An Israeli court has rejected an appeal to allow a five-year-old Palestinian boy with an aggressive form of cancer to enter Israel for life-saving treatment, citing a government policy that bars residents registered in Gaza from crossing the border, even when they no longer live there.

In a ruling issued on Sunday, the Jerusalem district court dismissed a petition seeking permission to transfer the child from Ramallah to Tel HaShomer hospital near Tel Aviv for a bone marrow transplant – a procedure unavailable in either Gaza or the occupied West Bank. The boy has been in the West Bank since 2022 where he was receiving medical care unavailable in the Gaza Strip. His doctors have determined that he urgently requires antibody immunotherapy.

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    7 hours ago

    I bet it’s the isntrael emoji which shows the pissrahelli flag burning. It was a huge deal when it got added on hexbear because it contains the star of david, so some said it could get used by antisemites, but the faction arguing against that made a pretty convincing if very long argument that I am unable to faithfully reproduce rn.