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Journal: A personal post
By Sharon in Gaza To see Sharon’s blog please click here People have asked me if I am frightened. What I am frightened by is the enormity of these events, at how few international eyes there are here to witness them, and that it is hard to imagine how it will end. In the last…
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Photos from Rafah following Israeli air-strike – 30th December
These photos were taken on Tuesday 30th December in a residential neighbourhood of Rafah called Hi Alijnina, following an Israeli air strike at approximately 5.00am local time. One house was totally destroyed and adjacent homes were severely damaged. A teenager was injured when his bedroom wall collapsed on him as he lay sleeping. Other civilians…
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Journal: From the Kabariti kids
By Sharon in Gaza To view Sharon’s blog please click here I’ve been asked to send some messages to a couple of the worldwide rallies on Saturday (yay!), and decided that I would much prefer to let Palestinians speak for themselves, especially some of the 50% of Gaza’s population who are under 18 years old.…
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BBC: Palestinians ‘fear worse to come’
To view original article, published by the BBC on the 2nd January, click here A British volunteer in the Gaza Strip has said civilians there believe there is worse to come after seven days of bombardment by Israeli forces. Jenny Linnell, 33, who left her job in a Totnes cafe to work for the International…
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Foreign passport holders in Gaza decide to stay – “We will not leave”
2nd January 2009, Gaza: Despite the exception that Israel is making or foreign passport holders to allow them to leave Gaza for safety, some of the foreigners have chosen to remain and share the fate of the rest of the Palestinian people. Alberto Arce (Spain) has been accompanying ambulances and reporting from hospitals; “Israel does…
