Category: Gaza
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Journal from Gaza: Ghost town
10th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The entrance to the harbour was yesterday blocked for cars and other vehicles, but it was no problem to enter by foot. No one tried to stop me; there was no one there to stop me. The sentry box, where the police…
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Politics in Gaza
9th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine I wake up after a night shattered by rocket launches, airstrikes, and flyovers, to sparrows friendly twittering, seemingly unconcerned by the drones swarming overhead. No explosions have been heard since five o’clock in the morning, almost four hours ago. The sun shines…
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Report from Gaza: “This is our country, even if it’s just a country by name”
9th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The Israeli air forces’ strikes on Gaza over the past days have increased in intensity and are creeping ever closer to the center of Gaza City. Just after 2PM yesterday, four people were killed, according to initial data they belonged to Hamas’s…
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Farming under siege: Working the land in Gaza
5th July 2014 | Corporate Watch, Tom Anderson and Therezia Cooper | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Corporate Watch researchers visited the Gaza Strip during November and December 2013 and carried out interviews with farmers in Beit Hanoun, Al Zaytoun, Khaza’a, Al Maghazi and Rafah, as well as with representatives from Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), Palestine Crops…
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Jenin, destroy 2 houses in Hebron, and launch airstrikes on Gaza
1st July 2014 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights | Occupied Palestine Following the declaration of finding of the bodies of 3 Israeli settlers who had been missing since 12 June 2014, Israeli forces have escalated their attacks against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). Last night and this morning, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian…
