Category: Gaza

  • The Occupy movement and Palestine

    The Occupy movement and Palestine

    by Yousef Aljamal 9 January 2012 | Center for Political and Development Studies The Occupy movement is an international protest movement directed primarily against economic and social inequality. The first Occupy protest to receive wide coverage was Occupy Wall Street in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, which began on September 17, 2011. It was noticed…

  • 8 January 2009: The Al-Rahel family

    8 January 2009: The Al-Rahel family

    8 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights “The other children keep talking about Dima and the memories of both incidents. ‘We wish to die like Dima’ is what the children sometimes say to me because of all the stress and our poor living conditions.” On 8 January 2009, at approximately 11:00, four missiles…

  • Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’

    Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’

    by Rosa Schiano 7 January 2012 | il blog di Oliva On Tuesday there was another demonstration in Beit Hanoun against the “buffer zone” imposed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators also commemorated the over 1400 Palestinians killed during operation “Cast Lead”. The demonstration started at about 11.00 am. A drone…