Health Ministry official: Israel spreads diseases like AIDS among Palestinians

"Director of Public Health in the Health Ministry, Dr. Assad Ramlawi… [said that] 'the reason for the spread [of AIDS] is the growth in the phenomenon of drug use, considered one of the principle ways of passing on this disease, along with contagion via the blood.' He noted that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is an influential factor in the spread of these diseases."