Status of Human Rights in Palestine light to reinforce its hold on Jerusalem. As a consequence, the Israeli violations increased in the city: killing and imprisoning the Palestinians including children; destroying houses; and restricting mobility. all of these violations are within a systematic policy to deny the Palestinian right, eliminate the Palestinian cause and ruin the efforts exerted for the establishment of peace and the two-state solution. 8 The suffering of Gaza population increased in the social and economic aspects due to the continuous lockout and increased unemployment rates which recorded unprecedented levels that foreshadow an economic collapse. Movement of patients to receive treatment outside of Gaza became even more difficult and electricity supply to Gaza was reduced. Violations against the fishermen increased to include shooting in their direction and reducing the fishing zone, confiscating their boats, and killing some of them. In the same context, four hundred commodity items were prevented to enter Gaza, movement of passengers was restricted, and persons travelling through Rafah Crossing were arrested. The continuous lockout of Rafah Crossing was detrimental to the ensured rights and to the economic and social conditions in the Gaza Strip. Additionally, the Cabinet issued decisions that violate the right to equal access to public service, deducted the salaries of objector public employees in Gaza Strip and assigned public employees for early retirement, in violation of the Civil Service Law and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The citizens who were displaced internally in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli occupation military attacks continued suffering, in terms of living in houses that lack the minimum basic housing requirements due to the continuous lockout and the Palestinian divide as well as the scarce funding sources, in addition to the obstacles that prevent the government from assuming its duties in relation to reconstruction. Gaza experiences an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, in the humanitarian and economic aspects, and in different aspects of life. The political arrests continued in both divisions of Palestine. ICHR followed up the summoning and detention of bloggers and journalists in relation to the freedom of opinion and expression and the freedom of the press. the 23rd Annual Report 1 January - 31 December 2017