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Family visits: An emotional lifeline

… 73 years old. They have two sons detained in Israel. For the past 30 years, they have been … baby boy. Her husband Samer is detained in Israel. To visit him, Falastine needs to apply … Family visits to Palestinian detainees in Israeli places of detention are an emotional …

West Bank: ICRC Office in Hebron Attacked

… since 1979 with a permanent presence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as of …

News release

On Palestinian Prisoners day, a letter from the heart

… go to the thousands of detainees we visit in Israeli places of detention. I am … been visiting Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention facilities for over 50 years … ICRC's visits to all Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention facilities for 18 months …

Article

Fun lessons could save lives in Gaza

… in the last two centuries, large tracts of Israel and the Occupied Territories are … Service (UNMAS), since the 2014 conflict with Israel, approximately 6,000 items of …

Relevant and practical: The Additional Protocols at 40

… – including those of Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, the Philippines, the United …

Statement

Scalpels and ventilators on the sidelines of politics

… doctor working at a leading hospital in Israel or in Gaza has already experienced a …

Law and policy topic

Eleven Women Facing War: Exhibition at Parlamentarium in Brussels

… Colombia, Gaza, Hebron (West Bank), Israel,, Kosovo and Sierra Leone. "We are …

Event

Inspiring women working to improve people’s lives

… of several women working for the ICRC in Israel and the Occupied Territories, to … program run by the ICRC for detainees held in Israeli places of detention. Joelle Natanel is … up on permits related to a family visit. Israel, Tel Aviv, ICRC/Dana Guy "I have helped …

Law and policy topic

Generating respect for the law: The need for persistence and imagination

… as in the Middle East (in universities in Israel, Lebanon, Tunisia). This is by no means … Yearbook of IHL published by TMC Asser, the Israeli Law Review, the African Yearbook on … can mention specifically the work of ALMA in Israel, available at: …

Article

Ten must-see films and series for IHL buffs

… Creators: Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff (Israel, 2015) This series follows the … operations of a special unit of the Israeli Defence Forces assigned to hunt down a … it shows both the Palestinian and Israeli side of events. ICRC recommended …

Article

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