Illustrative. A shepherd in the West Bank. Photo:  © Rrodrickbeiler | Dreamstime.com On January 23, 2026 ACRI contacted the army on behalf of two shepherd families from the village of al-Nakhb in the West Bank. The families have been living in this location for decades, and according to them, the land is privately owned and belongs to the estate of the family’s grandfather.      In mid-January, a military jeep arrived at the home of Youssef’s family (name has been changed for

Photo: © Designer491 | Dreamstime.com ACRI submitted a petition to the Supreme Court against the head of the Civil Administration, demanding the return of bail funds deposited by Palestinians for release from detention or as deposits to ensure their appearance at court. The Civil Administration has accumulated approximately 53 million shekels belonging to Palestinian residents, which it is required by law to give back. State Comptroller reports and journalistic coverage have

Illustrative. Photo: Rachel Druck, ACRI Palestinian residents of the West Bank have increasingly been subject to detention by soldiers. They testify that they were detained by soldiers, taken to a military base, held in harsh conditions for long hours (in extreme temperatures, without being provided with food or water, without access to restrooms, and without being able to move—sometimes shackled and blindfolded). In some of the worst cases, physical violence was used against

Soldiers leading the cows from the pen owned by the petitioners to the civilian truck About a dozen armed and uniformed soldiers arrived at a barn belonging to a Palestinian family in the West Bank, handcuffed the barn owner and his son, broke through the barn's fences, and loaded the cattle belonging to the family onto a civilian truck that arrived at the scene escorted by military jeeps. Social media posts from a group that aids settlers in pursuing agricultural projects (l

© Maksym Voitenko | Dreamstime.com Since the beginning of the war, major movement restrictions have been imposed on Palestinian residents of Hebron. Palestinians in the city are under curfew, which means that all residents, including young children, the elderly, and people with disabilities, are prohibited from leaving their homes; they are not allowed to open their shops; driving in private Palestinian vehicles is not allowed and emergency and service vehicles must coordinat

Water supply in a remote Palestinian community. Photo: Bimkom On March 19, 2025, ACRI, together with Bimkom-Planners for Planning Rights, and Jordan Valley activists, approached the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories and the General of the Central Command demanding that they act immediately to enable access to water for Palestinian agricultural communities in the northern Jordan Valley.     The communities of Farsiya, Ein al-Hilwa, Samra, Khalat Makhoul,

A military vehicle and property damage in a community's residential compound in the Ramallah District. Photo: Muhannad Anati, ACRI Since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, expulsions and displacements of Palestinian communities (especially smaller and more vulnerable communities) in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley have increased. This is the result of harassment and violence by settlers, including: blocking access to grazing lands, harassment, threats, and violence.

Illustrative. Boy in the Jenin refugee camp. Photo: © Richard Juilliart | Dreamstime.com On September 11, 2025, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel filed a petition on behalf of the residents of the Jenin and Nur al-Shams refugee camps in the northern West Bank, who were evacuated from their homes as part of Operation Iron Wall. The petition states that tens of thousands of residents of the refugee camps, including children, women, and the elderly, were suddenly and f

Illustrative (archive): Uprooting trees in the West Bank in preparation for the construction of the separation fence. © Rrodrickbeiler |...

Soldiers in Jenin, January 2025. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit, (CC BY-SA 3.0), Wikimedia In January 2025, the army launched a military operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, an operation that was later expanded to additional refugee camps. The operation resulted in extensive destruction of buildings, roads, and infrastructure; the blocking of access routes; and the closure of businesses, institutions providing essential services, as well as pharmacies and med

Part of the dangerous road section. Photo: ACRI On August 16, 2025, ACRI approached the Civil Administration demanding that it maintain traffic safety measures and enforcement on the Eastern Ring Road (Road 4370), in the section between the villages of Anata and Az-Za'eem. This section of the road is frequently used by Palestinians traveling between the major cities in the West Bank: Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron. Nonetheless, it lacks basic safety standards: lanes and shou

Photo: © Hafakot | Dreamstime.com On August 10, 2025, ACRI submitted a request to the Supreme Court to join as a friend of the court...

Illegal settlement, 2015. Photo: © Rita Phessas | Dreamstime.com Over the past three years, ever since the current government began its...

Property on fire in the Nur a-Shams refugee camp (screenshot from the refugee camp's Facebook page) On July 10, 2025, ACRI contacted...

View of Jordan Valley (photo is not connected to the events in this article). Photo: © Vladimir Blinov | Dreamstime.com On June 29,...

Blockages on the access roads to the village. Photos courtesy of the residents The Palestinian village of Duma is home to approximately...

Settlement construction, 2019. Photo: Garry Walsh/Trócaire  (cc-by-2.0 via Wikimedia) From the beginning, Israel's 37th government has...

Traffic at the Beit Furik Checkpoint, April 2025 On April 9, 2025, we approached the IDF commander in the West Bank together with...

Settlers in the grazing area near Ein al-Hilweh, March 2025 In the northern Jordan Valley, there are currently at least eight illegal...

Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights, Yesh Din, B'Tselem, and HaMoked Center...