Squeezing past the criteria: How Mr. Awad travelled between Gaza and the West Bank
Though Israel does not allow people to travel from Gaza to the West Bank for the purpose of running professional training seminars, as a result of Gisha’s efforts, Mr. Awad received an exit permit. More proof that the restrictive policy on paper isn’t necessarily relevant to the reality of how it’s implemented on the ground. Read More »

Following Gisha’s activities: The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories begins publishing procedures and protocols on its website
The Freedom of Information Act stipulates that public authorities must publish the procedures and protocols that govern their operations. How is it, then, that there are more COGAT procedures and protocols on Gisha’s website than on COGAT’s own website? Take a peek into the Sisyphean battle it takes to get the authorities to obey a simple legal provision. Read More »

How hard can it be to get to band camp?
Last April, Gaza music students did not make it out of Gaza in time to participate in a music competition in the West Bank. This time, the students, who attend the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music were able to go to the West Bank with four chaperones for ten days. Read More »

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 »

After a ten-year separation, Rasha received a permit to visit her sick mother
When Rasha moved to live with her husband in the West Bank, she did not imagine she would not be able to see her family for a decade. After a bureaucratic ordeal and intervention by Gisha, Rasha traveled with her children to visit her mother in Gaza. Read More »

Thanks to a request by Gisha, a security preclusion disappears, and Nasser is able to travel to Bethlehem for the holidays
Nasser, a Gaza resident, was prevented from entering Israel and the West Bank for eight years due to “security considerations”, which disappeared as soon as Gisha intervened on his behalf‪.‬ Read More »

After years of video conferencing, a Gaza branch manager finally meets his colleagues in the West Bank face-to-face.
Ziad, the Gaza branch manager of a Palestinian pharmaceutical company was unable to meet with his colleagues in the West Bank because of the closure. Following Gisha’s intervention, Ziad received the necessary permit. Read More »

Following Gisha’s intervention, Israel allows Gaza lawyer to travel in order to participate in a conference on children’s rights
Israel refused to allow a Gaza lawyer to travel to a conference on Palestinian children’s rights in the West Bank. Following urgent intervention by Gisha, the refusal was retracted. Read More »

Years later, the threat of removal to Gaza has been lifted, deposit money returned, and address finally changed
Majdi Abu Zeid was almost deported from his home in the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. Following Gisha’s intervention, he was able to change his address and receive his deposit money back. How long did it take? Only two years. Read More »

Instead of helping to care for her sick sister, Amal could only enter Gaza to join her grieving family
Negligence, insensitivity and bureaucratic obstacles prevented a resident of the West Bank from visiting her dying sister in the Gaza Strip. Three months after she submitted her request to visit her sister, and after her sister had passed away, Amal finally received permission to visit her mourning family. Read More »