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Over the past two years, human rights violations and disruptions to Palestinian life in the West Bank have escalated, resulting in loss of life, destruction, displacement, and growing economic hardships throughout the Palestinian population. Amid the war in Gaza, Israel’s 37th government has continued implementing legal and bureaucratic measures to tighten its hold over the Occupied Territories, promote de facto annexation, and extend its control into Areas B and A. The gover

The violations of Palestinians’ rights in the West Bank described in this section are linked to or stem directly from Israeli government policy designed to expand and further entrench its control over the area. Since the establishment of Israel’s 37 th government, and more forcefully under the cover of the war, the West Bank has undergone sweeping structural changes. Through a slew of bureaucratic measures and the transfer of broad powers from the military (responsible for m

Palestinian deaths and injuries in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem According to UN figures , from October 7, 2023, when the war broke out, to October 16, 2025, 1,001 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Among the victims were 210 children, 20 women, and seven people with disabilities. While the number of Palestinian casualties peaked in the months immediately following October 7, it remained significantly higher than in previous years t

Settler violence – figures and trends From 2023 to 2025, incidents of violence committed by Israeli civilians, almost exclusively residents of Jewish settlements, against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank soared. The frequency, scope, and severity of settler attacks have been on the rise since early 2023, with another surge since the outbreak of the war. The establishment of many new shepherding outposts across the West Bank has also contributed significantly t

Freedom of movement is a fundamental right and an essential component of individual liberty in its most basic sense. Restrictions on movement directly impact other human rights as they impede access to healthcare, education, employment, agricultural land, and more. Palestinians’ right to travel freely within and out of the West Bank has been subject to varying degrees of limitations since the onset of the occupation. Since the October 7 Hamas attack and the ensuing war, restr

In addition to house demolitions ostensibly undertaken for operational needs or when construction has been done without a permit, the military also carries out punitive house demolitions in the West Bank. These demolitions are explicitly designed to harm the relatives of Palestinians suspected or convicted of security offenses to serve as a deterrent to potential attackers. This is essentially an official policy of harming innocents, whose effectiveness is questionable. Home

At the end of 2024, the Israeli government  approved a proposal  to introduce a  new registration mechanism for international humanitarian organizations  working mostly in the Occupied Territories, including Gaza, and “whose primary activities are conducted with Palestinian residents for the purpose of providing assistance to their welfare.” Section 7 of the new procedure contains an open list of grounds for denying or revoking an organization’s humanitarian registration, ena