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- ISR104007.E - Israel: Israeli military cards and booklets, including issuing authority, renewal process, and the language in which they are written; whether documentation is issued to conscientious objectors and individuals who appear before a military tribunal – February 2012
- ISR103692.E - Israel: Driver's licencse, including its format, process to obtain one, and circumstances in which it is revoked – February 2011
- ZZZ103184.E - Palestine and Israel: Movement between Gaza and the West Bank; permits to exit Gaza; legal and other impediments to a resident of Gaza relocating to live in the West Bank - June 2009
- ISR102751.E - Israel: Travel documents issued by the Israeli government to residents of the West Bank and Gaza; how they are issued and by whom; restrictions, including the length of time for which they are valid; whether problems are experienced with refusal of entry upon return – March 2008
- ISR102749.E - Israel: Citizenship Law – March 2008
- ISR100451.E - Israel: Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent – March 2006
- ISR101013.E - Israel: Rights of Israeli citizens to obtain and renew passports, particularly if they have asked for refugee protection in another country; conditions under which a one-way travel document is issued to citizens who wish to return to Israel, and rights of the holder - January 2006
- ZZZ41439.E - Israel/Palestine: Whether a child automatically gains Israeli citizenship when only one of his/her parents is an Israeli citizen; whether it matters that the parent who is an Israeli citizen is the mother, rather than the father; whether the other parent's nationality matters; whether the child's place of birth (i.e. occupied territories, specifically Hebron) matters; if the child does not gain citizenship automatically, the procedures that must be followed in order for him/her to obtain Israeli citizenship – April 2003
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- ISR100382.E - Israel: Treatment of Bedouin, including incidents of harassment, discrimination or attacks; state protection – July 2005
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- ISR103374.E - Israel: "Honor" killings, including response by government authorities; Arab and Israeli response – February 2010
- ISR103373.E - Israel: Violence against women, including legal recourse, response by government authorities and services available to victims of violence – February 2010
- ISR102750.E - Israel: Protection available to female victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, including legal mechanisms; whether there are any reports of police refusing to process complaints of sexual harassment from immigrant women who are from the former Soviet Union – February 2010
- ISR102085.E - Israel: Reports of "honor" killings and response by government authorities – February 2007
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- ISR105088.E - Israel: Requirements and procedures for a victim of crime to file a complaint with the police, including obtaining a copy of the complaint and effectiveness; mechanisms available to file a complaint against the police, including effectiveness – March 2015
- ISR103694.E - Israel: Avenues of recourse for filing complaints against the police; organizations that assist with filing complaints against police; effectiveness of filing such complaints - March 2011
- ISR103376.E - Israel: Police protocol related to complaints made at police stations, including relevant records; whether a crime victim receives a copy of the complaint; procedures to obtain a copy of a complaint – March 2010
- ISR103377.E - Israel: The presence and roles of Druze Arabs and Israeli Arabs in the Israeli police force – February 2010
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- ISR103980.E - Israel: The witness protection program, including the type of protection offered, the requirements and procedures to access the program, and the program's effectiveness – February 2012
- ISR102749.E - Israel: Citizenship Law – March 2008
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- PSE200091.E - Palestine: Treatment of Palestinians collaborating or suspected of collaborating with Israel – Feb. 2020
- ZZZ104077.FE - Lebanon and Israel: Treatment of Lebanese who cooperated with Israel during its occupation of Lebanon, including those who stayed in Lebanon after the withdrawal of Israeli troops and those who sought refuge in Israel and obtained Israeli citizenship - April 2012
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- ISR103545.E - Israel: The treatment of inter-ethnic or inter-faith couples and families (particularly of an Arab husband and a Jewish wife); protection and resources available – July 2010
- ISR102542.E - Israel: Activities of anti-Zionist orthodox Jewish groups; including attitudes toward and treatment by authorities of members of anti-Zionist groups, specifically Lev Tohor - July 2007
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- ISR103693.E - Israel: Treatment of sexual minorities; state protection and services available – February 2011
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- ISR103379.E - Israel: The treatment of immigrant children from the former Soviet Union (FSU), including government response; whether there is an ombudsman for immigrant children from the FSU, including the associated complaints procedure – March 2010
- ISR103378.E - Israel: The treatment of immigrants from the former Soviet Union; response of government authorities, including the Office of the Ombudsman; response of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – March 2010
- ISR102090.E - Israel: Reports of discrimination against immigrants from the former Soviet Union and response of government authorities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs); role of the Ombudsman's Office (2006) – March 2007
- ISR102089.E - Israel: Reports of ill-treatment of immigrant children from the former Soviet Union; government response; current status of the Ombudsman for Russian Immigrant Children; complaint procedures – February 2007
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- ISR103340.E - Israel: Government efforts to identify and address abuses in the military; sanctions against soldiers and officiers; ethical code – March 2010
- ISR103375.E - Israel: The treatment of conscientious objectors called up for reserve duty or military service – March 2010
- ISR103108.E - Israel: Existence, role and composition of a military conscientious objection committee; number of decisions made by this committee – March 2009
- ISR103098.E - Israel: Alternatives to military service and possibility of serving with modified duties (for example, without bearing arms or outside a particular area) – March 2009
- ISR103097.E - Israel: Sanctions for and consequences of avoiding military service or refusing to bear arms or to follow orders from officers, including in battle zones; possibility for soldiers to sue officers for improper conduct or wrong-minded orders- March 2009
- ISR103096.E - Israel: Call-up notice for military service; rules and mechanisms; consequences of delay to respond; extent to which failure to respond to a call-up notice is reported to government authorities – March 2009
- ISR102541.E - Israel: The military obligations of Israelis over 35 years of age who have never completed military service because they were living abroad; their situation if they return to Israel at 30 years of age, 35 years, and 40 years; the situation of an immigrant from the former Soviet Union who completed military service in a former Soviet republic who is over 35 years of age; whether it is a policy of the Israeli government to inform ex-Soviet immigrants of the fact that Israel has compulsory military service before the ex-Soviet immigrants depart from their country of origin – July 2007
- ISR102521.E - Israel: The procedure for Israeli citizens living overseas to be exempted from military service for medical or religious reasons; whether this procedure is undertaken orally or in writing; whether one can appeal the subsequent decision; whether this decision is given orally or in writing; whether an Israeli living abroad who did not complete his or her military service could be issued a new passport; whether a religious Israeli citizen living abroad who is no longer a yeshiva student can be granted an exemption for his or her religious beliefs or practices - July 2007
- ISR102548.E - Israel: Whether there has been an amendment to the military service law; if yes, whether the law is more open/flexible with respect to conscientious objectors; what the law states with respect to conscientious objectors – June 2007
- ISR102087.E - Israel: Draftees who are given a Profile 21 medical classification based on a medical condition that makes them unsuitable for military service are exempt from service in the Israel Defense Forces – February 2007
- ISR43504.E - Israel: Locations and conditions of military prisons for persons who refuse to perform military service – April 2005
- ISR43489.E - Israel: Update to ISR14594.E of 24 June 1993 on whether individuals from the former Soviet Union who immigrate to Israel are provided information on military service and reserve duty prior to, and upon, arrival – April 2005
- ISR43491.E - Israel: Update on ISR36779 of 17 April 2001 on the treatment of conscientious objectors called up for reserve duty or military service – February 2005
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- ISR43490.E - Israel: Update to ISR14711 of 22 July 1993 and ISR41569.E of 10 June 2003 on the penalties for an individual who left the country for months or years beyond the time permitted by the military authorities, and possibilities of extension of date of return – April 2015
- Country Policy and Information Note Occupied Palestinian Territories: Security situation in Gaza - Nov. 2024
- Country Policy and Information Note Lebanon: Palestinians - Mar. 2024
- Occupied Palestinian territories: freedom of movement, security and human rights situation – March 2020
International Government Organization Reports
| European Union Agency for Asylum | Palestine/West Bank - Situation of Christians in the West Bank, particularly in Bethlehem - Aug. 2023 |
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- Bedouin – Aug. 2018
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- Druze - Aug. 2018
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- Ethiopian Jews - Aug. 2018
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- Palestinians - Aug. 2018
- State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2016
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