Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

A new briefing, As safe as houses? Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes, reveals the extent to which Israeli forces are destroying homes and other structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, claiming they have been built illegally, while continuing the construction on occupied land of Israeli settlements internationally recognised as illegal.

January 2010

December 2009
A report by Amnesty International Britain and 15 other organisations on the situation in Gaza a year after the Israeli offensive in Operation Cast Lead.

October 2009
Amnesty International’s report finds evidence of Israel depriving Palestinians of access to adequate water. By maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies Israel is violating the rights of the Palestinian population to water. In Gaza particularly the water and sanitation situation has reached crisis point.

July 2009
Survivors of the conflict talk about how they suffered from attacks by both sides that killed or injured members of their families

July 2009
Some key statistics and facts around the Israeli invasion of Gaza

July 2009
The most comprehensive report on war crimes committed during the Israeli invasion of Gaza in December and January.

April 2009
A briefing paper responding to an internal investigation by the Israeli Defence Forces that cleared Israeli forces of allegations of war crimes during their offensive in Gaza in December 08 to January 09 

February 2009
Based on eye-witness testimony and evidence from an Amnesty International team on the ground in Gaza and southern Israel this report exposes war crimes committed by both sides and makes the case for an immediate UN arms embargo.

February 2009
An Amnesty International briefing on a Hamas campaign of executions, torture and beatings of suspected ‘collaborators’ with Israeli forces.