Updates

Gaza’s workforce continues to shrink, 43% unemployment in the last quarter of 2020 Gaza’s workforce continues to shrink, 43% unemployment in the last quarter of 2020
April 13, 2021. Women’s unemployment in Gaza stands at 60.4%. As many as 79% of those employed in the private sector earn less than minimum wage.

Surge in COVID cases in the Gaza Strip Surge in COVID cases in the Gaza Strip
April 7, 2021. The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip links the large number of cases to British variant, with first cases of infection by the variant officially identified just recently.

Six human rights organizations submit High Court petition demanding that Israel provide vaccines to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Six human rights organizations submit High Court petition demanding that Israel provide vaccines to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
March 25, 2021. Morbidity and mortality rates in the occupied Palestinian territory are increasing dramatically but the vaccine supply to Palestinians so far covers less than 1.5% of the population.

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In Focus

Gisha’s position on the International Criminal Court’s recent decision Gisha’s position on the International Criminal Court’s recent decision
In light of the decision reached by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to extend the court’s territorial jurisdiction to the West... (Read More)

Israel’s obligation to Gaza in a pandemic and post-pandemic reality Israel’s obligation to Gaza in a pandemic and post-pandemic reality
Israel is obligated to protect the health and safety of all people living under its control, including by ensuring that the... (Read More)

Discrimination by Default Discrimination by Default
To mark International Human Rights Day, Gisha is proud to release a gender analysis of Israel’s permit regime in Gaza. Israel’s... (Read More)

The tightening of the closure on Gaza under the guise of the pandemic The tightening of the closure on Gaza under the guise of the pandemic
In early March 2020, Israel severely tightened existing restrictions on movement of people to and from Gaza against the backdrop of... (Read More)

Area G: From Separation to Annexation Area G: From Separation to Annexation
Israel’s isolation of the Gaza Strip and how it serves annexationist goals in the West... (Read More)

Gisha in Action

Gisha and partner organizations in letter to Israeli authorities: Israel has a responsibility to ensure access to vaccines for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
Gisha and partner human rights organizations Physicians for Human Rights Israel, HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, and Rabbis... (Read More)

Gisha participated in an online briefing on the legal and practical challenges to overcoming COVID-19 in Gaza
Gisha’s Director of International Relations, Beth Oppenheim. Screenshot from the online briefing On 14 January, Gisha’s Director of International Relations, Beth Oppenheim,... (Read More)

Gisha staff continue to participate in webinars, panels and briefings for Israeli, Palestinian and international audiences in public and in private about the situation in Gaza, particularly regarding the coronavirus
In May, Gisha’s Director of International Relations Beth Oppenheim and Gisha’s Field Coordinator in Gaza Mohammad Azaiza joined Limmud’s panel , Gaza... (Read More)

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