New Laws and Legal Amendments in 2023

Successive Israeli governments have systematically implemented an apartheid system in the occupied Palestinian territory, but such an apartheid system has become more severe and harsh since the extreme right-wing government took power early in 2023. The new Israeli government swiftly enacted laws and amendments directly targeting prisoners and their families, aiming to impose stricter sanctions. These measures include financial penalties, revocation of Jerusalem residency, deportation of family members, and denial of medical treatment funds for Palestinian prisoners from East Jerusalem. Many other laws have been passed, the number of which exceeded 30 new laws or amendments to laws[1]. These numerous laws do not include how the events of October 7 were exploited to impose a legal reality on both sides of the Green Line while maintaining policies of racial discrimination. These measures are applied to the Palestinians in a varying manner in terms of durations and certain procedures between oPt and historic Palestine [the 1948 occupied territories], and the Israeli government’s announcement of a special state of emergency on October 8 has become the legal basis for all these amendments and procedures.