27. Merlin. The Impact of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine and the Current Intifada on Access to Health Care by the Palestinian Population of the West Bank. London: Merlin, 2003: 8pp.

This paper done by Merlin investigates the impact of the Israeli measures on access to health services in the West Bank. The paper is divided into ten sections; section 1 briefly describes the background situation in the West Bank, section 2 deals with safety and security of the civilian population, section 3 describes the access to health services by the civilian population, section 4 lists the Israeli measures in targeting of health care providers and facilities, section 5 discuses the access of health care professionals to people in need and to their place of work and service provision, section 6 discuses briefly the separation barrier, section 7 deals with the impact of the current situation on public and environmental health, section 8 addresses the international humanitarian law, section 9 discuses the Bertini commitments and last but not least section 10 deals with the recommendations.