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--- Begin Message --- Israel Turns Palestinian Towns into Prisons
2 December 2001
Palestine Media Center - PMC
http://www.palestine-pmc.com
Israeli occupation authorities declared during the afternoon hours of 2
December, that all Palestinian civilians would be barred from exiting or
entering Palestinian-controlled areas. According to the Israeli media,
Palestinian traffic is not to leave any Palestinian-controlled area (area A)
or travel between area A and villages in areas B and C throughout the West
Bank. The move effectively turns every Palestinian population center, no
matter how large or small, into a prison.
Israeli media purports that the Israeli occupation authorities have stated
that travel exemptions would be permitted "in humanitarian cases only".
However, such claims or announcements have been proven false on the ground
on numerous occasions, often leading to deaths and health complications of
Palestinian civilians in need of medical attention. The Israeli human rights
organization B'Tselem has previously condemned the Israeli occupation army
for obstructing Palestinian patients' passage to hospitals. According to
various Palestinian sources, these draconian measures, which contravene
international humanitarian law, have lead to at least thirty-three deaths of
kidney patients. They have also caused at least twenty-two cases of
miscarriages and labor at the various Israeli military checkpoints, in the
West Bank alone.
On 16 October, B'Tselem stated, "The [Israeli occupation forces]
spokesperson has repeatedly stated that: The [Israeli occupation forces] has
regulations whose purpose is to ensure the passage of urgent medical cases
at roadblocks. The regulations may exist, but the soldiers at the roadblocks
have apparently not heard about them".
Earlier in the morning, Israeli occupation authorities sealed off all
passages, including the international crossing points between the West Bank
and Jordan as well as between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
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