Record Explainer
Is Gaza Still Occupied After the 2005 Disengagement?
Israel’s Supreme Court held in 2008 that Israeli effective control of Gaza ended in September 2005, and named 3 sources of continuing duty.
Topic
Law and Courts
Enacted statutes and Basic Laws, recorded Knesset votes, and judgments of Israel’s courts, quoted from the instrument.
Record Explainer
How Long Has the West Bank Been Under Military Government?
Israel’s State Comptroller dates the military government to the law of 7 June 1967. The IDF commander has signed about 1,800 orders since then.
Primary Document
Why Does Israel Say It Stays in the West Bank?
The Levy Report of 2012, a 1979 Knesset statement and Oslo II Article XXXI, quoted as Israeli bodies published them.
Record Explainer
Who Can Get Israeli Citizenship?
Israel’s Citizenship Law 5712-1952 sets 4 routes to citizenship, and about 95% of residents acquired it on one day in 1952.
Primary Document
Does Israeli Law Say Self-Determination Is Exclusive to Jews?
Clause 1(c) of Israel’s 2018 Nation-State Basic Law, the 2021 judgment upholding it, and the 2000 Ka’adan ruling on land allocation.
Key Figures
Are Israeli Police Wiretap Permits Properly Documented?
130 of 359 administrative communications-data permits examined lacked complete documentation, on the State Comptroller’s January 2026 audit.
Key Figures
Are Israeli Courts Paperless? 1.8 Million of 2.6 Million Files Opened Manually
The State Comptroller counted 1.8 million of 2.6 million court files opened manually across 2017 to 2019, and 53 million documents mailed.
Key Figures
What Happened to the Settlers Evacuated by Court Order?
115 families were evacuated from four West Bank settlement points from 2012 to 2022, on the State Comptroller’s audit of what followed.
Key Figures
Can a Palestinian Spouse Get Israeli Residency?
13,550 people held status in Israel through family unification on 31 October 2024, in two forms: a stay permit and an A/5 licence.
Counting Comparison
Are Arab Israelis Arrested More Than Jewish Israelis?
65% of arrests of people aged 18 to 34 were of non-Jews in 2023 to 2024, on the Knesset Centre’s compilation of police data.
Record Explainer
Does Israeli Law Privilege Jews Over Non-Jews?
What Israel’s own instruments and courts state: Ka’adan on land allocation, the 1948 Declaration, the Nation-State Basic Law and the Hasson judgment.
Record Explainer
What Did Israel’s Supreme Court Decide in the Elon Moreh Case?
Israel’s Supreme Court struck down Order of Possession no. 16/79 on 22 October 1979, five justices to none. It did not rule settlement unlawful in principle.
Record Explainer
Does Israeli Law Guarantee Equality?
Israel’s 1992 Basic Law names six rights and contains no equality clause. The Supreme Court derived that rule in Ka’adan on 8 March 2000.
Primary Document
What Does Israel’s Nation-State Law Actually Say?
The 2018 Basic Law has eleven clauses and no equality clause. What each says, and what the Supreme Court held in HCJ 5555/18 on 8 July 2021.