Health

Feature Story The Red Crescent Society—Jerusalem Supports Jerusalemites through Every Stage of Life

An institution dedicated to community care for generations

Case Study Israel’s NII Investigators Use “Gotcha” Tricks to Deny Disability Benefits to a Woman with MS

How Israeli National Insurance bureaucrats treat their neediest residents with heartless contempt

Case Study Samer, a Palestinian Jerusalemite Worker Applying for Disability Benefits, Faces a Conundrum

Should Samer protect his health and ability to work in the future, or feed his family now?

Case Study An Empty Closet Costs a Bride Her Right to Remain in the City of Her Birth

How Israel’s National Insurance inspectors glibly destroy lives without a second thought

Case Study Israel Denies Health-Care Coverage for a Palestinian Jerusalemite Baby Because He Was Born Abroad

For Palestinian Jerusalemites, parenting means facing a bureaucracy that is not invested in their child’s well-being.

Case Study A Palestinian Child Born in Jerusalem Is Not Automatically Recognized as a Resident

The bureaucratic maze that parents with mixed IDs face once a child is born

Case Study Israel Revokes Health Insurance from Ailing Muslim Couple for Defending al-Aqsa Mosque

An elderly couple from Jerusalem lost their life-saving state benefits for their work as murabitun defending al-Aqsa from settler incursions.

Bio Amin al-Khatib

A beloved doctor who served his city and his people, especially those in need, for seven decades

Interview Dr. Salim Anati, Shu‘fat Refugee Camp: “The Future Is Bleak and Frightening” after UNRWA Closures

A lifelong servant of Shu‘fat refugee camp and its residents takes stock of the current situation there.