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Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory

Person writing Freedom from Violence Is A Human Right on a whiteboard.
Person writing Freedom from Violence Is A Human Right on a whiteboard.

Civilians are paying the price during the ongoing crisis in Gaza, Israel and the wider Occupied Palestinian Territories. This current crisis is rooted in ongoing and long-term violations and injustice impacting civilians' everyday lives. This includes decades in which Israeli authorities have been maintaining and enforcing laws, policies, and practices that deliberately oppress Palestinians, amounting to apartheid.

Backed by world-class verification and a longstanding commitment to impartiality, we are monitoring activities of all parties to the conflict and will continue to publish our investigations into human rights violations and abuses.

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End Israeli Apartheid

Cruel, racist systems like apartheid have no place in our world. Israel must start treating Palestinians as human beings with equal rights and dignity.
Palestine at home

Palestine at Home

The Israeli authorities’ system of apartheid reaches into homes and rips families apart. Despite these injustices, Palestinians are resisting. One of the ways they are keeping the hope of home alive is through cooking and food. Support our campaign by making your own Palestinian recipes...

Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians (2022)

Read our report on how millions of Palestinians are living under Israel's system of apartheid.

USA: fresh warning over complicity in Israeli war crimes as Netanyahu visits Washington

Call for US to halt arms exports to Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu set to meet Joe Biden and potentially Kamala Harris

Visit comes amid spike in civilian deaths from intensified Israeli attacks in Gaza and mass displacement of people in Khan Younis

Israel/OPT: ICJ opinion on Israeli occupation is 'historic vindication' of Palestinian rights

The occupation is a key pillar of the system of apartheid that Israel uses to dominate and oppress Palestinians

UK: David Lammy must tell Israeli ministers that UK will 'ignore war crimes no longer'

Foreign Secretary should make clear that UK arms can no longer flow to Israel

Israel/OPT: Hamas and other armed groups must release civilian hostages

Fifty-six civilians believed alive and still held in Gaza, with families deeply unhappy with efforts of Israeli authorities to secure their release

UK: granting of permission to join arms to Israel legal challenge welcomed

“This is a very welcome decision and we look forward to presenting our evidence to the court. Our evidence demonstrates the gap between the Israeli military and political leadership’s policies and practices and their legal obligations, and shows how this gap has resulted in Israeli forces repeatedly committing grave breaches of international humanitarian law."

Israel/OPT: three Israeli airstrikes killed 44 civilians in Gaza - new investigation

Children playing table football were among 32 children killed in the attacks on al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza and Rafah last month.

Findings of detailed investigation consistent with broader pattern of war crimes committed by Israeli military in Gaza in past seven months.
Apartheid: 30 years

South African anti-apartheid activists speak up for Palestine

April 27 2024 marked 30 years since the end of apartheid rule in South Africa. To mark this historic day, South African apartheid survivors and activists, Lukhanyo Calata and Reverend Frank Chikane, explains what it was like to live under apartheid in South Africa and calls for an end to Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. 
Amnesty UK CEO blog

There’s no better time for a ceasefire protest than Armistice Day

Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s Chief Executive explains why there's no more appropriate time for peaceful protest than Armistice Day, when we reflect on the horrors of armed conflict.

The escalating crisis in Gaza and Israel

Our response to the crisis in Gaza, the wider Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Israel

Life in Gaza - A Genocide in Real-Time

A Genocide in Real-Time: I've felt terrorised, increasingly anxious and extremely uncertain about anything. I've lived through too many wars but somehow survived. This time, however, I feel closer to death. This time, it truly feels that Israel's gloves are not just off but thrown in the bin and long forgotten. This feels like a genocide in real time.
Thank you

Thank you for acting in solidarity with the Palestinian people living under Israel’s apartheid

Thank you for acting in solidarity with the Palestinian people living under Israel’s apartheid

JCB

This open-source digital map reveals the repeated use of JCB equipment in activities resulting in human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Life in Gaza - Horror Everywhere

I believe that notorious colonialist Winston Churchill said that British people are the only people who like to be told how bad things are. Well, to put it mildly, things are bad in Gaza—how does that make you feel?

Israel/OPT: Law to ban UNRWA is 'inhumane' and an 'outright attack' on the rights of Palestinian refugees

UNRWA has long served as a sole lifeline to Palestinian refugees offering indispensable humanitarian aid, education and shelter

UK: After 100 days in office Government must speed up pace of restoring human rights

Amnesty issues key human rights calls on asylum, Northern Ireland, arms to Israel, homelessness, and protests

Lebanon: Pager attacks 'bear the hallmarks of a sinister dystopian nightmare' - witness testimonies

Pager and walkie-talkie attacks are war crimes

Israel/OPT: UNGA resolution 'makes crystal-clear' that Israel must end unlawful occupation of Occupied Palestinian Territory

For decades Israel’s unlawful occupation has brought injustice, bloodshed and suffering to Palestinians on a mass scale
Suspend all arms

Demand the UK suspend all arms transfers to Israel now

Human rights violations are being committed against Palestinians at staggering levels. Yet, the UK government has only suspended a few arms licenses. Email your MP, urging them to speak up for human rights in Parliament, and suspend all arms sales to Israel.