More Palestinian Moms Give Birth at Home

[Tinoire]

More Palestinian Moms Give Birth at Home

By LARA SUKHTIAN
The Associated Press
Monday, December 22, 2003; 4:28 PM


JERUSALEM - Because of Israeli roadblocks and travel restrictions in the West Bank, more than half of Palestinian mothers give birth at home instead of risking a ride to the hospital, according to a human rights report released Monday.

The joint report by the Israeli human rights group B'tselem and the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights is the latest evidence of the negative effects of the restrictions, imposed shortly after the latest violence between Israel and the Palestinians erupted in 2000.

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The Israeli army declined to comment on the report's details, but repeated its long-standing position that delays are necessary for "security reasons." The army also said Palestinian militants have used ambulances and medical personnel to attack Israelis.

Shabtai Gold, spokesman for Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, said security concerns cannot justify what he called "excessive delays" of medical personnel and their vehicles.

"The security claims are very shaky, very dubious," he said. "The delays are simply not proportionate to the security concerns. You cannot delay an ambulance for four hours and say it is for security reasons. They are going overboard."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22125-2003Dec22.html

[Resistance]

1. Population control?

Netanyahu and his fellow Israeli planners are worried about that Arab demographic thing.

Anything these religious freaks can do to reduce the population eh?