Jonathan Cook | The National 25 March 2009 A legal battle being waged by Palestinian families to stop the takeover of their neighbourhood in East Jerusalem by Jewish settlers has received a major fillip from the recent souring of relations ...
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Ezbet Abed Rabbo: “They make like art here”
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 7 February 2009 On a visit to Ezbet Abed Rabbo during which I heard more harrowing testimonies of life under invasion, children shot dead before parents’ eyes, and being held captive for days on end, ...
Read More »Passengers of freighter seized by Israel return home with tales of abuse
Soldiers kicked and beat activists, journalists before setting them free Andrew Wander | The Daily Star BEIRUT: A group of activists arrested after the Israeli navy seized an aid ship bound for the devastated Gaza Strip were expelled from Israel ...
Read More »One million and a half broken hearts
Natalie Abou Shakra | Gaza 08 Wednesday February 4, 2009 Tears drop on her hands, hands that he had once kissed passionately, on her engagement ring, that ring he chose for her, on her cheeks that oust the redness of ...
Read More »23 hours in Jabaliya
By Sharon in Gaza talestotell.wordpress.com January 4, 6pm – January 5, 5pm 6pm: To Al Awda hospital, run by the Union of Health Work Committees. It normally has a 50 bed capacity but has been stretched to 75. E and ...
Read More »B’Tselem: Testimony of 12-year-old beaten and imprisoned with adults
Testimony taken by B’Tselem from Mohammad Khawaje who was arrested from Ni’lin on the 11th September 2008 To view original testimony taken by B’Tselem click here Muhammad Khawajah I live with my family in Ni’lin. We live on the ground ...
Read More »Tadamon!: Palestine – Apartheid Fares
By Aaron Lakoff, October 2008, Interview recorded in Biddu, Palestine To view original interview posted on Tadamon!, click here Photo: Aaron Lakoff. Mohammed Mansour, near Biddu, Palestine. Mohammed Mansour is a resident of Biddu, a village near Ramallah in the ...
Read More »Letter of Palestinian Refugee Organizations to President Mahmoud Abbas
The following letter was presented to President Mahmoud Abbas’s office on behalf of 78 Palestinian organizations on Wednesday September 22, 2008 Dear Mr. President, Greetings of Return We, the undersigned Palestinian refugee organizations, civil society movements and institutions in the ...
Read More »Daily News Egypt: Scottish couple barred from delivering medical supplies at Gaza’s Rafah crossing
By Eva Bartlett July 21, 2008 To view original article, published by the Daily News Egypt on 21st July, click here Ten days after setting out from Edinburgh, five days past their projected July 15 arrival, Scottish humanitarian Khalil Al ...
Read More »Scottish Medicines for Gaza stopped in El Arish
For more information, click here. (SUNDAY JULY 20th 4.45pm) The 1.5 tons of medicines from Scotland to Gaza are now a few metres outside the gate into Gaza at Rafah on the Egyptian side of the Israeli-built wall that has ...
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