Status of Human Rights in Palestine The Israeli occupation forces continued the siege of the Gaza Strip for the eleventh year in a row and they tightened restrictions on the movement of individuals and goods across the Gaza crossings. This exacerbated the deteriorating human conditions and living standards, as well as the rising of unemployment rates, and the deteriorating economic condition in Gaza and the situation of rights of the Gaza population. The hospitals in Gaza suffered lack of 191 medicines. Rates of approved permits for departure to receive treatment through Erez/ Beit Hanoun Crossing dropped by 54%, causing the death of 54 Palestinians. Ban on entry of many commodities and raw materials, machineries, spare parts, and construction materials into Gaza continued. 14 In Jerusalem, the occupying State continued its violations against the holy city and its population. The Judaization policies and violations against the Palestinian environment continued. In addition to the continuation of water scarcity, increased settlement, and confiscation and leveling of lands. The attacks committed by the settlers continued, as 482 attacks against Palestinian people and properties were detected, causing the killing 5 martyrs, and injuring 89 other persons, including 15 children. Accordingly, in line with its vision to safeguard the rights of the Palestinian people, ICHR recommends the State of Palestine to: (i) Continue pressuring the International Community to take serious action at different levels to end the long-standing Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian Territories occupied in 1967, and to force the occupying State to apply the international conventions, to which Israel is a party, on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. (ii) Call upon the United Nations to step in to stop the escalating violations committed by the occupation forces, and to take serious action to provide the Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories with international protection, and to activate the accountability mechanisms against the offenders, in line with the legal obligations of the member states. (iii)Demand the convening of an international conference to urge the international community to support the prisons, define their legal status, 23rd Annual Report 1 January - 31 December 2017