Gisha (human rights organization)

Gisha

גישה
Established	2005  (20 years ago)
Types	human rights group
Headquarters	Tel Aviv
Country	Israel
Coordinates	32°03′42″N 34°46′51″E

Gisha (literally: access) is an Israeli human rights organization since 2005.[1][2][3]

Example of projects

Israel restricts movement of Palestinian residents between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israel has implemented a policy of allowing Palestinian movement from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, but making it quite difficult for Gaza residents to move to the West Bank. Israel typically refuses to allow Gaza residents to leave for the West Bank, even when the Gaza resident is originally a West Bank resident. Gisha has helped Gaza residents who had moved from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip return to the West Bank by filing petitions to Israeli authorities arguing that extremely pressing personal circumstances provide humanitarian grounds for relief.[4]

See also

• Human rights in Israel
• Hamoked
• Alternative information center
• Bustan

References

1. "Gisha: Remarkable Israeli Human Rights NGO". Progressiveisrael.org. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
2. About Gisha Archived 2018-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, Gisha.org; accessed 20 May 2018.
3. Gisha: FAQs Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine, Gisha.org; accessed 20 May 2018.
4. +972 Magazine, 30 June 2020 "‘Gaza is a One-Way Ticket’: How Israel’s Relocation Policy is Separating Palestinian Communities--Israel Is Systemically Routing Palestinian Movement in One Direction — from the West Bank to Gaza"