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Israel’s epidemic rate of medical permit denial for Gaza’s children

[email protected] July 30, 2022 Gaza, healthcare access, medical apartheid

It’s been a problem for years, but it’s getting worse: Israel routinely denies travel permits for Gazan children needing advanced medical treatment; Israel also blocks entrance of advanced medical equipment to Gaza’s doctors.

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Healthcare access: Israel has Palestinian women giving birth by the side of the road

[email protected] July 13, 2022 birth at checkpoint, healthcare access, israeli settlement, Ramez Al Shweiki, salfit

When Israel closes the gates, Palestinian ambulances, patients, and doctors, are not allowed to cross – and the gates can be closed for days or weeks at a time. Many healthcare workers have been attacked by ideological Israeli settlers on their way to work.

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