Category: In the Media

  • The Gaza Strip is closed and more besieged than ever

    The Gaza Strip is closed and more besieged than ever

    18th October 2013 | 3deVuit, Maria del Mar Fernández | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Israel continues to maintain a full, tight closure by land, sea, and air, on the only coastal enclave left to Palestine. This has become even worse since July, as the Egyptian government closes the Rafah crossing on a regular basis and has destroyed many…

  • Gaza man “kidnapped” by Israel in Sinai, says family

    Gaza man “kidnapped” by Israel in Sinai, says family

    11th October 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Khan Younis, Occupied Palestine The abduction of a Palestinian-Egyptian from the Sinai on the eve of Egypt’s 3 July coup has highlighted the network of collaborators and agents working with Israel in the peninsula. Wael Abu Rida crossed the Rafah border from Gaza into Egypt on 6 June with his family, including…

  • 48 young olive trees destroyed in South Hebron Hills

    48 young olive trees destroyed in South Hebron Hills

    4th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Operation Dove | Qawawis, Occupied Palestine Yesterday morning, 3rd October, Palestinians discovered 48 olive trees destroyed alongside bypass road 317 near the South Hebron Hills area village of Qawawis. The olive tree grove belongs to Ali Shetat from Qawawis and had been planted six years ago. At 10…