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HaMoked provides free legal aid to Palestinians living under occupation and conducts strategic litigation and advocacy against Israel’s violations of international law in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. hamoked.org
For the first time ever, Israel holds more than 11,000 Palestinian "security" detainees and prisoners. This record-breaking number has extremely concerning human rights implications.
See the detainee and prisoner data going back to 2008 on our website: hamoked.org/prisoners-ch...
Mahmoud has cancer and lives in a neighborhood cut off from the rest of Jerusalem by the Separation Wall. The military bars him from using a checkpoint that would allow him to reach the hospital quickly. Seriously ill residents must be allowed to use this easier passage: hamoked.org/document.php...
In some prisons, lawyer–client meetings are limited to 20 minutes. Prison officials eavesdrop and even read affidavits we take from detainees — a blatant breach of confidentiality. Clients have become fearful to speak openly with their legal counsel.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
HaMoked joined other Israeli human rights organizations in a statement on the obstruction of the humanitarian response to Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire, unimpeded entry of essential goods and services, and a halt to all obstructive policies targeting INGOs: hamoked.org.il/general_uplo...
Kafr Aqab residents with serious illnesses are currently not permitted to go through the al-Jib checkpoint. Instead, they must choose from checkpoints that are extremely crowded, plagued with long lines, and closed without warning.
HaMoked is challenging this policy: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
HaMoked petitioned the HCJ to have the military and Israel Police allow all Palestinian permanent residents of Israel who live in as-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya, located within Jerusalem but on the other side of the Separation Barrier, to travel by car via Sawahira checkpoint.
hamoked.org/document.php...
"Being a lawyer who represented Palestinian prisoners and detainees was never easy...This job has become especially important, both because prison conditions have worsened and because the prisoners are more isolated..."
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מאמר המערכת של עיתון הארץ: "מעולם לא היה קל להיות עורך דין שמייצג אסירים ועצורים פלסטינים."
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In April, after years of efforts by HaMoked, a Palestinian widow is permitted to stay in Jerusalem with her kids.
Hundreds of Palestinians are trying to avoid family separation: parents, children, spouses hoping to remain in the same city as their loved ones. Learn more: hamoked.org/document.php...
The Knesset just passed a law further restricting Palestinian family unification. Now, Israeli authorities are mandated to deny family unification to extended family members of Palestinians accused of "terrorism."
HaMoked petitioned the HCJ to stop this discriminatory law from coming into force.
"Humanitarian aid must never come at the risk of detention or death."
- Jessica Montell, Executive Director of HaMoked
Upholding EU values requires a principled stance.
Limiting EU review of Israel solely to humanitarian access sends a dangerous message that other severe and urgent violations of international law will be tolerated, allowing them to continue unchecked.
Full letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1Yj7M...
HaMoked joins over 200 NGOs to call for an end to the deadly Israeli aid distribution scheme in Gaza and the blockade on aid.
The military-controlled distribution sites are overcrowded zones where Gazans face gunfire and mass casualties while trying to access food: reliefweb.int/report/occup...
All-time high in Palestinians in detention.
According to Israel Prison Service data provided to HaMoked, Israel holds 10,762 Palestinian “security” prisoners and detainees. Over 55% of them are being held without charge or trial.
You can compare to past months here:
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As of June 2025, the Israel Prison Service holds 1,447 "security" prisoners; 3,174 "security" detainees; and 3,562 administrative detainees held without trial. Israel also holds 2,214 Palestinians as "unlawful combatants."
Look at monthly IPS data going back to 2008: hamoked.org/prisoners-ch...
"With the hostile Israeli public climate and the obstacles to effective international diplomacy, we have so few tools to defend Palestinian human rights these days..."
HaMoked's Executive Director writes about the organization's work in these dark times: hamoked.org/newsletter.p...
Joint statement by HaMoked and over 30 other human rights and civil society organizations: Ceasefire and entry of food and humanitarian aid to Gaza now!
In April, HaMoked wrote to the Military Advocate General to reconsider Israel’s policy of detaining Gaza Palestinians as “illegal aliens” in the West Bank and forcibly transferring them to Gaza, which is in violation of Israeli and international law.
Learn more: hamoked.org/document.php...
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As of May 2025, the Israel Prison Service holds 1,455 "security" prisoners; 3,190 "security" detainees; and 3,577 administrative detainees held without trial. Israel also holds 1,846 people as "unlawful combatants."
To look at month-by-month IPS data, go to our website: hamoked.org/prisoners-ch...
The Knesset held a hearing this week on a proposed bill that takes aim at civil society organizations that receive funding from foreign governments.
Read Haaretz's analysis of Israel's war on foreign-funded NGOs: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The day after HaMoked filed its habeas corpus petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice, the Israeli military decided to release Asaad al-Nassasra, the paramedic who survived the March attack in Rafah, Gaza.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Three families have received notices on the intention of the Ministry of Interior to deport a family member.
HaMoked has written to Israeli authorities, both arguing that the law is unconstitutional and that it must not be used in the individual cases.
Read more: hamoked.org/document.php...
"HaMoked has asked for information on 900 missing people, whom to the best of its knowledge, are under Israeli jurisdiction. The army has confirmed that it holds only 500 detainees. What has happened to the other 400? No one knows."
הצבא מסרב למסור מידע על אסעד נצאצרה, הפרמדיק שנעצר בתקרית הירי בו נהרגו 15 עובדי הסיוע ברפיח, ומונע מפגש שלו עם עורך דין; המוקד להגנת הפרט הגיש עתירה דחופה לבג"ץ
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The surviving paramedic of the attack in Rafah, Asaad Nasasra is being held by Israeli authorities in an unnamed facility and denied access to a lawyer.
HaMoked filed an urgent habeas corpus petition demanding on his behalf.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
As of April 2025, Israel holds 1,471 "security" prisoners; 3,076 "security" detainees; and 3,498 administrative detainees held without trial. Israel also holds 1,747 people as "unlawful combatants."
To look at monthly IPS data going back to 2008, go to our website: hamoked.org/prisoners-ch...
“What we’ve seen is the erosion of the basic standards for humane detention,” said Jessica Montell, the director of HaMoked, one of the rights groups petitioning the Israeli government.
The Court’s ruling rejecting the petition, released last week, reads like a hymn of praise to the State of Israel and its military during the darkest period in their history.
Read more about the petition and the Court's ruling on our website: hamoked.org/document.php...
Every year, HaMoked responds to thousands of requests to trace detainees, because the authorities who hold detainees provide no information to the families. This work is essential to safeguarding the rights of Palestinians in Israeli detention.