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International Human Rights Activists now working with medical teams in northern Gaza as Israel launches invasion of Gaza Strip
For Immediate Release 7:30pm, 3rd January 2009, Gaza: European, Australian and American Human Rights Activists are now based in northern Gaza as Israel has intensified shelling in what appears to be the beginning of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. They will be accompanying ambulances and medical teams in the Jabaliya, Beit Lahia and…
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The Guardian: Land, sea, sky – all will kill you
By Karma Nabulsi To view original article, published in The Guardian on the 3rd January, click here Mohammed is burying his family. So is Jamal. Haider doesn’t feel safe in his flat so is sheltering in his car. In a series of phone calls to friends besieged in Gaza, one writer reveals the reality of…
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Journal: Why we are staying
By Eva Bartlett To view Eva’s blog please click here January 2, 2009, 1:13 pm Israeli authorities benevolently announced that today, January 2nd, the 7th day of Israel’s air attacks throughout Gaza, internationals would be permitted to leave through the Erez crossing. As I write, the radio reports the latest attack: a drone rocket targets…
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Israeli army attack funeral of Mohammed Khawaje, the second martyr from Ni’lin in four days
1st January 2008 At around 9pm on the 31st December, Mohammed Al-Khawaje died as a result of severe brain damage following being shot in the forehead the previous Sunday. At 10:30, his body was taken from the hospital in Ramallah in a funeral procession to Ni’lin attended by around 2,500 people. During this time, soldiers…
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Fida Qishta: About my daily life in Gaza Strip, Rafah
Fida Qishta lives in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. She is a freelance journalist, filmmaker and blogger, and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) coordinator for the Gaza Strip. 31st December 2008 For the last year and a half the Israeli government has intensified the economic blockade of Gaza by closing all…
