From Occupied Palestine

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: International rights groups decry increased harassment of monitors
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, 27 May 2003

Amnesty International, the Euro-Mediterranean Network for Human Rights (EMNHR), Human Rights Watch (HRW), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) are deeply concerned about the increase of Israeli restrictions against human rights and humanitarian workers.

The "Roadmap": Repeating Oslo's human rights mistakes
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, 8 May 2003

The publication of the latest plan to end Israeli-Palestinian violence, the "Roadmap" may be an important step in achieving a negotiated settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Briefing to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
27 February 2003

Objective

Human Rights Watch urges the Commission on Human Rights to address the grave human rights and humanitarian crisis in the West Bank and Gaza with a resolution that condemns human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law by all parties.

Suicide attacks 'are war crimes'
CHRIS McGREAL
Guardian, 1 November 2002

The international campaign group Human Rights Watch has accused suicide bombers of committing crimes against humanity by attacking Israeli civilians, and called for the leaders of the Palestinian factions responsible to face trial.