2-15-2018 More Palestinians Are Dying Waiting to Get Medical Treatment Because Israel Won’t Give Them Travel Permits - Cristina Maza Newsweek


http://www.newsweek.com/more-palestinians-are-dying-waiting-get-medical-treatment-because-israel-wont-807989

 

…At least 54 people died in 2017 while waiting for an Israeli travel permit to seek medical treatment outside of Gaza, according to a joint statement released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, among others.…Meanwhile, the percentage of travel permits Israel accepted for "exceptional humanitarian cases" dropped from 92 percent of all applications in 2012 to only 54 percent in 2017, according to the World Health Organization. Some advocates argue that these decisions constitute a violation of human rights that could cause the security situation in Gaza to unravel…

 

Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

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