Israeli jailed over baby tragedy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7612887.stm
An Israeli soldier has been removed from duty and jailed for two weeks for refusing to allow a Palestinian woman in labour to pass through a checkpoint.
The soldier was in command at the checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus. The woman was trying to reach a hospital in the city.
She was forced to give birth at the checkpoint. Her baby was stillborn.
The Israeli army said the woman and her husband did not have the permit to allow the car to enter Nablus.
But the army said the incident, which occurred a week ago, could have been prevented.
It took an ambulance from Nablus 50 minutes to get to the checkpoint. At which point the baby was dead.
Between 2000 and 2006, at least 68 Palestinian women gave birth at Israeli checkpoints, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Of these 35 women miscarried, and five died in childbirth.
According the United Nations there are more than 600 physical obstructions, including checkpoints, to the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The territory has been occupied by Israel since the 1967.
An Israeli soldier has been removed from duty and jailed for two weeks for refusing to allow a Palestinian woman in labour to pass through a checkpoint.
The soldier was in command at the checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus. The woman was trying to reach a hospital in the city.
She was forced to give birth at the checkpoint. Her baby was stillborn.
The Israeli army said the woman and her husband did not have the permit to allow the car to enter Nablus.
But the army said the incident, which occurred a week ago, could have been prevented.
It took an ambulance from Nablus 50 minutes to get to the checkpoint. At which point the baby was dead.
Between 2000 and 2006, at least 68 Palestinian women gave birth at Israeli checkpoints, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Of these 35 women miscarried, and five died in childbirth.
According the United Nations there are more than 600 physical obstructions, including checkpoints, to the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The territory has been occupied by Israel since the 1967.
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Permalink Reply by Marc Peterson on -
-"An Israel Defense Forces soldier stationed at the Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, sustained mild facial injuries on Wednesday, after a Palestinian woman poured an acidic substance in his face.
The woman arrived at the Hawara checkpoint and attempted to cross into Israel using the humanitarian aid lane, which is meant for emergencies and therefore has no security checks. Upon approaching the soldier manning the lane, she threw the acid at his face and then ran back towards Nablus."
Kate, people on both sides of this dispute could trade horrible stories all day long but to what end? I guess what I'm asking is this; What did you want us to take away from this posting?
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