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Meet the 2025 Recipients of the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award
Every year, the Association for Civil Rights awards the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award to a person or organization that has made a significant contribution to the advancement of human rights in Israel. These are the recipients of the 2025 award: Jack Khoury. Photo: Rami Shllush, Haaretz Jack Khoury , journalist for Haaretz and news director of Radio A-Shams. For two decades, Khoury has consistently and persistently called for human rights and equality, and for mediation
Nov 32 min read


Let Gaza City's Hospitals Stay Put, Stay Open, and Stay Safe
Illustrative. Destruction in Shejayia, Gaza City. Photo: © Taitharris | Dreamstime.com ACRI, together with Physicians for Human Rights,...
Sep 252 min read


Reopen the Allenby Bridge Border Crossing
© Brian Maudsley | Dreamstime.com Allenby Bridge is the border crossing connecting the West Bank and the rest of the world. Palestinians...
Sep 252 min read


Declaring a Closed Military Zone Near the IDF Chief of Staff's Home
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-stok On September 7, 2025, the media reported that following anti-war...
Sep 92 min read


Gaza City Residents Have Been Told to Evacuate-But They Have Nowhere to Go
A displaced persons camp in the Al-Muasi area, Khan Yunis. Photo: Doaa Albaz, Activestills After the army announced that those residing...
Aug 282 min read


"No Starvation in Gaza"? Facts and Figures
The body of a baby in Khan Younis, July 19, 2025. Photo: Doaa Albaz, Activestills Since the beginning of the war, professional and...
Jul 317 min read


Patients, Staff, and Supplies Must Have Access to Nasser Hospital in Gaza
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, December 2023. Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun, Activestills Nasser hospital is the last functioning medical...
Jul 73 min read


The Lack of Shelters in Arab Communities Must Be Rectified
A barrage of missiles from Iran over Jerusalem. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok As a result of the war with Iran, the Ministry of Defense...
Jun 223 min read


Shelters are Needed to Protect the Residents of East Jerusalem Neighborhoods Beyond the Separation Wall
Al-Issawiya neighborhood, East Jerusalem. Photo: © Konstantin Bolotinsky | Dreamstime.com On June 19, 2025, we approached the Mayor of...
Jun 192 min read


Police Crackdown on Peaceful Anti-War Protests
Police officers remove a protester at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, June 15, 2025. Photo: Arik Segal, "Protest Documentation," WhatsApp...
Jun 192 min read


Inadequate Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
Gaza, April 2025. Photo: Yousef Zaanoun, Activestills After nearly three months during which Israel prevented the entry of humanitarian...
Jun 82 min read


Operation Gideon's Chariots: Forced Displacement of Gaza's Residents
Soldiers in Gaza. Photo: IDF Spokesperson, www.idf.il On May 5, 2025, the Security Cabinet approved a plan to evacuate most of the...
May 112 min read


Military Attacks on Gaza's Designated Humanitarian Zone
Attack on Gaza, December 2024. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok On April 8, 2025, we approached the Chief Officer of the Southern Command...
Apr 91 min read


Trump's Horrifying Plan: Transfer and Ethnic Cleansing
Destruction in Gaza. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok At a press conference with the U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime...
Feb 61 min read


Lack of Protection in Unrecognized Villages
On August 29, 2024, residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages, alongside the Council of Unrecognized Villages and human rights...
Jan 152 min read


Issuing Identity Cards to Israeli Women Evacuated from Gaza
In early December 2024, the Association for Civil Rights submitted several petitions regarding the Population and Immigration Authority's...
Dec 5, 20242 min read


Visiting Permits for Palestinians with First-Degree Relatives in Israel
Since the outbreak of the war, Israel has not accepted applications from Palestinians in the West Bank for permits to visit their...
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Sweeping Use of "Combat Detention" in the West Bank
Since the outbreak of the war, all Palestinians arrested in the West Bank for offenses under security legislation have been detained in...
Nov 5, 20243 min read


Publishing Humiliating Images of Detainees by the Police
On 29.10.2023, we appealed (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner, demanding that the police stop photographing...
Oct 8, 20243 min read


One Year of War: The Collapse of Human and Civil Rights Protections in Israel and the West Bank
A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank Over a Year of War Since the horrific massacre carried out by...
Oct 6, 20243 min read
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