Siege, Wall, Checkpoints
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| Medical associations from around the world back demand to ensure medical treatment for Gaza’s children | | Ghada Majadle - Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) - The
letter sent by the British Medical Association to PM Netanyahu and
Defense Minister Gantz stressed that, “In terms of health and from a
human rights perspective, Palestinians’ ability to access medical
treatment has been curtailed, causing unnecessary severe harm,
possibly death.” The European Academy of Pediatrics highlighted
figures according to which only half of the applications for medical
treatment outside the Strip were approved by the Israeli
authorities. The communication cited two tragic cases of Palestinian
babies from Gaza who died of their illness before they could make it
to the hospitals to which they were referred outside the Strip.
"Children are children. We support the right to health of Gaza’s
children and to swift, safe access to treatment in the West Bank,
East Jerusalem and Israel.” [ak] | 15/9/2020 |
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| Virus puts new strain on Gaza’s overwhelmed health system | | Fares Akram - AP - Dr. Ahmed el-Rabii spent years treating
Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire during wars and clashes in the
Gaza Strip. Now that the coronavirus has reached the blockaded
territory, the 37-year-old physician finds himself in the unfamiliar
role of patient.
El-Rabii is the first Gaza doctor diagnosed with COVID-19 and is
among dozens of health-care workers infected during the local
outbreak, which was detected late last month. The spread among
front-line workers has further strained an already overburdened
health-care system.
Speaking from one of the two hospitals designated to treat
coronavirus cases, el-Rabii said the threat in many ways is more
terrifying than war.
During fighting, “you only fear being hit by shrapnel by mistake,”
he said. “But with the virus, you constantly worry because you do
not know how or from where it will hit you: from a patient, from
your colleague, or by touching the elevator or any other surface.”
[ak] | 8/9/2020 |
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| Malnutrition stalks Gaza | | Isra Saleh el-Namey - EI - “Malnutrition is a serious problem in Gaza, a recent
study by the World Food Programme stated. It found that 86 percent of children
under the age of 5 living near Gaza’s boundary with Israel did not have a minimal
accepted diet” [ry] | 7/9/2020 |
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| Deescalation Agreement reached between Israel and Hamas | | Eyal Arbid / Yoav Zitun - Y-net / IMEMC - With Egyptian and Quatari
mediation, a "Deescalation Agreement" (not described as "ceasefire")
was reached. The Israeli
communique emphasized that there would be no further launching of
balloon-borne incendiary and explosive devices from the Gaza Strip
into Israel. The Palestinians emphasized that the Kerem Shalom
border crossing would open and renewed supplies of fuel will enalbe
resumption of electric supplies in Gaza, and that the fishing zone
off the Gaza shore will be restored to its pre-escalation size of 15
miles, and also medical supplies will be allowed in to help battle
the new coronavirus outbreak. However, the essential problems of the
Israeli siege and blockade of the Strip were not addressed - which
virtually ensures new violent cycles in the future. [ak] | 1/9/2020 |
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| Better to launch balloons than die in silence | | Ahmed Abu Artema - EI - “Israel has exaggerated the significance of the simple
incendiary balloons launched by groups of Palestinian youths. Israel has tried to
portray these balloons as akin to a military threat. By doing so, it has tried to
devise new ‘rules.’ Under those ‘rules,’ Israel thinks it may respond to crude
balloons with missiles launched from F-16 warplanes” [ry] | 31/8/2020 |
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| The Palestinian’s ultimate guide to crossing an Israeli checkpoint | | George Zeidan - +972mag -So as not to trouble our oppressors, here`s a
10-step guide to help Palestinians avoid racial profiling at
checkpoints — and perhaps get to places on time.(rh) | 25/8/2020 |
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| Israel Bans Imports Into Gaza Except Food and Medicine | | Dave DeCamp - AntiWar - Gaza has been under heavy bombardment since
August 6th [ry] | 24/8/2020 |
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| Blocking of fuel supplies to Gaza causes power shortages and is collective punishment | | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) - The Israeli
authorities` suspension of fuel entry into to the Gaza Strip, for
the seventh consecutive day, caused a drastic reduction in the
operations of the Gaza power plant. Electricity supplies to Gaza
homes will be cut off for to 16 to 20 hours per day. The power
outage will also significantly impact the quality of health and
sanitation services, including drinking water supply, sanitation and
other services, such as reduction in diagnostic and treatment
services at both governmental and private health facilities.
Additionally, drinking water supply will be interrupted for long
periods, and the power shortage will result in untreated sewage
water being pumped into sea. Work will stop at industrial,
commercial and agricultural facilities that depend on electricity,
causing huge economic losses. The declared reason for the Israeli
step are incendiary balloons sent into Israeli territory. PCHR
considers the Israeli systematic policy of tightening the closure on
the Gaza Strip as a form of collective punishment and of inhuman and
illegal reprisals against the Palestinian civilian population.
PCHR calls upon the international community to force the Israeli
occupation authorities to stop using collective punishment policy
against the Gaza Strip population and urgently intervene to
guarantee import of fuel and all other needs for the Gaza Strip
population. [ak] | 18/8/2020 |
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| Israel carries out air strike on Gaza over balloon bombs, rockets | | Al Jazeera - Over the past week, Israeli forces have carried out repeated night-
time attacks on targets linked to Hamas [ry] | 17/8/2020 |
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| Gaza’s only Power Plant to Stop Production by Tuesday | | Ali Salam - IMEMCnews - "Chairman of the Palestinian Energy and Natural
Resources Authority, Zafer Melhem, said that the Gaza Strip’s only power plant
will cease operating at full capacity by next Tuesday" [ry] | 17/8/2020 |
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| The separation barrier is an illusion — and Israel knows it | | Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv - +972 - Most Jewish-Israelis believe enforcing
segregation is necessary for their security. In reality, Palestinians defy that
segregation all the time | 17/8/2020 |
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| Regardless of power struggle with PA, Israel must allow Gaza medial patients access to urgent medial treatment | | Ghada Majadle - Physicians for Human Rights - In response to
Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian
Authority decided to halt coordination with Israel. This caused
terrible suffering to a completely innocent group - Gazan medical
patients needing critical treatment not available in the Strip, who
can get permits to leave the Strip only via the Palestinian Civilian
Affairs Committee, a now suspended PA agency. Cancer and heart
patients, adults and babies with critical conditions – all patients
who need urgent, often life-saving treatments are now deprived of
them, becoming pawns in a power game completely beyond their
control. Our conclusion is clear: with or without coordination -
Israel is responsible for the lives of these patients, as it wields
power over their ability to access treatment. To safeguard the lives
and health of Gaza’s residents, the closure has to be lifted, and
patients should be given safe free passage between Gaza and the West
Bank.[ak] | 4/8/2020 |
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