Updates

Minister Erdan proposes to cut power supply to the Gaza Strip. Is he not aware of the state’s position?
May 13, 2012. Israel acknowledged its obligation to provide electricity and fuel to the Gaza Strip back in 2007 and the Supreme Court found that Israel has a duty to supply electricity to Gaza. Harming the health and lives of residents of the Gaza Strip cannot be the solution to Israel’s electricity problems. (Read More)

How do you lower the price of tomatoes in Israel? Market tomatoes from Gaza
May 7, 2012. A kilogram of tomatoes costs 3 shekels (79 cents) in Gaza versus 16 shekels ($ 4.21) in Israel. Chairman of the Israeli Vegetable Growers Association: Israeli farmers do not oppose the marketing of tomatoes from Gaza in Israel. (Read More)

Major General Dangot: The government's policy is intended to create a separation between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
May 6, 2012. Dangot opposed allowing prisoners from the Gaza Strip to receive family visits and said the purpose of the separation policy is to put pressure on the Hamas regime. (Read More)

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The Gaza Cheat Sheet - Real Data on the Gaza Closure
In this information sheet you will find concise answers to questions such as: What is the economic situation in Gaza today? Is there a lack of food in Gaza? What are the restrictions currently imposed on the movement of people and goods into and out of the Strip? The Gaza Cheat Sheet is updated regularly. (Read More)

Scale of Control: Israel’s Continued Responsibility in the Gaza Strip
November 2011. This position paper illustrates how despite recent developments, Israel continues to control Gaza’s airspace and territorial waters, the Palestinian population registry and passage of goods and people to and from Gaza. (Read More)

Gaza Strip Map
July 2011. A new and detailed map of the Gaza Strip. Source: Gisha (Read More)

A Guide to the Gaza Closure: In Israel’s Own Words
September 2011. Since 2007, Gisha, together with other human rights organizations, has worked to obtain information relating to the closure Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip. (Read More)

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Gisha in Action

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)

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