Updates

"Red Lines" presentation: New details about the old policy, while the current policy remains shrouded in secrecy
October 17, 2012. Following a three-and-a-half-year legal battle, the Israeli Defense Ministry revealed the presentation "Food Consumption in the Gaza Strip – Red Lines". The document contains information about the policy of restricting the entrance of food into the Gaza Strip, which was in effect between 2007 and 2010. (Read More)

The US State Department: It is our hope that we will be able to get back in the business of helping Gazan students study in the West Bank.
October 16, 2012. Following a report yesterday by the Associated Press that the United States had canceled scholarships to Palestinians students from Gaza who had hoped to study at West Bank universities, the US State Department commented that the scholarships were not awarded because Israel refused to grant permits to the students. (Read More)

“I believe I deserve a better life than this, so I'll still fight.”
October 14, 2012: The New York Times published a profile story about Andaleeb Shehadeh, one of the five students who asked to study in the West Bank. (Read More)

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In Focus

Student travel between Gaza and the West Bank 101
September 2012. Gisha believes that Palestinian students have a right to study in the Palestinian universities established for their benefit, in Gaza and the West Bank. Israel should lift the 12-year old ban on student travel from Gaza and instead adopt a policy that reflects its obligations and long-term interests, as well as its security concerns. (Read More)

The Gaza Cheat Sheet - Real Data on the Gaza Closure
October, 2012. In this information sheet you will find concise answers to questions such as: What is the economic situation in Gaza today? Is there a lack of food in Gaza? What are the restrictions currently imposed on the movement of people and goods into and out of the Strip? The Gaza Cheat Sheet is updated regularly. (Read More)

Graphing 5 years of closure
June 2012. The following information sheet graphs the changes that have occurred over the past five years, providing context for those changes based on data about access before the closure and showing their impact on the economy. (Read More)

What is the “separation policy”? An info sheet
June 2012. When asked why restrictions on movement between Gaza and the West Bank remain in effect, security officials explain that they form part of the “policy of separation”. What is this policy and what is its purpose? (Read More)

Scale of Control: Israel’s Continued Responsibility in the Gaza Strip
November 2011. This position paper illustrates how despite recent developments, Israel continues to control Gaza’s airspace and territorial waters, the Palestinian population registry and passage of goods and people to and from Gaza. (Read More)

Gaza Strip Map
July 2011. A new and detailed map of the Gaza Strip. Source: Gisha (Read More)

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Gisha in Action

Eleven staff members of a multi-purpose center promoting the protection and empowerment of women and families receive permits to travel to the West Bank for professional training
Following Gisha’s intervention, the military allowed most of the center’s staff members to travel for professional training. Four security guards and the housemother did not receive permits, based on the claim they did not require training. (Read More)

Five years of solitude
The addresses listed in the K. family’s ID cards subjected them to five years of separation. Following Gisha’s intervention, the family was able to reunite in the West Bank. (Read More)

After 14 years apart, N. visits his family in the Gaza Strip
N., a resident of the West Bank, was afraid to visit his family in Gaza because he is registered in the Palestinian population registry as a resident of Gaza. Gisha helped him get a permit to visit Gaza and then return to his home in the West Bank. (Read More)

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