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Ease the Blockade on Healthcare in Gaza

Target: Sallai Meridor, Ambassador of Israel to the United States
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Nael al Kurdi was a student by day and sold falafel at night. When he was diagnosed with cancer, he traveled from Gaza to Egypt for treatment. But once the blockade was put in place, even though Nael petitioned the Israeli authorities repeatedly, he was not allowed to leave Gaza. He died as a result - he was only 21.

This story comes from a recent article by the BBC that describes life in Gaza as an "open prison". The territory's almost compete isolation is:

destabilizing the food supply so that an increasing number of children suffer from malnutrition;
endangering lives due lack of access to medical care and supplies; and
creating shortages of fuel and electricity so that outages are common and hospitals experience power cuts for 8-12 hours a day.

The situation in Gaza is incredibly dire - surely there is a way for Israel to see to its security needs without creating a humanitarian and human rights tragedy! Tell Israel to ease restrictions for medical travel and supplies!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 5,000

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His Excellency David Ivry,

We are writing in support of easing the restrictions for travel to and from Gaza for medical and other emergencies. The situation in Gaza is very grave, and the lack of access is endangering those whose conditions might otherwise be treatable. And with conditions deteriorating at such a severe pace - the whole fabric of life is creating a setting conducive to poor health and the spread of disease.

Surely the creation of a man-made human rights and humanitarian disaster cannot be the solution to Israel's security needs. We urge you to look into the matter and make the health of the population of Gaza a priority.

We signed the “Ease the Blockade on Healthcare in Gaza” petition!

# 4,300:

1:43 pm PDT, May 1, Rev. Barbara Grace Ripple, Hawaii

# 4,299:

11:57 am PDT, May 1, Name not displayed, Belgium
Gaza est pire qu'une prison, car dans une prison on ne tire pas sur les gens. Gaza est comme Auschwitz

# 4,298:

11:21 am PDT, May 1, Pekka Lehikoinen, Finland

# 4,297:

11:15 am PDT, May 1, Johanna Tapio, Finland

# 4,296:

9:26 am PDT, May 1, Bob Thomas, Oregon

# 4,295:

9:11 am PDT, May 1, Name not displayed, California
Healthcare is a human right.

# 4,294:

10:07 pm PDT, Apr 30, Nicole Strathmann, Missouri

# 4,293:

9:51 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, Egypt
Having access to good healthcare and receive treatments and follow up are vital in this day and age. Preventing such access due to security restrictions is a very serious issue. Everyone ought to have the right to seek medical treatment and travel. Life is a priority. Please let the people of Gaza live.

# 4,292:

4:21 pm PDT, Apr 30, Lucrecia Bermúdez, California

# 4,291:

12:00 pm PDT, Apr 30, Chad Halsey, Indiana

# 4,290:

11:41 am PDT, Apr 30, Samuel Guia, California
I believe the Palestinian people need all the support we can give them at this critical time, specially since the last visit by Jimmy Carter. My prayers go out for them.

# 4,289:

9:57 am PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, Canada

# 4,288:

10:55 pm PDT, Apr 29, Yvonne CLAUDIUS, California

# 4,287:

9:08 pm PDT, Apr 29, Gabriela DelaRiva, California
Healthcare in Gaza is needed so innocents do not suffer disability, death and disfigurement. Healthcare is a basic human need of all persons. To block healthcare is tantamount to torture and gencide.

# 4,286:

8:12 pm PDT, Apr 29, Sandra Pagan gallardo, Puerto Rico

# 4,285:

7:45 pm PDT, Apr 29, Pamela Jacobson, Virginia

# 4,284:

6:16 pm PDT, Apr 29, KRISANN GUIDOTTI, New York
RESTORE HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN GAZA.STOP THE BLOOD SHED! ENOUGH.END THE WAR NOW.WHY DO YOU SUPPORT SUCH CRUELTY?HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS?WELL GUESS WHAT EVERY HUMAN BEING IS OUR FAMILY.

# 4,283:

6:04 pm PDT, Apr 29, Megan DePerro, New York
Palestinians are victims of: gentrification, rape, torture, and murder. What Israel is doing to the civilians of Palestine, who have nothing to do with Hamas, is no different than what white men did to Native Americans in the past in the US and Canada.

# 4,282:

3:10 pm PDT, Apr 29, Angeles Deesse, Canada
STOP THE GENOCIDE!!!!!!!!

# 4,281:

2:34 pm PDT, Apr 29, Rikki Risatti, New York

# 4,280:

12:42 pm PDT, Apr 29, Sandra Costa, Brazil

# 4,279:

12:38 pm PDT, Apr 29, Elana Nachman, California
As an American Jew, I am grieved that Israel would continue this barbaric blockade.

# 4,278:

11:55 am PDT, Apr 29, Susy Zepeda, California

# 4,277:

10:37 am PDT, Apr 29, Paul Larudee, California

# 4,276:

10:20 am PDT, Apr 29, Aja Duncan, California

# 4,275:

9:53 am PDT, Apr 29, Zulma Taina, California
Access to Health Care is an Universal Right. Stop these violations now!! People Unite!!

# 4,274:

9:18 am PDT, Apr 29, Mahmood Hussain, United Kingdom

# 4,273:

8:30 am PDT, Apr 29, Luk Vervaet, Belgium

# 4,272:

7:51 am PDT, Apr 29, Name not displayed, Sweden

# 4,271:

12:17 am PDT, Apr 29, Paola Canarutto, Italy

# 4,270:

4:07 pm PDT, Apr 28, Sanem Babaoglu, Turkey
End the crisis in Gaza!

# 4,269:

2:51 pm PDT, Apr 28, Elliot Weimann, Washington

# 4,268:

2:29 pm PDT, Apr 28, Denise Murphy, Massachusetts

# 4,267:

2:28 pm PDT, Apr 28, Leanne Nordeman, California

# 4,266:

2:27 pm PDT, Apr 28, Diane Arnold, Washington

# 4,265:

2:27 pm PDT, Apr 28, Thomas Patnaude, Minnesota

# 4,264:

2:25 pm PDT, Apr 28, Christine Tapert, Washington
Access to healthcare is a right that the people of Gaza deserve to have. Please do what you can to help them!

# 4,263:

2:23 pm PDT, Apr 28, Melissa McCusker, Massachusetts

# 4,262:

2:19 pm PDT, Apr 28, Daniel Amon, South Carolina

# 4,261:

2:18 pm PDT, Apr 28, Matt Demsky, Pennsylvania

# 4,260:

2:15 pm PDT, Apr 28, Jonathan Stubbs, New York

# 4,259:

2:13 pm PDT, Apr 28, Jessica Pacynski, Ohio

# 4,258:

2:12 pm PDT, Apr 28, Shaylynn Olivo, California

# 4,257:

2:10 pm PDT, Apr 28, Lesley Wentland, Massachusetts

# 4,256:

2:04 pm PDT, Apr 28, Pamela Ligon, Arizona

# 4,255:

2:03 pm PDT, Apr 28, Name not displayed, Georgia

# 4,254:

2:02 pm PDT, Apr 28, Tracy Schuermann, Missouri

# 4,253:

2:02 pm PDT, Apr 28, Tim McKeever, Illinois

# 4,252:

1:57 pm PDT, Apr 28, Name not displayed, Wyoming

# 4,251:

1:56 pm PDT, Apr 28, Tommy Chia, Alabama
All lives are important! Please kindly ease the restrictions for medical travel & supplies. The people will be grateful for this.

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