From Occupied Palestine

Amnesty International Report 2005
Covering events from January - December 2004

The Israeli army killed more than 700 Palestinians, including some 150 children. Most were killed unlawfully

Palestinian women 'have suffered most in intifada'
DONALD MacINTYRE
Independent, 31 March 2005

Jerusalem -- Palestinian women have borne the brunt of the pain inflicted by four-and-a-half years of conflict but their plight has been largely ignored, Amnesty International says.

The human rights group calls on both sides of the conflict to take "urgent steps" to alleviate the suffering of women in the occupied territories in a report which levels criticism at the Palestinian Authority as well as the Israeli military for failing to safeguard women's basic rights.

Amnesty: IDF killed 100 children last year
JOSEPH ALGAZY
Ha'artez, 27 May 2004

The Israel Defense Forces killed some 600 Palestinians, including more than 100 children in 2003, says Amnesty International's annual report, which was released yesterday. The report accuses both Israel and the Palestinians of war crimes.

Killing of children must be investigated
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Public Statement, 25 May 2004

Israel/Occupied Territories: Killing of children must be investigated Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli authorities to ensure that a thorough, independent and impartial investigation is promptly carried out into the killing of two Palestinian children by members of the Israeli army in recent days in the Gaza Strip.

Amnesty International criticizes Israel
LARA SUKHTIAN
The Associated Press, 18 May 2004

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Jerusalem -- Israel is guilty of war crimes in its destruction of thousands of Palestinian homes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the human rights group Amnesty International charged in a report Tuesday.

Release of the report coincided with an Israeli operation in the Rafah refugee camp on the Israel-Egypt border, where Israel has said it might knock down more homes to widen a buffer zone in its battle against weapons-smuggling tunnels.

Israel must end closures and restriction of movement
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Press Release, 7 September 2003

"Israel must put an end to the imposition of disproportionate and discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians' movement in the Occupied Territories which have crippled the Palestinian economy and caused widespread poverty, unemployment and increasing health problems," Amnesty International said in a report published today.

Israel imposes 'racist' marriage law
JUSTIN HUGGLER
Independent, 1 August 2003

Israel's Parliament has passed a law preventing Palestinians who marry Israelis from living in Israel. The move was denounced by human rights organisations as racist, undemocratic and discriminatory.

Under the new law, rushed through yesterday, Palestinians alone will be excluded from obtaining citizenship or residency. Anyone else who marries an Israeli will be entitled to Israeli citizenship.

Israel and the Occupied Territories: Israel must end its policy of assassinations
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
4 July 2003

In the coming days the Israeli Supreme Court will examine a petition, brought by an Israeli and a Palestinian human rights organization, challenging Israel's policy of assassinating Palestinians whom they suspect of involvement in attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians.

Israel and the Occupied Territories: An ongoing human rights crisis
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
July 2003

There appears to be no end in sight to the human rights crisis which has been unfolding in the context of the Palestinian uprising (known as the al-Aqsa intifada) against Israeli occupation, which started on 29 September 2000.

More than 2,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them unlawfully, by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), who routinely use F16 fighter jets, helicopter gunships and tanks to bomb and shell densely populated Palestinian residential areas. The victims included some 380 children . Some 100 individuals have been killed in targeted state assassinations. In the course of such attacks, the IDF and security services have killed scores and injured hundreds of other men, women and children bystanders.

Israel/Occupied Territories: Human rights should not be bargained away in roadmap negotiations
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Press Release, 3 June 2003

Amnesty International calls on the participants in the "roadmap" peace plan summit in Jordan to recognize that respect for human rights and international law is a fundamental obligation - not a bargaining chip to be used in negotiations, or a concession.