In the shadow of the Egyptian revolution: The Rafah crossing has been closed for four days
July 8, 2013. More than 10,000 Palestinians are currently waiting in Gaza for the crossing to open and in Egypt others are waiting to return to the Strip. It’s not clear how long the crossing will remain closed.
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Updates
2013
The connection between running and human rights
July 7, 2013. Sari Bashi, Gisha executive director, was interviewed in +972 Magazine about the connection between public discourse on Gaza, movement restrictions placed on Palestinians and marathon running.
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Arab Idol superstar to reach West Bank; others still blocked
July 1, 2013. Gisha: Israel's approval of Assaf's request to travel to the West Bank is exceptional.
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Travel delays at Rafah Crossing and tunnel activity nearly halted
June 27, 2013. The number of passengers waiting at the Rafah crossing has increased over the last week due to delays in the crossing’s operation. Transport of goods through the tunnels has almost entirely stopped.
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Following two days of closure, Kerem Shalom Crossing re-opens today to passage of goods. Erez Crossing resumes standard operations.
June 26, 2013. Following two days of closure, Kerem Shalom Crossing re-opens today to passage of goods. Erez Crossing resumes standard operations.
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Gisha application under the Freedom of Information Act leads to exposure of documents detailing the army’s policy on movement of people and goods in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
June 24, 2013. COGAT provides Gisha with 429 pages listing the restrictions imposed on Gaza from 2011 to the present day. We share them here for the first time.
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Kerem Shalom Crossing remains closed today and travel at Erez Crossing is further restricted
June 25, 2013. Kerem Shalom Crossing remains completely closed to passage of goods for a second day. Travel of people at Erez continues to be restricted to medical patients, foreigners, Israeli citizens and residents of the West Bank wishing to return home.
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Defense minister orders Kerem Shalom Crossing closed and travel at Erez Crossing further restricted following rocket fire
June 24, 2013. Six rockets were fired last night from Gaza towards southern Israel. The defense minister ordered the closing of Kerem Shalom Crossing and for travel at Erez to be further restricted.
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The price of building materials in Gaza rises 10% to 30%
June 18, 2013. Due to Egyptian military presence in northern Sinai, it is estimated that there has been a 70% drop in the amount of fuel and a 60% drop in the amount of building materials entering Gaza daily via the tunnels.
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State withdraws demand to make Israeli citizens living in the Gaza Strip without Israeli identification documents undergo genetic tissue testing
June 10, 2013. Following a petition by Gisha: the Beersheva District Court ordered the state to pay 7,000 NIS in costs since "the filing of the petition was what led to the resolution of the matter".
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Editing Gaza Out of Kerry’s Palestine Plan
May 5, 2013. Tania Hary, Gisha’s director of international relations writes in “Open Zion’ about how some media outlets decided to omit Gaza from John Kerry’s speech.
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Gaza 2013: Snapshot
June 2, 2013. What is the cause of the electricity shortage in Gaza? Why are medicines lacking? What’s the fishing zone limit? How close can one approach to the border fence? Access issues in Gaza today in seven parts.
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Following five days of closure, Rafah Crossing was opened today
May 22, 2013. The crossing was opened following the release, earlier today, of seven members of the Egyptian security forces who had been held captive in the Sinai since Thursday. About 2,600 Palestinians who were waiting on the Egyptian side of the crossing will now be able to return home.
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COGAT and Population Authority ordered to pay 20,000 NIS in costs to Gisha
May 21, 2013. The petition for information on the subject of permits granted to Palestinian laborers to enter and work in Israel was filed two-and-a-half years ago.
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Israel expands fishing zone from three to six nautical miles
May 21, 2013. A statement by the Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Unit relays that the fishing zone was restricted “due to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip toward Southern Israel on March 21, 2013”.
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