A number of leading medical professionals and a US lawyer have written an open letter pointing out that the Israeli occupation authorities continue to block the passage of vital medical supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip. It is, they say, “collective punishment” of the Palestinians in the coastal enclave. The letter was sent originally to a medical journal, which had published similar letters and did not respond to the signatories. This, they say, is a “worrying sign of neglect” of the issue. The Gaza Strip has been under a blockade imposed by Israel and its allies for seventeen years. The territory was described by the then British Prime Minister David Cameron as a “prison camp”. That was in 2010, and … Continue reading Israel continues to block passage of vital medical supplies to Gaza