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<p>[] 13 Checkpoint near the Mitzpe Shalem settlement, northern Dead Sea area</p><p>Photo credit: Keren Manor, activestills.org</p>
Checkpoint near the Mitzpe Shalem settlement, northern Dead...
<p>[] 10 An entrance to Abu Ghassan neighborhood in the village of Khirbet a-Deir in the West Bank blocked by the army in February 2011.</p><p>Photo credit: Suha Zeid, B'Tselem</p>
An entrance to Abu Ghassan neighborhood in the village of...
<p>[] 8 Hamra (Beka'ot) checkpoint, Jordan Valley</p><p>Photo credit: Keren Manor, activestills.org</p>
Hamra (Beka'ot) checkpoint, Jordan Valley
<p>[] 3 Trench dug by Israel to block access to the Bedouin community of al-Hadidiya; Ro'i settlement built adjacently</p><p>Photo credit: Eyal Hareuveni, B'Tselem</p>
Trench dug by Israel to block access to the Bedouin...
<p>[] 26 Tayasir checkpoint, Jordan Valley</p><p>Photo credit: Eyal Hareuveni, B'Tselem</p>
Tayasir checkpoint, Jordan Valley
<p>[10354] 21 Muhammad 'Awad, 29, resident of Salem, Nablus District. According to this testimony on 20 January 2009, a soldier beat him severely, fracturing his skull, when he tried to protect his brother from soldiers at Huwara Checkpoint. </p><p>Photo credit: Salma a-Dib’i, B'Tselem</p>
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Muhammad 'Awad, 29, resident of Salem, Nablus District...
<p>[10168] 16 The mother, Sonia, and her disabled daughter, Dalal. Israel refuses to allow them to return to the West Bank, keeping them separated from the father. </p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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The mother, Sonia, and her disabled daughter, Dalal. Israel...
<p>[10167] 16 Israel refuses to allow the children Ahmad and Dalal Rasras, who live with their mother in Rafah, to return to the West Bank and live with their father.</p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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Israel refuses to allow the children Ahmad and Dalal Rasras...
<p>[10183] 3 Ahmad a-Sweisi, seen here with with his paralyzed son Yasser, told B'Tselem how being cut off from electricity affected their lives.</p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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Ahmad a-Sweisi, seen here with with his paralyzed son...
<p>[10116] 24 The bakery of Hamdan Hasunah lies idle due to Israel's prohibition on goods entering the Gaza Strip, 24 November 2008.</p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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The bakery of Hamdan Hasunah lies idle due to Israel's...
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<p>[10024] 8 Nahil Abu Ridah and her one-year-old daughter. On 4 September 2008, Abu Ridah was forced to give birth at Huwara Checkpoint, in her car, after soldiers refused to let her cross to go to hospital. The baby boy was stillborn. </p><p>Photo credit: Salma a-Dib’i, B'Tselem</p>
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Nahil Abu Ridah and her one-year-old daughter. On 4...
<p>[10045] 21 Fisherman 'Abd al-Karim a-Nahal. On 16 Aug. ’08, while fishing off the Gaza coast, he was taken by Israeli navy soldiers to Ashdod Port, interrogated and later returned, dressed in a uniform, to Erez Crossing. His boat, left at sea, was lost.</p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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Fisherman 'Abd al-Karim a-Nahal. On 16 Aug. ’08, while...
<p>[9941] 7 The witness Wajdan Abu Ruk and her children, whom Israel refuses to issue permits to go from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to live with their husband and father in Tulkarm. . </p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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The witness Wajdan Abu Ruk and her children, whom Israel...
<p>[9917] 28 Rasha Sha'ban, 25, is one of hundreds of students from the Gaza Strip whom Israel has prevented, since July 2008, from going to the West Bank and abroad to study.</p><p>Photo credit: Khaled 'Azayzeh, B'Tselem</p>
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Rasha Sha'ban, 25, is one of hundreds of students from...
<p>[9888] 27 Mayyada Mhana, a communications student at a university in Cairo, is imprisoned in Gaza, unable to complete her studies, July 2008.</p><p>Photo credit: Khaled 'Azayzeh, B'Tselem</p>
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Mayyada Mhana, a communications student at a university in...
<p>[10641] 12 Military vehicles drive beside a concrete wall, part of Israel's controversial security barrier in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem June 12, 2008.</p><p>Photo credit: Eliana Aponte, © Reuters</p>
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Military vehicles drive beside a concrete wall, part of...
<p>[9736] 9 Obstructions placed by the Israeli army along Route 60, from the Dura al-Fawwar intersection to a-Dhahiriya.</p><p>Photo credit: Musa Abu Hashhash, B'Tselem</p>
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Obstructions placed by the Israeli army along Route 60,...
<p>[9753] 8 Almog/Beit Ha'arava Checkpoint. The photo, taken several days after the army announced the checkpoint had been removed, shows a Palestinian vehicle detained by the wayside while Israeli cars pass through the checkpoint. Photo: Firas 'Alami, ACRI.</p><p>Photo credit: Firas Alami, ACRI</p>
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Almog/Beit Ha'arava Checkpoint. The photo, taken...
<p>[9584] 7 Nufuz al-Husni, cancer patient from Gaza. Israel does not allow her to leave to undergo surgery in Israel , 2008.</p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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Nufuz al-Husni, cancer patient from Gaza. Israel does not...
<p>[9457] 13 The blocked road linking 'Izbat a-Tabib and the northern entrance to 'Azzun Village, Qalqiliya District.</p><p>Photo credit: Raaed Moqdi, B'Tselem</p>
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The blocked road linking 'Izbat a-Tabib and the...
<p>[9450] 13 The blocked northern exit from Jama'in Village and Route 5.</p><p>Photo credit: Raaed Moqdi, B'Tselem</p>
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The blocked northern exit from Jama'in Village and...
<p>[9211] 15 Mahmud al-Qab, 71, from Deir al-Ghussun, whose wife died of a heart attack after soldiers prevented her being taken to hospital in Tulkarm on 14 February 2008.</p><p>Photo credit: Abd el-Karim a-Sadi, B'Tselem</p>
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Mahmud al-Qab, 71, from Deir al-Ghussun, whose wife died of...
<p>[9236] 1 Children from the village of Nu'man, near Jerusalem, against the background of the checkpoint they have to cross daily on their way to and from school. Photo: Kareem Jubran, B'Tselem, 12 February 2008.</p><p>Photo credit: Kareem Jubran, B'Tselem</p>
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Children from the village of Nu'man, near Jerusalem,...
<p>[8645] 19 Following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, wounded Gazans wait at Erez Crossing to be allowed to cross to the West Bank.</p><p>Photo credit: Mohammad Salem, © Reuters</p>
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Following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, wounded...
<p>[9963] 5 Soldier checks the identity card of a Palestinian, near Nablus.</p><p>Photo credit: Oleg Popov, © Reuters</p>
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Soldier checks the identity card of a Palestinian, near...
<p>[8608] 28 External gate at Barta'a Crossing, which is operated by a private security company. Residents using the crossing report degrading and lengthy searches and use of dogs to check merchandise, including food. </p><p>Photo credit: Atef Abu A-Rob, B'Tselem</p>
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External gate at Barta'a Crossing, which is operated...
<p>[8468] 28 Amneh Abu Mheisen, a heart patient from Gaza, cannot undergo vital surgery in Jordan because Israel does not permit the Palestinian Authority to issue her an identity card. </p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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Amneh Abu Mheisen, a heart patient from Gaza, cannot...
<p>[9316] 20 Ne'meh Muhammad Helmiyeh and her granddaughter, who was born at the Ras Kubsa checkpoint after Border Police officers prevented the mother from crossing to give birth in a hospital, 12 March 2007.</p><p>Photo credit: Kareem Jubran, B'Tselem</p>
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Ne'meh Muhammad Helmiyeh and her granddaughter, who...
<p>[9971] 1 A soldier checks the identity card of Palestinians at Huwara checkpoint near Nablus</p><p>Photo credit: Loay Abu Haykel, © Reuters</p>
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A soldier checks the identity card of Palestinians at...
<p>[7889] 23 Al-Mu'ashar Bakery, Rafah. Since the IDF bombed Gaza's power plant, the bakery has been unable to function completely, and cannot meet the consumers' needs.</p><p>Photo credit: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem</p>
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Al-Mu'ashar Bakery, Rafah. Since the IDF bombed Gaza...
<p>[7879] 17 Qalandiya Checkpoint observation tower.</p><p>Photo credit: Gil Medalsy, B'Tselem</p>
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Qalandiya Checkpoint observation tower.