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Returning to Beit Hanoun
8th August 2014 | Charlie Andreasson| Gaza, Occupied Palestine We went back to Beit Hanoun almost two weeks after the Israeli military held us captive in the hospital and shelled it for 13 hours. It was the second day of the 72 hours ceasefire, and there was far more traffic on the roads and streets than there…
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Un Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stand for law and justice or resign!
7th August 2014 | Badil | Occupied Palestine For humanity and the little remained credibility of international law: Un Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stand for law and justice or resign! Mr. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, We, the under signed Palestinian human rights and community-based organizations are extremely disappointed by your performance, notably by your biased statements, your failure to act, and…
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10-year-old child shot in chest with live ammunition
6th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Hebron, Occupied Palestine In al-Khalil (Hebron) on Sunday August 3rd, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy was walking to his home near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba when the Israeli military shot him in the chest with live ammunition. The following day, ISM volunteers went to visit the…
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UPDATED: Gaza Calling: All out on Saturday 9 August Day of Rage
6th August 2014 | Call from Palestine | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Updated August 8th: Help us spread the call from Gaza for a Day of Rage on August 9th. Please help share the following translations via social media: Arabic, English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. Words alone do not do justice. Take the streets for Gaza! ******* Gaza Calling: All out on Saturday…
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Short stories from Gaza
5th August 2014 | Sarah Algherbawi | Gaza, Occupied Palestine These are short stories from Gaza, a brief picture of our suffering. Reality is much more painful. The description under each photo consists of facts published on news agencies and social media. For each photo I also wrote a story. Some of the photographed people we have seen on TV, others I…