Human Rights

6 Mar 2023; MEMO: Of the 40 reservists in the Israeli Air Force's 69th Squadron, 37 said on Sunday that they would not show up to one of their planned training sessions on Wednesday in protest of the government's plan to radically restrict the power of the country's judiciary. The reservists notified IAF commander General Tomer Bar and their squadron leader of their intention, but said that they would report for duty if required for operational duties.

4 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday condemned Israel's release of extremist Jewish settlers who perpetrated Huwara pogroms.

5 Mar 2023; MEMO: Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets Saturday to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing policies and a plan that would restrict the powers of the judiciary, reports Anadolu Agency.

Israelis have held demonstrations every Saturday against the judicial regulation of the extreme right-wing coalition government led by Netanyahu.

3 Mar 2023; MEMO: Hamas' Basim Naim said the United Nations Security Council's failure to issue a statement condemning Israeli settlers' "terrorist attack" against Palestinians in Huwara, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, "reinforces the law of the jungle and chaos", Quds Press reported yesterday.

3 Mar 2023; MEMO: The European Union's Envoy to the Palestinians called on Friday for accountability, and for perpetrators to be brought to justice after a rampage by Israeli settlers this week in the Occupied West Bank in which one Palestinian was killed and dozens of houses, shops and cars were torched, Reuters reports.

2 Mar 2023; MEMO: The US has called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials in the occupation state to condemn publicly the statements made by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to "wipe out" the Palestinian village of Huwara.

2 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Supreme Emergency Committee for Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs said on Wednesday that the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons with neither charge nor trial under so-called administrative detention has exceeded 1,000 for the first time in 15 years.

2 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Arab Parliament condemned on Wednesday Israeli Jewish settler violence against Palestinians and called for the UN Security Council to include "settler militias" on its terrorist lists. The parliament has representatives from 22 countries.

2 Mar 2023; MEMO: Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh has called on the European Union to establish a body to monitor the Israeli occupation and settler crimes to protect Palestinians.

This came during a meeting held in Ramallah yesterday with the Managing Director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability in the European Department for Foreign Affairs, Stefano Tomat, and Deputy Administrative Director of the European External Action Department, Carl Hallergard.

1 Mar 2023; MEMO: The former chief of Israel's Shin Bet security service, on Wednesday, termed the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "a government of terror", Anadolu News Agency reports.

Speaking at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv in central Israel, Yuval Diskin warned of a civil war in Israel due to a proposed judicial overhaul by the Netanyahu's government.