Executive Summary Preface In 2017 we observed the continuity of the Israeli violations of the rules of the International Human Rights Law and the International Humanitarian Law and escalation of such violations. The occupying State continued imposing lockouts and blockades, and arbitrary arrests, confiscating lands, stealing natural resources and prosecuting farmers and fisherme; with deliberate targeting of women and children, and violation of Palestinians’ rights in general in different aspects of life. Israel also aggressively reinforced its crackdown, amidst the International Community’s failure to hold the occupying State accountable and enforce the international law. Further, we witnessed a qualitative change in the Israeli violations to include a list of projects proposed to reinforce its control of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Internally, No Palestinian presidential or legislative elections took place and our institutions continued working with no legislative control and in absence of accountability of the operations of the executive authority. We were optimistic for achieving the inter-Palestinian reconciliation; however, to date we have not seen the aspired real change on the ground to put an end of the divide for good. We have not seen any change in the Palestinian political structure towards joint action to get rid of the occupation. The different operation patterns continued in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip with their serious repercussions on the legislative, executive, and judicial levels in absence of any prospect for economic local development under the occupation policies, and failure of national reconciliation to handle the repercussions of the divide, and amidst the absence of the legislative council and the repercussions of such absence on the status of democracy in Palestinian. Adding to the complexity of the situation, came the American President Trump along with his arrangements for the so called “Deal of the Century” and with his declaration and irresponsible decision concerning the relocation of the US embassy to East Jerusalem; giving Israel the green The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) 7