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Just as they did in Iraq, the Israel/U.S. sanctions on Palestinians are working, slowly killing the population. A victim last month was Olfat of Qira village, Salfit in the West Bank. She died after her parents were forced to dilute her dialysis liquid.

Due to the West and Israel's ongoing economic embargo of the Palestinian Authority, state hospitals have been unable to receive adequate medical supplies for over a year. When they began to run out of the necessary 4.25% dextrose concentration (D-C) in mid-February, Olfat's parents began mixing it with 1.5% D-C liquid. In less than two weeks, Olfat, who had been receiving successful dialysis treatment for more than ten years, began to show signs of deterioration as her body absorbed rather than processed incoming water. They first went to Salfit hospital because Al-Watani Hospital in Nablus was under siege during Israel's February-March 2007 Nablus "Hot Winter" Invasion. By the time Olfat was able to reach Al-Watani, her chest was so full of water that she was past the point of recovery, and died shortly thereafter.

Qira villagers suffer from a disproportionately high percentage of kidney failure, likely due to the stagnant water that villagers are forced to purchase from Israel while nearby Ariel settlement enjoys disproportionate amounts of the region's fresh water. Olfat is just one of many kidney patients who've died since the embargo began

(source: International Women's Press Service) .



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