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The IMEU offers the following links for informational purposes only and does not necessarily endorse the contents or points of view of the sites listed.


A Palestinian boy, from the Al-Akram School in Gaza, stands in rubble after the school was hit by the Israeli military. (Wesam Saleh, Maan Images)

Adalah
Based in Nazareth, Adalah ("Justice") offers highly competent legal analysis; undertakes advocacy work within Israel on behalf of its Palestinian minority; publishes a "review" and also reports.

The Arab Association for Human Rights
Based in Israel, the Association recently published an in-depth study of Israeli desecration and neglect of Muslim and Christian religious sites called "Sanctity Denied".

Mossawa, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel
Dedicated to winning equal rights for Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee RightsHigh quality legal and other studies of Palestinian refugee situation.

Al-Haq
A organization established in 1979 by a group of Palestinian lawyers following extended debate over how best to address the lack of human rights protection mechanisms in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).

Al-Awda
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition is a broad-based, non-partisan activists and students working to educate the international community about Palestinian refugees with direct aid and empowerment projects.

B'Tselem - Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
An excellent source for detailed reports on Israeli human rights violations in the Palestinian Territories.

Palestinian Center for Human Rights
An independent Palestinian human rights organization based in Gaza City, featuring statistics, fact sheets, and documents on human rights abuses in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

UNRWA
United Nations agency established in 1948 to carry out direct relief and works programs for millions of Palestinian refugees scattered throughout the Middle East.

UN OCHA
Another excellent source for reports on the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Territories. The website features monthly reports on movement restrictions, and up-to-date closure maps for the West Bank and Gaza.


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