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Defence (Emergency) Regulations

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Defence (Emergency) Regulations are an expansive set of regulations that were first enacted by the Mandatory authorities in British Mandate Palestine on 27 September 1945.1 Incorporated into Israel 's domestic legislation after the state's establishment in 1948, the regulations remain in force to this day. According to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem , provisions in the regulations permit the establishment of military tribunals to try civilians without the right to appeal, prohibitions on the publication of books and newspapers, house demolitions , indefinite administrative detention , extensive powers of search and seizure , the sealing off of territories and the imposition of curfews .2 The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories .3 National Security and Democracy in Israel .

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expansive set of regulations that were first enacted by the mandatory authorities in british mandate palestine

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expansive set of regulations first promulgated by the british authorities in mandatory palestine in 1945

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