Tag Archives: Gaza

By: Jeff Halper January 23, 2008 The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own “moderate” political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle ...

By Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament Brussels, 23rd January 2008, “The thousands of Palestinians crossing the Rafah border point these last hours, the breach in the wall and the breaking of the siege decided by Israel against the ...

Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution Karen Koning AbuZayd in Gaza City Wednesday January 23, 2008 Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory ...

22 January 2008 Security Council SC/9232 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Security Council 5824th Meeting (AM & PM) Palestinian Observer States Situation ‘Humanly Unbearable and Morally Unacceptable’; Israel Says Hamas, Rather Than Engage ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref.: 01.2008E 21 January 2008 On Sunday 20 January 2008, Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip, including the blocking of fuel supplies, forced Gaza’s only power plant to shut down, plunging over 800,000 Palestinians into darkness. ...

The Gaza Strip’s water and sewage systems are hours away from shutting down as supplies of fuel used to run critical pumps run out, the international aid agency Oxfam said on Monday evening. As of 5pm local time on Monday, ...

By: Bobby Noe As has been covered in the news extensively, Gaza’s only power plant has shut down as there is no longer any fuel left to run it. 1.5 million people are in darkness and according to a health ...

LIFT THE BLOCKADE ON GAZA!! Saturday 26.1.08: A countrywide relief convoy and Israeli demonstration in solidarity on the Gaza border with a parallel Palestinian demonstration in the Strip. On Saturday, 26 January 2008, a humanitarian convoy of supplies headed by ...

We, the Israeli organizations signed below, deplore the decision by the Israeli government to cut off vital supplies of electricity and fuel (and therefore water, since the pumps cannot work), as well as essential foodstuffs, medicines and other humanitarian supplies ...

By: Ibrahim Barzak Gaza City was plunged into darkness Sunday after Israel blocked the shipment of fuel that powers its only electrical plant in retaliation for persistent rocket attacks by Gaza militants. The power cut sent already beleaguered Gazans to ...