Hala H.

Hala H. is a mother and member of the community of Umm Al-Khair in the occupied West Bank.

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Palestinian Muslim worshippers wait to cross the Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank and Jerusalem to attend the Friday prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s old city, April 5, 2024. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh/ActiveStills)
For pregnant Palestinian women, checkpoints are a matter of life and death
When I went into labor, I put off leaving home for hours, fearing Israeli soldiers and settlers. We reached the hospital in Hebron in time, but not all are so lucky.
By Hala H. June 10, 2025
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