Gaza Today: Expanded fishing and farming, reduced movement of goods
November 25, 2012. As the ceasefire agreement begins implementation, here is the current state of movement restrictions into, out of, and within the Gaza Strip. Read More »

Gisha response to ceasefire: An opportunity to end the Gaza closure
November 22, 2012. As the ceasefire agreement takes force, Israel has an opportunity to finally end the civilian closure of Gaza. Read More »

November 21: Ongoing updates on the situation in Gaza: Activity at the crossings and tunnels, prices and shortages
Find here information about the situation in Gaza, specifically activity at the crossings and the tunnels, and prices and shortages. The information will be updated as it becomes available. Read More »

Ongoing updates on the situation in Gaza: Activity at the crossings and tunnels, prices and shortages
November 19, 2012. Find here information about the situation in Gaza, specifically activity at the crossings and the tunnels, and prices and shortages. The information will be updated as it becomes available. Read More »

What is the closure of Gaza?
November 19, 2012. In light of reports that lifting the closure of Gaza is part of negotiations for a ceasefire, Gisha clarifies what the closure of Gaza (yes, “closure” and not “blockade”) consists of today. Read More »

Sari Bashi: No to collective punishment
November 18, 2012. Gisha Executive Director Sari Bashi wrote an article in response to suggestions to restrict movement of people and goods into Gaza in order to apply pressure on the Strip’s population. Read More »

Update on activities at the crossings in the wake of escalation
November 15, 2012. We watch with concern as the escalation in Gaza and in the south of Israel claims the lives of and injures civilians and damages civilian property. Read More »

“If I were a woman in Gaza, I would do exactly what these courageous women did”
November 9, 2012. Gisha Director of International Relations Tania Hary wrote an article for the Forward about the rejection of the petition filed by five Gaza students seeking to study in the West Bank. Read More »

Gisha Executive Director Sari Bashi: Let the light of day illuminate the differences between Israel and the USA
On October 29, 2012, Bashi wrote an op-ed for JTA about the U.S.’s decision to cancel scholarships for Gaza students wishing to study in the West Bank this year. Read More »

“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 »

Supreme Court upholds refusal to allow gender studies students to travel from Gaza to the West Bank
Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 – Backing down from earlier hints at intervention, Israel’s Supreme Court this week upheld Israel’s refusal to allow five female students from Gaza to reach their studies in the West Bank. Read More »

For the first time since 2007: Furniture from Gaza was shipped to the West Bank
September 27, 2012. The merchandise was ordered by the Palestinian Ministry of Education in the West Bank and shipped out in four double trailer trucks via Kerem Shalom Crossing. Read More »