Such an investigation is all the more important in view of Israel's continuing failure to carry out proper investigations into allegations of human rights violations as required by international law...

'Aref Dalilah, Walid al-Bunni and eight others were arbitrarily arrested and detained in August and September 2001 for their involvement with emerging civil society groups and discussion forums. On 26...

'Attacks on civilians are never justified,' Amnesty International said. 'We reiterate our call on the leadership of all Palestinian armed groups to end attacks on civilians immediately.' Background...