Human shields

HCJ 3799/02, Adalah et al v. Yitzhak Eitan, Commander of the Israeli Army in the West Bank, et al

On 25 October 2007, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Deputy State Attorney, Shai Nitzan and the Military Advocate General Avihai Mandelblit demanding that they make public the measures and...

On 27 February 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel rejected a motion submitted by the Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz, and the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Dan Halutz, requesting a second...

In its response, Adalah stated that there is no legal basis for requesting a second hearing as the Court's original ruling is in accordance with domestic and international legal principles and...

The Attorney General (AG) argued that the Supreme Court's recent decision created a new legal precedent, which will have a negative and harmful effect on the military's operations in the 1967...

The Supreme Court of Israel issued a final verdict on a petition filed by Adalah, ruling that the Israeli army's use of Palestinian civilians in military operations constitutes a violation of...

The Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing pursuant to a pending petition filed in May 2002, a motion for injunction submitted in April 2004, and a motion for contempt of court against the Israeli...

28 April 2004, Adalah submitted a motion requesting the immediate issuance of an injunction and an urgent hearing in the “human shields” case, pending before the Court since May 2002.

Today at 11:30 a.m., the Supreme Court of Israel will hear a petition challenging the legality of the Israel army's use of Palestinian civilians as human shields and/or as hostages during the...

27 April 2003, Adalah submitted new three testimonies to the Supreme Court of Israel of Palestinian civilians being used as human shields and as hostages by the Israeli army in the 1967 Occupied...

Soon after the petition was filed, the Attorney General's office announced that the Israeli army would issue an order banning the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields, and would clarify...

At a hearing held on 21 January 2003, the Supreme Court limited an injunction currently in place, which prohibits the Israeli army from using Palestinian civilians in the 1967 Occupied Territories...

In the submission, the petitioners presented four new cases documented by B'Tselem which detail the continued use of Palestinian civilians as human shields, despite an injunction issued by the...

The motion is based on a report released by B'Tselem on 14 November 2002, entitled "Human Shield: Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields in Violation of High Court Order." In its report,...

Today, Supreme Court Justice Strassberg-Cohen granted a temporary injunction preventing the Israeli army from using Palestinian civilians as human shields and/or hostages through the army's...

Last night, 7 May 2002, the Attorney General's Office submitted a response to a request for an immediate injunction, filed to the Supreme Court by seven human rights organizations, to stop the...

Artas Village, 29 January 2002: The Israeli army entered the village between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. Israeli soldiers took Ahmad al-Yas 'Aysh, 37, and his brother Hamdi from their house and held them...

Today, Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal sent a pre-petition to the Attorney General's office demanding that the office compel the Israeli army to stop using Palestinian civilians as human shields...