54 Palestinians die as Israel refuses medical permits

[fanger]

I’m sure Poland will welcome the Arabs with open “arms”...get it?

Why not, Mileikowsky (later Netanyahu) is a polish name they are from warsaw
Benzion Netanyahu - Wikipedia

quiet, jew hater

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Snopes, lying jews would be a better name
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[SobieskiSavedEurope]

Gaza's more like the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto, having some autonomy, but no real government, and walled off buffer zones with armed guards protecting them from leaving.

 

[Indeependent]

Gaza's more like the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto, having some autonomy, but no real government, and walled off buffer zones with armed guards protecting them from leaving.

Why?

 

[SobieskiSavedEurope]

Gaza's more like the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto, having some autonomy, but no real government, and walled off buffer zones with armed guards protecting them from leaving.

Why?

Jewish Zygmunt Bauman had said similar before.

 

[fanger]

Why aren’t you in your fighter jet?
Weren’t you predicting the demise of Israel would take place yesterday?

Why aren't you on a 'plane to tel aviv to save the jews

 

[Indeependent]

Gaza's more like the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto, having some autonomy, but no real government, and walled off buffer zones with armed guards protecting them from leaving.

Why?

Jewish Zygmunt Bauman had said similar before.

Stay in context.
Your feces is all over the wall.

 

[SobieskiSavedEurope]

Gaza's more like the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto, having some autonomy, but no real government, and walled off buffer zones with armed guards protecting them from leaving.

Why?

Jewish Zygmunt Bauman had said similar before.

Stay in context.
Your feces is all over the wall.

Well, Gaza might not fit 100% to the Warsaw Ghetto, but it's a little too close for comfort.

Amazing, that Jews who complain about anti-Jewish expulsions immediately expelled Palestinians in the Nakba, and Jews who complain about the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto put Palestinians into something similar.

 

[Penelope]

Is Israel responsible for this, I think that's the big question?

Either way, it makes Israel look bad.

'54 Palestinians die' as Israel refuses medical permits

Israel was responsible for at least 54 Palestinian deaths last year as it rejected hundreds of medical permit requests it received from Gaza residents seeking treatment outside the besieged strip, rights groups have said.

In a joint statement on Tuesday, the Gaza-based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), highlighted the immediate need for Israel to end its decade-long siege of the Gaza Strip.

In 2017, Israeli authorities approved fewer than half the medical permit requests it received, which were tied to appointments and treatment sessions in hospitals across the occupied territories and Israel - the lowest level since 2008.

More than 25,000 permit requests were submitted to Israeli authorities. Of those, 719 were refused, often under the pretext of security.

Another 11,281 applications are still pending approval - meaning thousands of people are in a state of jeopardy.

Samir Zaqout, Al Mezan director, told Al Jazeera that there is no "real rational reason" why patients in need of urgent medical assistance are denied hospital access.

WATCH: Gazans call for strike over collapsing economy (2:00)


"Israel is under a legal obligation to facilitate the freedom of movement of the Palestinian people," he said. "It decided when it blockaded the strip not only to deny Gazans of the right to free movement, but it also punished the ill who have a right to access healthcare."

In 2007, following the election victory of Hamas and the group's assumption of control over the territory, Israel imposed a strict land, aerial and naval blockade on Gaza.

In 2013, neighbouring Egypt, which has largely closed its border crossing with Gaza, blocked tunnels connecting Gaza with Egypt's el-Arish, shutting off the only other route out of the strip.

The main alternative is a path via the Erez crossing, which transfers people to Israel and the rest of the occupied territories.

'25,000 Gazans' on life's edge
Over the years, Israel has placed obstacles in the way of those seeking medical permits, which facilitate the movement of the ill.

For instance, child patients must have a guardian who is over 50 years old in order to travel.

Children with cancer without a guardian of the correct age, therefore, have not been able to access life-saving hospital appointments, Zaqout said.

Although Israel approves between 10 and 15 percent of permit requests, the bulk of the applications remains "under review" for months at a time, forcing many to reschedule appointments several times.

"The Israelis stall with the application requests and sometimes, not issuing a refusal at all makes it impossible for the patient to follow up with a lawyer or a rights organisation," Zaquot said.

Only patients who are in need of urgent care are eligible to apply for medical permits, meaning "more than 25,000 Gazans are between life and death".

'Who else do we turn to?'
Hani, father of seven-year-old cancer patient Ruba, said his daughter was recently denied a medical permit for the first time in seven years.

"She's not the only one," said Hani, who chose to conceal his last name for fear of reprisal.

"I had a daughter who died when she was just seven months old," he told Al Jazeera. "She suffered from the same cancer, and we lost her six years ago.

"I don't want to lose another daughter."

Ruba was diagnosed with cancer when she was a toddler.

She underwent a bone marrow transplant in January last year in a procedure that cost the family its savings.

Ruba received the tissue donation from her brother.

"I made sure it was my healthiest son, I wanted her to have the best chance of surviving," Hani said.

But without necessary treatment, he fears for his daughter's life.

"She's such a good girl, she's so pretty and smart," he said. "We're good people and do everything right - we face no problems with the authorities and our paperwork is always in order.

Hani said the family had received permits before on some 300 occasions and was not given a reason for the latest refusal.

"I don't even understand why, there were no reasons given to me this time, and I utilised every contact I had … nothing is more important to me than my children's wellbeing.

"Who else do we turn to?"

Israel has over the past decade launched three major assaults on Gaza, worsening a stark humanitarian situation.

With a major fuel and power crisis, the UN last week warned Gaza's emergency fuel supplies would soon run dry unless it received immediate donor support.

Fuel for generators to operate hospital supplies is largely absent.

Since 2008, Gaza's population has doubled while medical facilities remained poor.

With severe restrictions on access to basic services, Gaza has been dubbed the world's largest open-air prison.

I bet you fanboyed all over Kim John Un's sister...who is part of a regime that let 3 million people die of starvation a few years ago.

When was the famine in NK and what caused it?



This is on the US.

Complete and utter crapola.

North Korea's totalitarianism kills its people. They starve while the regime builds nukes to blackmail the rest of the world.

Who says, the US , the US always put military first (in fact so much is going to go into the military that social programs will be cut, just like with Bush Jr). That is their country, we starve other countries which we are doing to them now as I write.

 

[Boston1]

What a load of horse pucky. The pally's from outside Israel can leave wherever they are anytime they want. Israel is under no obligation to allow foreigners into their country. The Pally's who are Israeli citizens enjoy the same health care as any other Israeli citizen.

This whole thread is BS designed to lie and malign Israel through those lies

 

[Indeependent]

Gaza's more like the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto, having some autonomy, but no real government, and walled off buffer zones with armed guards protecting them from leaving.

Why?

Jewish Zygmunt Bauman had said similar before.

Stay in context.
Your feces is all over the wall.

Well, Gaza might not fit 100% to the Warsaw Ghetto, but it's a little too close for comfort.

Amazing, that Jews who complain about anti-Jewish expulsions immediately expelled Palestinians in the Nakba, and Jews who complain about the Nazi German Warsaw Ghetto put Palestinians into something similar.

Gaza context, JHPB.

 

[teddyearp]

So, let me try to wrap my mind around this.

The Palestinians do not want the Jews anywhere near them, want the Nation of Israel to go away, refuse to decide to live in the Nation of Israel; but now are bitching because they want Israel to provide health care?

#liberallunacy

Why would Palestinians want Jews to create a Jewish homeland upon the soil they've lived on for hundreds of years?

Liberal?
I'm certainly no Liberal.

OK, you're not a liberal. But you do not address the rest of my post.

Still trying to understand the logic.

If they don't want the Jews around, why bitch about not getting medical care from them?

Makes. No. Sense. At. All.

 

[Shusha]

Is Israel responsible for this, I think that's the big question?

Either way, it makes Israel look bad.

'54 Palestinians die' as Israel refuses medical permits

Israel was responsible for at least 54 Palestinian deaths last year as it rejected hundreds of medical permit requests it received from Gaza residents seeking treatment outside the besieged strip, rights groups have said.

In a joint statement on Tuesday, the Gaza-based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), highlighted the immediate need for Israel to end its decade-long siege of the Gaza Strip.

In 2017, Israeli authorities approved fewer than half the medical permit requests it received, which were tied to appointments and treatment sessions in hospitals across the occupied territories and Israel - the lowest level since 2008.

More than 25,000 permit requests were submitted to Israeli authorities. Of those, 719 were refused, often under the pretext of security.

Another 11,281 applications are still pending approval - meaning thousands of people are in a state of jeopardy.

Samir Zaqout, Al Mezan director, told Al Jazeera that there is no "real rational reason" why patients in need of urgent medical assistance are denied hospital access.

WATCH: Gazans call for strike over collapsing economy (2:00)


"Israel is under a legal obligation to facilitate the freedom of movement of the Palestinian people," he said. "It decided when it blockaded the strip not only to deny Gazans of the right to free movement, but it also punished the ill who have a right to access healthcare."

In 2007, following the election victory of Hamas and the group's assumption of control over the territory, Israel imposed a strict land, aerial and naval blockade on Gaza.

In 2013, neighbouring Egypt, which has largely closed its border crossing with Gaza, blocked tunnels connecting Gaza with Egypt's el-Arish, shutting off the only other route out of the strip.

The main alternative is a path via the Erez crossing, which transfers people to Israel and the rest of the occupied territories.

'25,000 Gazans' on life's edge
Over the years, Israel has placed obstacles in the way of those seeking medical permits, which facilitate the movement of the ill.

For instance, child patients must have a guardian who is over 50 years old in order to travel.

Children with cancer without a guardian of the correct age, therefore, have not been able to access life-saving hospital appointments, Zaqout said.

Although Israel approves between 10 and 15 percent of permit requests, the bulk of the applications remains "under review" for months at a time, forcing many to reschedule appointments several times.

"The Israelis stall with the application requests and sometimes, not issuing a refusal at all makes it impossible for the patient to follow up with a lawyer or a rights organisation," Zaquot said.

Only patients who are in need of urgent care are eligible to apply for medical permits, meaning "more than 25,000 Gazans are between life and death".

'Who else do we turn to?'
Hani, father of seven-year-old cancer patient Ruba, said his daughter was recently denied a medical permit for the first time in seven years.

"She's not the only one," said Hani, who chose to conceal his last name for fear of reprisal.

"I had a daughter who died when she was just seven months old," he told Al Jazeera. "She suffered from the same cancer, and we lost her six years ago.

"I don't want to lose another daughter."

Ruba was diagnosed with cancer when she was a toddler.

She underwent a bone marrow transplant in January last year in a procedure that cost the family its savings.

Ruba received the tissue donation from her brother.

"I made sure it was my healthiest son, I wanted her to have the best chance of surviving," Hani said.

But without necessary treatment, he fears for his daughter's life.

"She's such a good girl, she's so pretty and smart," he said. "We're good people and do everything right - we face no problems with the authorities and our paperwork is always in order.

Hani said the family had received permits before on some 300 occasions and was not given a reason for the latest refusal.

"I don't even understand why, there were no reasons given to me this time, and I utilised every contact I had … nothing is more important to me than my children's wellbeing.

"Who else do we turn to?"

Israel has over the past decade launched three major assaults on Gaza, worsening a stark humanitarian situation.

With a major fuel and power crisis, the UN last week warned Gaza's emergency fuel supplies would soon run dry unless it received immediate donor support.

Fuel for generators to operate hospital supplies is largely absent.

Since 2008, Gaza's population has doubled while medical facilities remained poor.

With severe restrictions on access to basic services, Gaza has been dubbed the world's largest open-air prison.

Teddy has the right of it.

The question to ask is why Israel is at all responsible for the medical care of citizens of an independent, self-governed political entity which is openly and violently hostile to it.

 

[Shusha]

I've been reading several news stories about this. Many seem to imply that Israel is complicit in these deaths -- as though the deaths would not have occurred if the patients had received treatment. But 46 of the 54 had cancer, and all of the them were gravely ill.

 

[Shusha]

And don't misunderstand me. I DO think this is a humanitarian tragedy. The OP just places the responsibility at the wrong door.

 

[teddyearp]

I've been reading several news stories about this. Many seem to imply that Israel is complicit in these deaths -- as though the deaths would not have occurred if the patients had received treatment. But 46 of the 54 had cancer, and all of the them were gravely ill.

And as usual, the anti Israeli Jew haters here on this board leave out parts of the story.

 

[fanger]

Blockade of the Gaza Strip - Wikipedia

 

[SobieskiSavedEurope]

What a load of horse pucky. The pally's from outside Israel can leave wherever they are anytime they want. Israel is under no obligation to allow foreigners into their country. The Pally's who are Israeli citizens enjoy the same health care as any other Israeli citizen.

This whole thread is BS designed to lie and malign Israel through those lies

I thought much of the point of the article was that because of blockade's these Palestinians couldn't leave when in need of medical care?

Nothing's worse than Jewish lies, the things they say about Palestinians not existing before Israel's creation, or Polish death camps are downright ridiculous.

 

[SobieskiSavedEurope]

I've been reading several news stories about this. Many seem to imply that Israel is complicit in these deaths -- as though the deaths would not have occurred if the patients had received treatment. But 46 of the 54 had cancer, and all of the them were gravely ill.

And as usual, the anti Israeli Jew haters here on this board leave out parts of the story.

I don't even see you on any other part of the board except the Israeli part of it, and yet it says you live in the U.S.A?

What kind of American spends all their time fighting for Israel's affairs, and not America's affairs?

 

[Shusha]

Sigh. Yes, fanger. We are all aware of the blockade.

Here's the thing. 1. The blockade is a direct response to hostilities and therefore the hostilities are the CAUSE of the blockade and not the other way around. 2. The restrictions on imports are a direct response to hostilities and misappropriation of goods and therefore the hostilities are the CAUSE of the restrictions on imports.

Now, you are going to say that Arab Palestinians have a "right" to defend themselves (meaning they have a right to be hostile while seeking the destruction of the sovereign State of Israel and denying other peoples their rights.) I don't agree. However, it is RIDICULOUS to simultaneously have the right to murder citizens of Israel while also demanding gifts from Israel. You can have one right or the other, but it is silly to expect both.

 

[Shusha]

I thought much of the point of the article was that because of blockade's these Palestinians couldn't leave when in need of medical care?

Citizens in need of medical care outside of their national territory require the permission of the host nation. Hostility towards the host nation tends to make that a bit more challenging.