Following the state’s refusal to connect her family’s home to the power grid, it is impossible to air condition the home of a three year old cancer patient – this leads to an unhygienic environment, which can cause further and fatal illnesses to the child. The family must keep her injections in a vessel which is refilled daily with ice. The father, a pediatrician who treats dozens of children each day stands astounded while the state turns its back on his sick child. Three year old Enass Al Atrash was diagnosed several months ago with cancerous growths in her chest and since then has been undergoing chemotherapy treatment at Soroka hospital. Read more about In spite of doctor’s recommendation: three year old cancer patient without electricity
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice yesterday against the Minister of Health, the Minister of National Infrastructure and the Minister of the Interior, and demanded to connect the child�s house to the national electric grid and provide her house with electricity on a regular basis. The petition was written by Attorney Sonia Boulos from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Three-year-old Enass from an unrecognized village in the Negev, where the Al-Atrash family resides, was diagnosed in January 2005 with a form of cancer-Rhabdomyosarcoma - which was detected in her chest cavity. The cancer was diagnosed at a very late stage and, as a result, doctors had to treat it with aggressive chemotherapy followed by surgery. Read more about Failure to connect home of Palestinian child diagnosed with cancer to electricity may result in risk to her life
Israeli forces have continued to demolish structures in the evacuated settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. The demolition process is taking place while a suffocating closure is being imposed on Palestinian communities in the areas close to the evacuated settlements. In addition, Israeli forces have started to dismantle some military facilities in the Gaza Strip and replace them with tanks. Israeli forces have continued to impose a tightened siege on al-Sayafa area. In the past three days, Israeli forces raided and searched Palestinian houses in the area. Fieldworkers from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights report from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Read more about Palestinian civilians living near Gaza settlements pay the "disengagement" bill
In recent days, land requisitioning orders were issued for areas south of the Ma’aleh Adumim settlement in order to build the Separation Barrier. The Barrier around Ma’aleh Adumim and the adjacent settlements will encompass 74,000 dunums, and will further restrict the freedom of movement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians between the northern and southern portions of the West Bank. Some 30,000 residents of the villages Abu Dis and al-‘Azzaariya will live in an enclave surrounded by a wall on three sides. Building the Barrier along the current route continues Israel’s policy of severing East Jerusalem from other parts of the West Bank. Read more about Construction moves forward on Barrier around Ma'aleh Adumim
Israeli occupation forces maintain control of settlements and military posts as they demolish evacuated buildings and dismantle military posts. Palestinian civilians living near the evacuated settlements pay the “disengagement” bill. Fieldworkers from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights report from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Israeli forces have continued to demolish structures in the evacuated settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank, two days following the official announcement ending the evacuation of settlers. The demolition process is taking place under while a suffocating closure is being imposed on Palestinian communities in the areas close to the evacuated settlements. Read more about Despite evacuation of settlers, Palestinians still under siege
Closures and checkpoints continue to limit access across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Meanwhile serious settler attacks in which civilians are injured continue to go unreported in the media. The occupying forces have continued to cause damage to property belonging to Palestinian civilians. Palestinian civilians continue to be victims of attacks by Israeli settlers who go unpunished by the military. Israeli occupation forces prevented Palestinian fishermen from fishing in the Sheikh Ejlin area in the south of Gaza City due to the evacuation of Israeli settlers from the Netzarim settlement. Fieldworkers from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights report from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Read more about More settler violence as Israel continues to impose siege on Gaza Strip
Closures and checkpoints are severely hindering ambulance services and access to medical centres in the northern West Bank. Palestinian civilians continue to be held under siege in Gaza and the West Bank, as the ‘disengagement’ process proceeds. Israel has declared northern West Bank a closed military zone prior to evacuating four settlements in the area. Israel has set up iron gates on key roads and closed the entrances of villagers and towns along the Nablus - Jenin road with earth barriers and cement blocks. Fieldworkers from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights report from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Read more about Evacuation of settlers hinders Palestinians' access to medical aid
Israeli Occupation Forces continued to impose a tight siege on the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian civilians remain trapped inside the enclaves and the main checkpoint inside of Gaza continues to prevent Palestinian civilians from traveling around the Gaza Strip. The closures of areas such as al Mawasi continues to illustrate the drastic effect will continue to have on the Palestinian civilian population in the world’s largest prison. A report from the field by fieldworkers from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights in Gaza. Read more about Gaza siege continues
Al-Haq emphatically condemns yesterdays killing of four Palestinian civilians by an Israeli settler in the Shilo settlement, located between Ramallah and Nablus in the occupied West Bank. These killings are a brutal manifestation of the sustained and increasing violence inflicted upon Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, whose aggressive actions, and indeed very presence in the OPT including East Jerusalem, are violations of international law. Al Haq calls upon the Israeli government to bring those responsible for the killing of the four Palestinians before the full process of the law and rigorously investigate all instances of settler violence committed against Palestinians and their property. Read more about Four Palestinians Killed by Israeli Settler in the West Bank
Four Palestinians were shot dead and two others were injured by an Israeli settler yesterday evening as they were returning home from their work at a factory in the Israeli settlement of Shilo, in the West Bank. The settler, a driver from the Israeli settlement of Shvut Rahel, was transporting Palestinians who work in a factory in the Shilo settlement to nearby Palestinian villages. He shot dead three Palestinian workers at the gate of the settlement and then went back to the industrial area, where he shot at other Palestinian workers, killing one of them and injuring two others. There are conflicting reports as to whether he took the weapon he used for the shooting attack from a security guard of the settlement or used his own. Read more about Amnesty calls for urgent measures to end settlers' impunity