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IHT: Light through the wall

By Fida Qishta Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won the Palestinian elections and tightened the siege after Palestinians captured an Israeli soldier near Rafah in late June 2006. We have had little electricity, fuel, money, food or medicine since. We felt some hope last week,…

January 30, 2008

IMC-Chicago: Hundreds Gather to Stand with Gaza and Protest Israeli War Machine

For the original article with many pictures, click here: http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81163/index.php http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81168/index.php Hundreds of protesters rallied tonight in front of the Lakeshore Theatre on north Broadway to picket a benefit for the Friends of the Israeli Defense Force. The Chicago protest was initiated by ISM-Chicago and endorsed by the Palestine Solidarity Group, the West Suburban Faith-based Peace Coalition, Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine, the Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism, the Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies,…

January 30, 2008

Settlers Rain Stones and Urine on Palestinian Home and Street

Sunday, January 27, 2008. This morning at around 10:30am, settlers from Beit Hadassah Settlement in Hebron city rained stones, bottles, urine and dirty water on their Palestinian neighbours. The attack continued sporadically for the next hour and a half. Shopkeepers on Old Shalalah St in the Bab Iz-Zawiyye neighbourhood reported that a number of youths began throwing things, and when the shopkeepers approached soldiers to report this, they were told that the settlers were allowed to…

January 30, 2008