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Israel/Opt: Israeli Authorities Are Using Facial Recognition Technology To Entrench Apartheid

The Israeli authorities are using an experimental facial recognition system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians and automate harsh…

May 1, 2023

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200K people demand an end to apartheid against Palestinians

Amnesty calls on Israel to put an end to the demolition of Palestinian homes as a first step towards dismantling…

March 21, 2023

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Impunity Reigns for Perpetrators of Settler Violence in Israel

Following the Israeli authorities’ release last night of six Israeli settlers suspected of involvement in Sunday’s attacks against Palestinians in Nablus…

March 3, 2023

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Israel/Opt: Palestinian Lives In Peril As Israel Reinforces Apartheid      

Israeli authorities must dismantle the system of apartheid which is causing so much suffering and bloodshed, Amnesty International said today.…

February 2, 2023

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Solidarity with Palestinians Means Ending All Support for Apartheid

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Amnesty International reiterates its call for global action to end…

November 29, 2022

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Release Salah Hammouri From Unjust Administrative Detention

Responding to the news that the Israeli authorities have extended human rights defender Salah Hammouri’s administrative detention for another three…

June 6, 2022

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Scrap Plans for Forced Transfer of Palestinian Bedouin Village Ras Jrabah in the Negev/Naqab

Israeli authorities must scrap plans to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village and forcibly transfer its residents to a segregated Bedouin-only…

May 23, 2022

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Increase in Unlawful Killings and Other Crimes Highlights Urgent Need to End Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians

Israeli authorities must end unlawful killings, willful injury, arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, persecution and collective punishment against Palestinians,…

May 11, 2022

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Israel is Committing Apartheid, Says UN Special Rapporteur

The Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Michael Lynk, has submitted a report to the…

March 23, 2022

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Congress Must Use Power to Advance Human Rights for All in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

In response to the members of Congress who expressed concern with our recent report on Israeli authorities’ ongoing human rights…

February 2, 2022

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Biden Administration Must Uphold Human Rights for Palestinians in Israel and in the OPT

In response to yesterday and today’s comments from U.S. State Department officials on U.S. relations with Israeli and Palestinian authorities,…

February 1, 2022

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New Report Finds Israeli Authorities Are Committing Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid Against Palestinians in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

The Israeli government is committing the crime against humanity of apartheid against Palestinians and must be held accountable, Amnesty International…

February 1, 2022