened
• Aug. 13 - Director of Human Rights Organization Arrested in Gaza, Charged with Publishing Incorrect Information and Provocation
• Aug. 13 - Palestinian Detainee's Hunger Strike Enters Its Second Week: Strikers are Brought to Prison on Stretchers
• Aug. 12 - LAW Visits Al Junied Prison in Nablus; Prison Authorities Illegally Confiscate Documents
• Aug. 10 - Torture in Palestinian Prisons Continues; Four Hospitalized from Torture under Interrogation
• Aug. 8 - Palestinian Security Forces Arrest 120 Tulkarem Residents and Transfer them to Junied Prison in Nablus
• Aug. 7 - LAW Supports Palestinian Detainee's Boycott of Administrative Detention Appeals
• Aug. 3 - Israeli Government Clears Way for Settlement Expansion
• Aug. 2 - Palestinian Police Open Fire on Protesters in Tulkarem; One Dead, Seven Injured and in Hospital

July

• Jul. 31 - Accidental Fatal Shooting by Palestinian Police
• Jul. 30 - Prisoner Declared Clinically Dead After Beating by Palestinian Police
• Jul. 26 - Ten Palestinian Homes Threatened with Demolition in Nablus
• Jul. 24 - After Settlers Attack on Protesters Qariut Still Under Curfew
• Jul. 24 - 37 Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike; Prisoners Demand to be Charged or Relased
• Jul. 19 - Peaceful Demonstration Turns Violent; Settlers Attack Protesters as Israeli Soldiers Look On
• Jul. 17 - Plans for Massive Settlement Expansion in West bank and Jerusalem; Settlers get Green Light from Netanyahu.

June

• Jun. 27 - An Exercise for the Independent Palestinian Judiciary; High Court Demands Immediate Release of Students
• Jun. 27 - Dr. Eyad Sarraj Released
• Jun. 17 - Palestinian High Court Demands Explanation from Attorney General; Demonstrations in Ramallah for Dr. Sarraj's Immediate Release
• Jun. 14 - Dr. Sarraj Detained Another 15 Days; New Charges by Palestinian Authority
• Jun. 12 - Dr. Eyad Sarraj Arrested Again; Held Without Charge, Inside Reports of Torture
• Jun. 8 - Locals, Israelis, and International Activists Rebuild Land in Bethlehem; Landowners Take Action Against New Israeli Military Road
• Jun. 5 - Open Invitation to Participate in "Land Defense Day"
• Jun. 5 - Donation to Political Prisoners: LAW Donate Fans for Political Prisoners in Palestinian Prisons
• Jun. 4 - Correction of LAWE's Press Release of 3 June: Israeli Army Bulldozers Begin Constructing Patrol Road in Bethlehem; Extensive Damage to Ancient Olive Groves
• Jun. 3 - Israeli Army Bulldozers Begin Constructing Patrol Road in Bethlehem; Extensive Damage to Ancient Olive Groves

May

• May 22 - Noted Human Rights Activist Still Imprisoned and Under Interrogation by the Palestinian Authority
• May 22 - State of Human Rights in Palestinian Autonomous Areas are Cause for Alarm
• May 17 - Two More Homes Demolished, This Time in Village near Ramallah
• May 15 - Campaign to Save the Homes of Palestine
• May 13 - Israeli High Court Approves Four House Demolitions in Anata Village
• May 9 - 300 Dunums Confiscated in Qalqilya in Further Efforts to Move Green Line
• May 8 - State Continues to Defy Court Order and Evict Jahalin
• May 1 - Human Rights Update 13 April - 25 April: Occupation as Usual

April

• Apr. 24 - New Confiscations in Ramallah and Bethlehem to "Cleanse" Areas of West Bank
• Apr. 19 - New Confiscations in Ramallah and Bethlehem; The Strangling Continues
• Apr. 12 - Eight Homes Demolished in Hebron as Situation Continues to Deteriorate
• Apr. 4 - LAW Welcomes Measures, But Calls for Curbing of Violence
• Apr. 3 - Students March on Palestinian Coucil Meeting, Demand Meeting with Arafat
• Apr. 1 - Unexplained Fatal Shooting by Palestinian Security Forces

March

• Mar. 30 - Human Rights Update 22-29 March: Week Marred by Mass Arrests of Students by Israeli Army
• Mar. 29 - Correction about the New Road in Bethlehem
• Mar. 26 - LAW and Palestinian Council Member Abdel Jawad Saleh Protest Mass Arrests by the Palestinian Security Services
• Mar. 22 - Human Rights Update 19-22 March: Week Marked by House Demolitions and Threats of Deportation
• Mar. 21 - High Court Approves Seven House Demolitions; Three Homes Demolished, Two Sealed
• Mar. 18 - Human Rights Upate 16-18 March
• Mar. 15 - Human Rights Alert #3: Death Toll Rises as a Direct Result of Siege
• Mar. 13 - Update on the Human Rights Situation in the West Bank
• Mar. 11 - Statement on the Current Human Rights Situation in the West Bank

February

• Feb. 6 - LAW Initiating Campaign to Register Palestinian Claims to Property in the Western Part of Jerusalem

January

• Jan. 11 - Pressure Tactics Continue Against Candidates
• Jan. 9 - Fair Elections in Jeopardy