Israeli Denial of Medical Treatment
On 19 July 2010, she was told she needed an urgent brain examination, equipment for which does not exist in the West Bank but, in early September, Israel was still denying her permission to go to Amman for the examination. In September she tried again to cross the border with the same result. Amira Hass, the Haaretz journalist, has written about this extensively.
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