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Palestinians Get 20,000 Permits for Medical Treatment in Israel in 2018
(Jerusalem Post) Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - More than 20,000 permits were granted to Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria to enter Israel and receive treatment or support a patient who was receiving treatment, according to the Unit for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) - an increase of nearly 3,000 from the year before. Medical coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority has been ongoing since 1995. Palestinian doctors are paired with professionals from Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem for training to help improve treatment in the West Bank. Some 1,200 Palestinian cancer patients were treated in Israel in 2018, and more than 200 Palestinians - including 112 children - received bone marrow transplants. The program has also built invaluable ties between Israelis and Palestinians that are often not reported by the media.