Category: In the Media
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The Day: “Women Share Challenges Of Daily Life In The Gaza Strip”
by Katie Warchut, The Day 8th June 2006 We hear the tanks, said 23-year-old Fida Qishta. At least 20 extended family members were huddled in a room of her house in Gaza. Finally, a neighbor came by to state the obvious: “They’re trying to destroy your house.” We just want one minute to be safe,…
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Democracy Now: “A Mother Under Occupation”
Palestinian Journalist Laila El-Haddad on Life in the Occupied Territories From Democracy Now, 9th June 2006. Watch 128k stream or Watch 256k stream We speak with Palestinian journalist and mother, Laila El-Haddad about life in the Occupied Territories. El-Haddad writes for Aljazeera.net and maintains her own blog titled “Raising Youssef: A Diary of a Mother…
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The Nation: “A Thirst for West Bank Water”
Fareed Taamallah, Op-ed for The Nation, June 9, 2006 (web only). During Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s recent visit to Washington, President Bush declared Olmert’s “convergence” plan “bold.” For Palestinians, however, it is disastrous, because it will annex much of the West Bank’s water and fertile land to Israel. Under Olmert’s plan, Israel aims to…