Category: Features

  • Will the flowers of Gaza break Israel’s siege this Valentine’s Day?

    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…

  • Madleen Kolab, Gaza’s only fisherwoman

    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…

  • Gaza children with terminal illness spend their final years under the siege

    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…