Tag: Electronic Intifada

  • Gaza farmers succeed in tending to olive harvest — with international support

    Gaza farmers succeed in tending to olive harvest — with international support

    16th November 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine During the recent olive harvest, which lasted from the end of September through October, dozens of Palestinian volunteers joined farmers in their groves near the tense barriers of the Gaza Strip. The volunteers worked during a week at the height of the harvest season, from…

  • Gaza researchers determined to record Nakba generation before time runs out

    Gaza researchers determined to record Nakba generation before time runs out

    28th October 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Tucked into a quiet basement suite in the main building of the immaculate Islamic University of Gaza campus, the Oral History Center could at first be mistaken for a bursar or registrar’s office. But its stacks of metal filing cabinets may contain more memories…

  • Gaza man “kidnapped” by Israel in Sinai, says family

    Gaza man “kidnapped” by Israel in Sinai, says family

    11th October 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Khan Younis, Occupied Palestine The abduction of a Palestinian-Egyptian from the Sinai on the eve of Egypt’s 3 July coup has highlighted the network of collaborators and agents working with Israel in the peninsula. Wael Abu Rida crossed the Rafah border from Gaza into Egypt on 6 June with his family, including…