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212293
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ISRAEL BLACKMAILS PALESTINIAN PATIENTS
By Saleh Jadallah
GAZA STRIP (Bernama) - Palestinian patients are being blackmailed
by Israel in order to receive treatment inside the Jewish state, a human rights
centre in Gaza has reported.
Patients who go through the gate at the Erez Crossing, controlled by Israel,
face a dilemma -- either cooperate with Israeli intelligence or be denied access
to treatment.
Palestinian cancer patient Sayed Abu Hamad, 48, needs to receive
chemotherapy in a hospital in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories every
month.
While moving between Gaza and Israel, he has been among hundreds of patients
who witnessed ill-treatment by Israeli soldiers.
Besides the blackmail, Hamad further pointed out that patients were always
insulted and sometimes, are forced to take their clothes off under the pretext
of Israeli security.
“Israeli intelligence told me, 'If you do not agree to cooperate with us,
you will never recover and you will die in Gaza'.
"They also asked me to provide them with information about Palestinian
militants," he said.
Israel’s blackmail policy comes at a time of deteriorating health in the
narrow enclave, under an Israeli blockade since 2006.
The ministry of health in the barricaded Gaza says, hundreds of items of
medicine and medical disposals are not available here because of Israeli
restrictions.
Abed Al-Rahman Ahmed, 55, another cancer patient, was interrogated by the
Israelis at Erez crossing for eight hours, and finally not permitted to reach a
hospital in Israel where he receives his treatment.
The man has chosen to face an imminent death instead of betraying his
people. "No one likes to face death, but the other option is worse.
"They asked me to spy on some of my neighbours and relatives. When I
rejected their offer, they cancelled my permission," he told Bernama.
The Hamas interior ministry recently revealed that it had arrested
collaborators with Israel who were moving between Gaza and Israel.
Security officials said that most of the collaborators were patients and
traders, as they sought to pursue medicine and business deals.
According to a local statistics centre in the coastal territories, Israel
denies permission for 35 per cent of patients with medical referral forms to
Israel.
In a press release, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights vehemently condemned
the Israeli blackmail policy, calling it a crime against humanity.
GAZA STRIP (Bernama) - Palestinian patients are being blackmailed
by Israel in order to receive treatment inside the Jewish state, a human rights
centre in Gaza has reported.
Patients who go through the gate at the Erez Crossing, controlled by Israel,
face a dilemma -- either cooperate with Israeli intelligence or be denied access
to treatment.
Palestinian cancer patient Sayed Abu Hamad, 48, needs to receive
chemotherapy in a hospital in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories every
month.
While moving between Gaza and Israel, he has been among hundreds of patients
who witnessed ill-treatment by Israeli soldiers.
Besides the blackmail, Hamad further pointed out that patients were always
insulted and sometimes, are forced to take their clothes off under the pretext
of Israeli security.
“Israeli intelligence told me, 'If you do not agree to cooperate with us,
you will never recover and you will die in Gaza'.
"They also asked me to provide them with information about Palestinian
militants," he said.
Israel’s blackmail policy comes at a time of deteriorating health in the
narrow enclave, under an Israeli blockade since 2006.
The ministry of health in the barricaded Gaza says, hundreds of items of
medicine and medical disposals are not available here because of Israeli
restrictions.
Abed Al-Rahman Ahmed, 55, another cancer patient, was interrogated by the
Israelis at Erez crossing for eight hours, and finally not permitted to reach a
hospital in Israel where he receives his treatment.
The man has chosen to face an imminent death instead of betraying his
people. "No one likes to face death, but the other option is worse.
"They asked me to spy on some of my neighbours and relatives. When I
rejected their offer, they cancelled my permission," he told Bernama.
The Hamas interior ministry recently revealed that it had arrested
collaborators with Israel who were moving between Gaza and Israel.
Security officials said that most of the collaborators were patients and
traders, as they sought to pursue medicine and business deals.
According to a local statistics centre in the coastal territories, Israel
denies permission for 35 per cent of patients with medical referral forms to
Israel.
In a press release, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights vehemently condemned
the Israeli blackmail policy, calling it a crime against humanity.
