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Israel refuses entry to 6 Gazans in urgent need of medical care
By Haaretz Staff
Tags: Physicians for Human Rights 

The defense establishment is preventing the entry into Israel of six Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in urgent need of medical attention, Army Radio reported on Sunday.

The six, all sick with cancer or heart conditions, twice requested permission to enter, and were denied both times due to security considerations, according to the report.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has taken up the cause of the six to gain access to medical car in Israel. The defense establishment refuses to explain the security concerns on which its bases its refusal, and PHR Chairman Danny Filk fears that it represents a wider intention to punish Gaza Strip residents for Hamas' violent takeover of the coastal territory in June.
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Inas al-Najar, a 20-year-old cancer patient from Gaza, is seeking to enter Israel for urgent treatment in Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, where she has been treated in the past.

Her father, Mohammad al-Najar, said that the defense establishment conditioned its permission for Inas to leave Gaza on her agreement to become a collaborator for Israel.

"An oncology patient, or a 16-year-old girl with a congenital heart defect - these are cases in need of urgent care," says Filk.

"The medical conditions of those patients can degenerate from day to day, and weeks of delays - that's a lot of time. Maybe it's not a matter of months, but it doesn't take months for a condition to become irreversible," he continued.

Defense officials said in response that the "requests are being examined in an expedited fashion. These are complex cases demanding close examination, with the objective of ruling out possible security risks."



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      1.   Medical Treatmnet 14:45  |  alan 14/10/07
      2.   It would be nice if Israel allows them for treatments 14:49  |  Tamir Palestine 14/10/07
      3.   alan, open the Rafah border so they go for treatment 14:57  |  Tamir Palestine 14/10/07
      4.   Treating "enemies" 15:00  |  JDL 14/10/07
      5.   What? No Drs in Pali land? 15:01  |  Petra 14/10/07
      6.   Were WW2 Germans allowed in for treatment to England and US ? 15:18  |  Absolute Sweden 14/10/07
      7.   THEY SHOULD GO TO EGYPT,SWEDEN OR THE UK 15:27  |  F.Nightingale 14/10/07
      8.   #3 is WRONG 15:28  |  bo jones 14/10/07
      9.   Alan from Ohio 15:35  |  Philip Ravicher 14/10/07
      10.   Same reason why mexicans don`t go to USA for healthcare 15:40  |  Ken 14/10/07
      11.   Send them to Iran 15:45  |  Ben 14/10/07
      12.   Tamir - do you remember the many Pals who DID get treatment? 15:50  |  William 14/10/07
      13.   Not on your Life 15:55  |  GABE1 14/10/07
      14.   Philip Ravicher 16:10  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 14/10/07
      15.   Philip#9 - you live in Israel... re:Alan from Ohio 16:13  |  William 14/10/07
      16.   Where is Shalit? 16:18  |  KUTW 14/10/07
      17.   Allow them in only if they bring Shalit with them (end) 16:19  |  KUTW 14/10/07
      18.   SEND THEM TO EGYPT, JORDAN 16:21  |  M 14/10/07
      19.   Gazans refuse to release Shalit, 16:22  |  KUTW 14/10/07
      20.   To all the heartless people 16:26  |  ArabAmerican 14/10/07
      21.   Tamir Palestine # 2 16:27  |  ChanahS 14/10/07
      22.   if you propose to send them to other countries 16:30  |  belal 14/10/07
      23.   need of medical care 16:30  |  Shmuelshachor 14/10/07
      24.   It`s crazy! 16:32  |  Motke Chabad 14/10/07
      25.   Another Attack on Israel 16:36  |  Steve K 14/10/07
      26.   oh dear..... 16:38  |  rose 14/10/07
      27.   grow up haaretz staff. it is called taking responsibility for you 16:38  |  ralph 14/10/07
      28.   they can go to egypt with haaretz paying their costs 16:44  |  ralph 14/10/07
      29.   The purpose is anti-Israel propaganda 16:47  |  KUTW 14/10/07
      30.   who pays for it? 16:54  |  don 14/10/07
      31.   #14 Margie who believes she is a peace maker 17:07  |  Labhras 14/10/07
      32.   To heartless ArabAmerican # 20 17:12  |  ChanahS 14/10/07
      33.   belal 17:13  |  ChanahS 14/10/07
      34.   Medical Care - Gaza GOVT is to request Red Cross assistance 17:14  |  17 14/10/07
      35.   Wow, what chutzpah! 17:15  |  Nechama 14/10/07
      36.   No Comparison with Mexico 17:25  |  Joseph 14/10/07
      37.   medical help 17:26  |  Roberto 14/10/07
      38.   To disoriented ChanahS 17:34  |  ArabAmerican 14/10/07
      39.   All Gaza Residents are Patients 17:38  |  Nephtaly 14/10/07
      40.   Medical care for enemies 17:38  |  Frank 14/10/07
      41.   No. 10 Ken 17:40  |  Steve 14/10/07
      42.   Hamas is the democratic Gov`t of Gaza 17:44  |  Allon 14/10/07
      43.   One word: Egypt! 17:47  |  Gili 14/10/07
      44.   Let them try Egypt 17:51  |  Charles Star 14/10/07
      45.   Hey Tamir 18:02  |  Boss Hog 14/10/07
      46.   While I Sympathise With The People, Israeli Generosity 18:20  |  Eli 14/10/07
      47.   Margie the peacemaker 18:24  |  guesswho 14/10/07
      48.   Yo Mic Labhras 18:29  |  Boss Hog 14/10/07
      49.   let them go to Egypt 18:33  |  Adam 14/10/07
      50.   #20 - No Arab American - You`re the heartless one.... 18:34  |  Andy 14/10/07
      51.   Tamir # 3 - "It`s One Of The Best In The Region" 18:36  |  Eli 14/10/07
      52.   #41 Steve 18:49  |  Ken 14/10/07
      53.   #3 Tam Pal aka gaza boy 18:49  |  Nemesis 14/10/07
      54.   ArabAmerican #38 - Unfortunately People Suffer 18:56  |  Eli 14/10/07
      55.   Let Hamas treat them 18:56  |  Hans 14/10/07
      56.   to belal 18:59  |  I believe in Hamas 14/10/07
      57.   Medical treatment 19:01  |  Jim 14/10/07
      58.   #10 Ken - Mexican`s do go to the U.S. 19:08  |  * BEN JABO 14/10/07
      59.   Let the Mexicans in as well 19:11  |  Charles Star 14/10/07
      60.   Let the Arabs treat them 19:13  |  Roger 14/10/07
      61.   Let the 22 Arab states treat them 19:14  |  John 14/10/07
      62.   In Most Countries Unless You Have Insurance Or 19:14  |  Eli 14/10/07
      63.   Keep the terrorists out of Israel 19:14  |  Let Hamas treat them 14/10/07
      64.   #20 ArabAmerican 19:16  |  * BEN JABO 14/10/07
      65.   Donate a few bullets to the Gazans 19:16  |  They belong in Gaza 14/10/07
      66.   Poor Hamastanis 19:18  |  Cry us a river 14/10/07
      67.   They should die in their beloved Gaza 19:19  |  Don`t let`em in 14/10/07
      68.   #22 Belal - Gaza 19:20  |  * BEN JABO 14/10/07
      69.   Lets cry for the terrorists from Gaza 19:20  |  Damian 14/10/07
      70.   Let their Arab brothers take care of them 19:21  |  Frank 14/10/07
      71.   Disgraceful 19:22  |  Deborah 14/10/07
      72.   Israel should stop 19:24  |  KUTW 14/10/07
      73.   #38 ArabAmerican 19:24  |  * BEN JABO