9th February 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Sit-ins to support Palestinian prisoners — held every week since 1995 in the courtyard of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office — have recently been followed by rallies outside ...
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Madleen Kolab, Gaza’s only fisherwoman
9th February 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine I have seen her standing there more then once, at the edge of the port, looking out over the boats in the harbor and then towards the horizon. ...
Read More »Military repression following a settler attack in Qusra
7th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qusra, Nablus District, Occupied Palestine On the 7th of January in Qusra, two farmers working on their land were threatened by settlers carrying guns. Villagers helped them to chase the ...
Read More »A long, bloody January in Gaza
5th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Rosa Schiano | Gaza, Occupied Palestine It was a bloody beginning of the new year for the Palestinians of Gaza who, in addition to suffer from more and more difficult socioeconomic conditions, continued ...
Read More »Israeli forces raid Ein Hijleh as villagers remain steadfast
4th February 2014 | Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine Large amounts of Israeli forces and Border Police have made several attempts to raid the reclaimed village of Ein Hijleh and in return the villagers stopped their ...
Read More »Zionism is a “false theology,” says new Presbyterian study guide
4th February 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine In five months, the Presbyterian Church (USA) will consider divestment from three US companies with Israeli military contracts, at its general assembly in Detroit. A new study guide published by the church ...
Read More »Gaza children with terminal illness spend their final years under the siege
3rd February 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Epidermolysis bullosa is an exotic name for what is, in its most severe form, unusual, painful and fatal disease. It is caused by a deficiency of the protein ...
Read More »In Gaza, remembering the sick Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails
2nd February 2014 | Resistenza Quotidiana, Sil | Gaza, Occupied Palestine At this week’s Gaza sit-in in solidarity with political prisoners in Israeli jails, the focus was on the sick prisoners. The Palestinian political prisoners in need of medical care number ...
Read More »UN presence at Kafr Qaddum demonstration leads to theatrics by Israeli forces
31st January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine In stark contrast to other Fridays, the weekly demonstration of Kafr Qaddum, in Qalqilya district, on 31st January, 2014, was met with a cynical display of ...
Read More »Palestinians launch “Melh Al-Ard” campaign by reviving Ein Hijleh Village in the Jordan Valley
31st January 20014 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine Hundreds of Palestinians announced today the launching of “Melh Al-Ard” (Salt of the Earth) campaign by reviving the village of Ein Hijleh in the Jordan Valley on land ...
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