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Gazan patients and workers still stranded in West Bank four months on
With Israel revoking their permits after October 7 and sealing the Strip, thousands of Palestinians do not know when they’ll see their families again.
By
Fatima AbdulKarim
February 23, 2024
Unsupervised and unprotected, Gaza laborers suffer under permit regime
Thousands of Palestinians enter Israel every day from Gaza on permits that don’t cover medical care. When accidents occur, they have nowhere to turn.
By
Mohammed Zaanoun
August 25, 2023
Shin Bet: Lose your job if your kid throws stones
Israel’s security service publishes notices in the Palestinian village of Beit Omar threatening to revoke work permits from families whose children are suspected of stone throwing. By Yali (Yael) Marom Residents of the Palestinian village Beit Omar in the West Bank discovered last week that the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, had posted threatening notices on…
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Yali Marom
January 4, 2018
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Shot in the head by the IDF? Your entry permit is now revoked
An IDF officer opened fire on a Palestinian taxi, killing a 15-year-old boy, and wounding five others. The driver, who was shot in the head, returned from the hospital to discover his work and entry permits had been revoked. By John Brown* On Tuesday, June 21 at 1:30 a.m., an officer from the IDF’s Kfir…
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+972 Magazine
August 6, 2016
Who really profits from Israel’s permit regime?
The number of work permits the Israeli army gives to Palestinian workers nearly tripled, a new Bank of Israel report reveals. Did all those people suddenly become less dangerous, or do the permits serve interests other than security? The normative framework for viewing Israel’s permit regime is that it stems purely from the state’s security…
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Haggai Matar
March 6, 2015
‘Dad’s in prison’: A young Palestinian woman speaks
I teach writing at a Palestinian university in the West Bank. Several of my students have been gracious enough to share their experiences with +972, albeit anonymously. This is the first of four short essays. It was a sunny day. I woke up at six o’clock to get ready for my new life because it…
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Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
March 31, 2014
The dark side of Israel’s economy
Israel’s national lore tends to prefer the image of an economic miracle, where Jewish spunk and pluck made the desert bloom and gave rise to an unbeatable hi-tech industry. The reality, however, reveals a far different picture. A tiny exclusive Tel Aviv chef restaurant posted a warm message of support on Facebook for its beloved Eritrean…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
January 8, 2014
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