Diagnosing the Barriers: The Right to Health in Israel and the oPt
PHRI is an Israeli non-profit organization that promotes the right to health for all people living in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) through the direct provision of medical care and policy change efforts.
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From Kyiv to Tel Aviv: Working with Asylum Seekers and Beyond (opens the original)
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“I saw how displacement can affect almost every aspect of a person’s life”. Every year, PHRI’s Open Clinic for Status-less Individuals in Jaffa assists some 1,500 people who share one thing: they live in Israel yet aren’t Israeli citizens or residents, and therefore cannot access the country’s public healthcare system. Beyond that shared experience, their backgrounds and life stories vary widely: they come from dozens of countries and cultures, and their migration paths differ. Many of them are
What Happened at Rambam Hospital? Racism and Jewish Supremacy in the Israeli Healthcare System (opens the original)
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“The system tells you... You can be Arab... but you need to be... “good Arabs”. The Arabs that do manage to build a career and get to a more senior position... need to be fine with the flag and the soldiers and the magnifying glass they’re constantly under. You need to accept that because you’re Palestinian, your career development will be more difficult, and you shouldn’t complain about it.” On August 9th, allegations emerged against Rambam Hospital (Haifa), where four Israeli soldiers who had
West Bank Healthcare System Collapse (opens the original)
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For years, Palestinian public healthcare workers in the occupied West Bank have been paid only a small portion of their salaries, leading to a strike by the Palestinian Medical Association announced in May 2026. Basic medications are partially or wholly unavailable at public Palestinian hospitals throughout the West Bank. Governmental clinics and hospitals are limiting services to emergency and life-saving interventions. Patients are unable to access treatment for a wide range of illnesses and c
Gaza Needs its Doctors – Release the 14 (opens the original)
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“Israel doesn’t just broadcast to the world ‘we have doctors that are held without any sort of charges for the past two years’; they’re not going to give that to the public on a silver platter. People need to inquire.” Join PHRI’s Maha Loulou and Lee Caspi for a discussion about our campaign demanding the release of 14 doctors from Gaza who have been held by Israel, without charge and subject to grave torture and rights violations, for periods ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 years. We share some of thei
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