the offices of the PLSP in Tulkarm and interrogated employees and detained them for hours in order to prevent them from working, which contributed to obstructing the work of the Authority’s staff. 12- Energy sector: All Palestinian governorates suffered from the crisis of power cuts. The Energy Authority believed that the Israeli occupation authorities had staged the crisis that negatively affected all aspects of life for the Palestinian citizens in the West Bank. This resulted in damage to all vital sectors, in an attempt by the occupation authorities to show the weakness of the Palestinian governmental institution in managing this vital sector. The shortage in the power capacity supplied to Palestinian cities by the Israeli national power company led to power cuts in most of the Palestinian governorates for long hours during the year. The policy adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities to cut off the electricity supply has inflicted heavy losses on citizens in various economic, health, educational and service sectors. The introduction of the settlement electrical scheme has impeded the building of the Palestinian national electrical system and the implementation of programs to develop and build Palestinian electricity networks, aimed at achieving an independent Palestinian power system that is capable of meeting the needs of the Palestinian citizens and all economic and service sectors. - Recommendations The systematic Israeli practices and policies led to the creation of a system that denies the Palestinians their most basic human rights, while allowing the Israeli settlers to enjoy the full support of the occupation authorities. The occupation's attacks and violations of the rules of international law and international humanitarian IHL law came because of the occupation state’s evasion of accountability and impunity, which encouraged it to commit more crimes and violations of human rights. The prolonged Israeli occupation reflects negatively on the ability of the State of Palestine to guarantee and respect human rights because of the arbitrary measures taken by the Israeli occupation authority and its fight against any reality that might serve the establishment of an independent Palestinian State. The aforementioned measures constitute the most important challenges that negatively affect the ability of Palestinian institutions to carry out their tasks and provide basic services to citizens. Accordingly, the ICHR recommends that the State of Palestine take the following: - The Palestinian government continues to pressure the international community to end the prolonged Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian land of 1967, to realize the Palestinian sovereignty over the Palestinian territory and to protect the Palestinian people's right to life and the right to self-determination. - The need for the government to demand the United Nations to seriously intervene to stop the escalating violations of the Israeli occupation, and to work seriously to ensure the right to