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2013

Twenty-six women from Gaza were able to participate in a conference about increasing women’s political participation which took place in the West Bank
Thirty-four women requested to travel to a conference about women’s political participation held in the West Bank. After a long bureaucratic process, 26 of them were able to travel, thanks to Gisha. (Read More)

2012

How hard can it be to get to band camp?
Last April, Gaza music students did not make it out of Gaza in time to participate in a music competition in the West Bank. This time, the students, who attend the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music were able to go to the West Bank with four chaperones for ten days. (Read More)

Eleven staff members of a multi-purpose center promoting the protection and empowerment of women and families receive permits to travel to the West Bank for professional training
Following Gisha’s intervention, the military allowed most of the center’s staff members to travel for professional training. Four security guards and the housemother did not receive permits, based on the claim they did not require training. (Read More)

Five years of solitude
The addresses listed in the K. family’s ID cards subjected them to five years of separation. Following Gisha’s intervention, the family was able to reunite in the West Bank. (Read More)

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)

Following hardships because of the closure and thanks to a new project, Naima Abu Shawareb supports her family
An Oxfam GB project provides temporary work to men and women in the Gaza Strip. Thanks to the project, Abu Shawareb has been able to save some money for her children. What will happen when the project ends? (Read More)

2011

After years of video conferencing, a Gaza branch manager finally meets his colleagues in the West Bank face-to-face.
Ziad, the Gaza branch manager of a Palestinian pharmaceutical company was unable to meet with his colleagues in the West Bank because of the closure. Following Gisha’s intervention, Ziad received the necessary permit. (Read More)

Following Gisha’s intervention, Israel allows Gaza lawyer to travel in order to participate in a conference on children’s rights
Israel refused to allow a Gaza lawyer to travel to a conference on Palestinian children’s rights in the West Bank. Following urgent intervention by Gisha, the refusal was retracted. (Read More)

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