Israel Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Inflicting Unprecedented Suffering and Destruction: Seven ways the government of Israel is deliberately blocking and/or undermining the international humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip

15/03/2024

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24 pages long

Languages: English

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Over five months into the Israeli mass atrocities on the Gaza Strip, in response to the horrific 7 October 2023 attacks by Palestinian armed groups, a meaningful and safe humanitarian response is made impossible by the government of Israel. In this briefing we outline seven fundamental humanitarian access constraints.

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Briefing note

Violence and Impunity in the West Bank During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The failure of Israeli authorities to prevent settler violence against Palestinians, and its contribution to de facto annexation of Palestinian land

19/05/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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The spread of COVID-19 has brought life to a halt throughout Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) – and has spurred the formation of a unity government in Israel. However, rather than demonstrating the urgency of achieving an equitable, rights-based resolution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the pandemic has given cover to increased violence by […]

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Briefing paper

From Failed to Fair: Learning from the Oslo Accords to foster a new rights-based approach to peace for Palestinians and Israelis

01/11/2019

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28 pages long

Languages: English

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A quarter of a century since the signing of the first of the Oslo Accords, the ‘peace process’ has seen a crippled Palestinian economy, a quadrupling of the number of settlers in illegal Israeli settlements, entrenchment of the 52-year Occupation and no genuine prospects for peace for Palestinians, Israelis or the wider region. Young Palestinians […]

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Media briefing

Israel Tightens Gaza Blockade, Civilians Bear the Brunt

27/07/2018

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8 pages long

Languages: English

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In July 2018, the Government of Israel tightened restrictions on goods and materials entering and leaving Gaza, noting that the measures were in response to Hamas sending incendiary kites and balloons into Israel. All goods were banned from exiting and many vital materials banned from entering. These restrictions further tighten the blockade – in place […]

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Briefing paper

Treading Water: The worsening water crisis and the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism

22/03/2017

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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In the wake of the devastating destruction in Gaza in 2014, the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) was established as a temporary measure to facilitate the entry of construction materials and a range of items classified and treated as ‘dual use’ by Israel. Two and a half years on, vital water sector recovery and development remains […]

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Briefing paper

Charting a New Course: Overcoming the stalemate in Gaza

13/04/2015

7 documents

32 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish

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In 2014, after unprecedented destruction and suffering in Gaza, international donors pledged $3.5bn and a change in approach. Six months later, reconstruction and recovery have barely begun, there has been no accountability for violations of international law, and Gaza remains cut off from the West Bank. This AIDA briefing paper outlines an achievable course of […]

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Case study

Making the Impossible Possible: An overview of governance programming in fragile contexts

06/10/2014

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam has been working in fragile contexts for many years, responding to humanitarian need and delivering services in places where the government is unable or unwilling to do so. Oxfam has recognised we must also address the issue of governance. Failures of governance are usually failures of power-holders in the state to enable citizens to […]

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Case study

Action Research in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

06/10/2014

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper reflects Oxfam’s experience of commissioning and managing action research in OPTI. Action research is a process of enquiry conducted by citizens and members of affected communities, rather than by trained researchers. Civil society in OPTI has limited space for operation. Oxfam therefore identified action research as a potentially effective model of community empowerment […]

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Case study

Fostering Community Change in the West Bank

06/10/2014

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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In OPTI, WWS has been working in Gaza to strengthen civil society organizations (CSOs) to engage with power-holders to claim their rights, and has conducted a process of ‘action research’ in Gaza, West Bank, and Israel. Between April 2010 and September 2012, WWS co-funded (with the EU’s Non-State Actors funding stream) the ‘Fostering Community Change’ […]

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Briefing paper

Cease Failure: Rethinking seven years of failing policies in Gaza

27/08/2014

8 documents

18 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The most recent escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel has come at terrible human cost. More than 1,500 civilians in Gaza, and six in Israel, have been killed. Over 100,000 Palestinians have been left homeless and vital civilian infrastructure worth billions of dollars has been destroyed in Gaza. The recent ceasefire announcement is […]

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