medical permits

Palestinians arrive to cross into Gaza at the Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza on September 3, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
For Gaza patients, uncertainty over Israeli permits is a matter of life and death
Israel's permit regime has become even more arduous for Palestinian patients since the PA halted coordination, with rights groups trying to fill the vacuum.
By Judith Sudilovsky August 4, 2020
An Israeli army officer watches as Palestinian medics evacuate a wounded Palestinian man in Bethlehem. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Denying access to health is a silent tool of occupation
The Palestinian health system is fragmented into three segregated territories — East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank — and Israel controls access to and from each of them. By Dana Moss While discussions over health in Israel often focus on the healthcare provided to Israeli citizens, Palestinians in the occupied territories struggle to secure…
By +972 Magazine April 7, 2017
Illustrative photo of a woman in mourning. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Indignity, grief and mourning on the Gaza border
A woman from Gaza is told during a visit to Israel that she must terminate her advanced pregnancy. The Israeli army and courts effectively refuse to allow her to mourn with her husband by her side. By Nomi Heger Over the last two weeks, while everyone in Israel was talking about the segregation between Palestinian…
By +972 Magazine April 22, 2016
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Palestinians walk through he kilometer-long path through the “no-go zone” separating Israel’s Erez crossing and Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, December 18, 2013. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Two Palestinians and an Israeli walk into a mall…
For years I have been escorting Mohammed and Maha to an Israeli hospital and back to Gaza. That is, except for those times when Israel denies him an entry permit. This week, as the illusory stability of daily routine disintegrates around us, something feels different. By Deb Reich We had stopped in a giant shopping center…
By +972 Magazine November 5, 2015
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