Category: Features
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Will the flowers of Gaza break Israel’s siege this Valentine’s Day?
12th February 2014 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and for supermarkets and florists that means a massive increase in the sale of flowers. But how many romantic couples consider where the flowers they exchange are grown? Farmers in Gaza have long been encouraged by…
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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. And for a short second, I have seen myself, when as a child I took…
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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 that binds the two skin layers together, creating friction, blisters and open, slow-healing wounds. These…
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Gaza fishermen suffer 85 percent income loss as Israeli siege, attacks continue
4th January 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 17 December, Palestinian fishermen and their supporters erected a tent — a traditional venue for protest, as well as celebration and mourning — inside the Gaza seaport. “It was to highlight the situation, the crimes of the Israelis against fishermen here,” said Amjad al-Shrafi, treasurer…
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85-year-old Saeed Ali Gasser from Kafr Qaddum, killed by suffocation from tear gas
02nd January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Kafr Qaddum, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, Wednesday 1st January, Israeli forces raided the village of Kafr Qaddum during an anniversary march to commemorate the start of the Fatah movement, 49 years ago. Israeli soldiers and border police shot many tear gas canisters towards the villagers and into…
