Eight days after the escalation in Gaza: The crossings return to standard operations
March 19, 2014. Since Thursday, the crossings had been operating according to a “restricted format”, following rocket fire from Gaza. This is the seventh time since “Operation Pillar of Defense” that the crossings have been closed in response to rocket fire. Read More »

Four days after escalation in Gaza, movement through the crossings is extremely limited
March 16, 2014. Kerem Shalom Crossing has been closed to passage of goods since Thursday and opened Sunday only for the transfer of fuel and cooking gas to Gaza. Movement of people at Erez Crossing has been limited to urgent medical cases and exit of foreign citizens. Read More »

Eating Israeli Hummus in Gaza
March 9, 2014. You can find Israeli hummus and cheese on the shelves of Gaza’s grocery stores, says a Ynet News report, but in Israel, you won’t be able to enjoy strawberries from Gaza. Read More »

“We must welcome the fact that Israel has organizations that defend other populations”
February 24, 2014, Chairperson of Gisha’s Board, Professor Kenneth Mann was interviewed for Israeli public radio yesterday. Read More »

All because of a logo
February 17, 2014. The military refuses to process requests to exit Gaza because application forms bear the logo “State of Palestine”. Gisha’s director: It’s a shame that this battle is fought at the expense of medical patients. Read More »

Twenty-nine thousand four hundred individuals join the ranks of Gaza’s unemployed
February 12, 2014. According to figures published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Gaza’s unemployment rate soared to 38.5% in the fourth quarter of 2013, the highest rate since 2011. Unemployment among young people is 56.8% Read More »

The questions that remain unanswered
February 6, 2014. Israel’s ministry of defense has announced that it does not intend to lift the ban on the sale of construction materials to Gaza. It’s still unclear why it is choosing to pursue a policy that conflicts with Israel’s interests as defined by the heads of the security establishment. Read More »

“This is profound, unnecessary, unemployment”
February 6, 2014. in an interview on Razi Barkai’s radio show “Ma Boer”, Gisha Executive Director Adv. Sari Bashi, talked about the construction material shortage in Gaza: “The impact is immense. So far, 20,000 out of 70,000 people employed in the construction sector have lost their jobs”. Read More »

Israel’s minister of defense authorizes entrance of 1,000 tons of cement to the Gaza Strip
January 27, 2014. Yesterday, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon authorized the transfer of 1,000 tons of cement to the Gaza Strip. Gaza contractors: this is a drop in the bucket. Read More »

Following Gisha’s petition: COGAT will publish annual reports
January 28, 2014. Despite legal provisions, COGAT has not published a single annual report in the past 13 years. The judge ordered COGAT to pay Gisha 7,500 NIS in costs and legal fees. Read More »

No construction, no jobs
January 28, 2014. It’s been three and a half months since the Israeli Ministry of Defense banned the sale of construction materials to the private sector in Gaza. Despite the considerable impact on the lives of Gaza’s residents, it’s unclear how long the ban will continue. Read More »

Israel’s minister of defense authorizes entrance of 1,000 tons of cement to the Gaza Strip
January 27, 2014. Yesterday, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon authorized the transfer of 1,000 tons of cement to the Gaza Strip. Gaza contractors: this is a drop in the bucket. Read More »

Gisha director chosen as one of +972 magazine’s People of the Year
December 30, 2013. Adv. Sari Bashi, Gisha’s executive director, was chosen as one of +972 magazine’s “People of the Year”: “[She] has successfully managed together with her team at Gisha to keep the closure on Gaza on the agenda of activists, journalists and policy makers”. Read More »