Gisha director: How much can Israel benefit from the rapprochement with Turkey? It depends on Israel’s policy in Gaza
April 10, 2013. Gisha Director Sari Bashi writes about movement restrictions on the Gaza Strip in an op-ed in today’s Ha’aretz. Meanwhile, the Kerem Shalom crossing is still closed and passage through the Erez crossing is limited. Read More »

Following rocket fire: the Kerem Shalom crossing remains closed, movement through Erez is limited
April 9, 2013. The IDF Spokesperson’s Office announced that the Kerem Shalom crossing was closed due to “security concerns”. It did not explain restrictions on passage through Erez Crossing. Read More »

Gisha to defense minister Ya’alon: refrain from engaging in collective punishment
March 24, 2013. Israel has tightened restrictions on the movement of people and goods into and out of Gaza. Gisha sent an urgent letter today to the new defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, demanding that the new restrictions be lifted. Read More »

Minister of Defense ordered closure of Kerem Shalom crossing following rocket fire this morning
March 21, 2013. Gisha calls upon Israel to refrain from a “Price Tag” policy targeting Gaza residents, punishing them for the actions of armed groups they have no control of. Read More »

Gisha executive director: The Interior Ministry didn’t even try to identify the women who were told to undergo tissue-type testing
March 10, 2013. Gisha Executive Director Sari Bashi speaks about the Interior Ministry’s decision to formulate a protocol that would require Israeli citizens living in Gaza to undergo tissue-type testing in an interview on IDF radio show “Cross Examination”. Read More »

“If Israel recognizes how essential the crossing is for the civilian population, why did it close it for six days straight”?
March 10, 2013. Gisha Executive Director Sari Bashi wrote an op-ed for Ma’ariv about Israel’s decision to shut down the Kerem Shalom crossing and further restrict travel through the Erez crossing two weeks ago. Read More »

Caught in the middle: movement restrictions imposed on Gaza residents
March 4, 2013. Since last Tuesday afternoon, the Kerem Shalom crossing between Gaza and Israel has been closed. Until this morning, it was Israel who kept the crossing closed. As of today, the Hamas regime in Gaza is preventing its reopening. Read More »

Sari Bashi: Closing of crossings – a worrying regression to a discredited policy
March 3, 2013. Gisha Executive Director Sari Bashi writes in Open Zion about the decision to close crossings in Gaza in response to the firing of a grad rocket over Ashkelon. Read More »

The Ministry of Interior will compel Israeli citizens living in Gaza to undergo tissue-type (genetic) tests before entering Israel
March 3, 2013. As indicated in the state’s response to the Court for Administrative Affairs in a petition filed by Gisha on the subject. The court suggested that the state find a “practical solution” for the matter. Read More »

For the first time since 2008: Israel openly declares that it is closing crossings in response to rocket fire on southern Israel
February 26, 2013. Gisha urges the Defense Minister to refrain from using travel restrictions as a punitive measure against Gaza’s civilian population Read More »

Who should be criticizing the UN’s Human Rights Council?
February 24, 2013. Yoni Eshpar, director of Gisha’s public department, explains in an op-ed in Haaretz how the UN Human Rights Council’s engagement on Israel undermines its effectiveness Read More »

Unemployment in Gaza rises to 32.2%
February 24, 2013. According to figures published by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate among women in Gaza stands at 48.3%, compared to 28.5% among men Read More »

Opposition fighting in the wrong direction
February 17, Moran Avital, Gisha’s Advocacy Coordinator, writes for Haokets website about a strange paradox: while the Israeli government slowly lifts travel restrictions on the Gaza Strip, there are those on the left who support Gaza’s separation from Israel and the West Bank. Read More »

Is there a protocol or not? Depends on who you ask
February 12, 2013. For 11 months we have been trying to find out what the “treatment of Israelis” protocol is. Eleven months of being sent from one authority to the next and the protocol is nowhere to be found. Read More »