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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 08:24 04/12/2007 Hospitals to disclose Palestinian patients' profiles to Defense Ministry By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Health Ministry, Palestinians  Israeli hospitals are no longer authorized to schedule medical appointments for Palestinians without first providing the security services with the patients' names for vetting, Health Ministry officials confirmed to Haaretz Monday. The policy change requires hospitals to disclose patients' profiles to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, (or COGAT) which is a unit in the Defense Ministry entrusted with coordinating civilian issues between the government, the Israel Defense Forces, international organizations, diplomats and the Palestinian Authority. Only after patients are approved by the security services are hospitals allowed to summon the patients for an appointment inside Israel. Advertisement A Health Ministry official told Haaretz that the procedure was aimed at preventing attempts by terror organizations to send suicide bombers via bogus appointments. Physicians for Human Rights say the new policy constitutes another hurdle that sick Palestinians will have to overcome to receive basic medical treatment. The organization sent letters to Health Minister Yacov Ben Yizri and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, asking them to call off the requirement Bookmark to del.icio.us Muslim about-face A key U.K. Muslim group ends its boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day. Calling all Aleppo Jews Yad Ben-Zvi is calling for the return of centuries-old Aleppo Codex fragments.   1.   No sick from Gaza until Gilad Shalit is released!!! 03:21  |  Free Gilad Shalit 04/12/07   2.   clearance 04:40  |  colin 04/12/07   3.   Any activist who gets sick is given death sentence 05:22  |  1 state solution 04/12/07   4.   send the pals to jordan 05:39  |  real vision 04/12/07   5.   #3 get real...time to thaw out 05:48  |  real vision 04/12/07   6.   Don`t follow the news often 1 state? 06:37  |  MaryRose 04/12/07   7.   hey faribanks are you serious? 06:48  |  vik 04/12/07   8.   Egypt is the place to receive basic medical treatment 07:17  |  Alex 04/12/07   9.   Medical Treatment 08:23  |  Nephtaly 04/12/07   10.   1 state 09:03  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/12/07   11.   to real vision 10:41  |  Ivan 04/12/07   12.   Israel`s hospitals; the sixteen intelligence arm 11:02  |  Anton Siniora 04/12/07   13.   colin 2 11:29  |  realism 04/12/07   14.   #3 no way there`ll be 1-state solution 12:15  |  Free Gilad Shalit 04/12/07   15.   free gs 14 19:44  |  realism 04/12/07

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