IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
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Fahad stood on his crutches at the Rafah terminal, the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, his right foot swaddled in bandages. He waited for his name to be called. Fahad, a 27-year-old man from the northern town of Beit Hanoun, is one of more than 3,000 Palestinians hoping to cross into Egypt to receive medical care that is unavailable in Gaza.
on June 18, 2015
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On the 41st day of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan’s hunger strike, and with other prisoners vowing to join him, Israel's cabinet advanced the bill Sunday calling for the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners. Adnan, an administrative detainee, has been forcibly hospitalized for 11 days at Assaf Harofeh Hospital.
on June 15, 2015
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A group of Canadian doctors hope to make blackouts a thing of the past for Gaza's hospitals by installing solar panels to provide energy 24/7 for emergency rooms and operating theatres. The "EmpowerGAZA" project has launched a fundraising drive on Indiegogo to secure the $200,000 required to fund the first hospital, with the ultimate goal being to supply a further three hospitals with the life-saving solar panels.
on June 15, 2015
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Palestinians are being denied medicines in prisons equipped by the Western corporations G4S and Hewlett-Packard, according to a new report by the organization Corporate Watch. The Anglo-Danish firm G4S provides the bulk of surveillance equipment used in Israeli prisons and military checkpoints.
on April 22, 2015
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When called to return to Gaza to help out in al-Shifa hospital, doctor Mads Gilbert was denied access with valid papers. Gilbert told Al Jazeera that he was turned away at the Erez border crossing after Israeli authorities deemed him a "security risk". After asking for an explanation, Gilbert was threatened with arrest. Al Jazeera spoke with Gilbert about these events and what is happening beyond the checkpoint.
on December 7, 2014
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Israel has blocked Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert from entering the country and thereby accessing the Gaza Strip, but denied Monday it had imposed a lifelong ban on the outspoken medic. "He has been banned from entering Israel," foreign ministry spokesman Paul Hirschson told AFP, categorically denying reports Gilbert had been blocked from entering Gaza.
on November 17, 2014
Palestinian-American Profiles
Pioneering Palestinian-American medical researcher Dr. Hashem El-Serag is a groundbreaking researcher in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the hepatitis C virus. El-Serag has published more than 120 scholarly papers and his studies on HCC constitute nearly all the literature on the disease in the United States.
on September 25, 2014
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In the central Gaza Strip area of Deir al Balah, Usama Abu Safer, 30, devotes his time to working with disabled people. Born paraplegic, Abu Safer’s own disability inspired him to dedicate his life to this work. “I was born disabled but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel like I’m missing something,” he explained. “This is my basic motivation to live and to help other people who have a similar condition.”
on September 17, 2014
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Palestinian medical sources report that a man and a child have died of serious injuries suffered, in different strikes, during Israel’s extensive bombardment and aggression on the Gaza Strip. The sources said resident Bassem ‘Ajjour died, on Tuesday, at a Palestinian hospital in occupied Jerusalem.
on September 2, 2014