Tag Archives: Gaza

By: Haneen Zaqout – Grade 10, Friends School, Ramallah We all spend a lifetime trying to figure out what makes someone who they are, and what defines them. Is it their characteristics, appearances, or behaviors? It may be a combination ...

On the 16th June, people gathered in the center of Ramallah in a show of solidarity with the fishermen of Gaza, who today set sail in protest against the brutal Israeli imposed siege which is destroying their livelihoods. In Ramallah, ...

London Review of Books By Louisa Waugh ‘Don’t ask me how I am,’ a colleague said to me when I arrived at the office yesterday morning. ‘You know how bad things are here now, so please don’t ask.’ Things are ...

At least 15 Palestinians have been wounded after Israeli troops used gunfire to stop about 3,000 Hamas supporters from approaching one of the Gaza Strip’s main border crossings with Israel, witnesses say. Palestinian medical workers said on Friday that at ...

CONDEMN U.S. GOVERNMENT COMPLICITY IN BLOCKING PALESTINIAN RIGHT TO MOVEMENT AND ADVOCATE MEASURES TO PRESSURE ISRAEL To view original appeal click here May 30, 2008 The news that the US State Department has decided to cancel all previously approved Fulbright ...

By Akiva Eldar, published in Haaretz on the 29th May 2008. To view original article click here Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu criticized Israel’s refusal to allow him entry to the country, in his role as head of ...

PCHR Narratives Under Siege In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their ...

Statement from Gisha (www.gisha.org) On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, Israel’s Supreme Court held a hearing in a petition submitted by nine Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups, represented by Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, claiming that since ...

To view OCHA website click here To download full fact sheet click here Israeli restrictions on fuel supplies to Gaza peaked in April when Israel halted supplies of diesel, petrol and cooking gas (LPG) to Gaza. UNRWA was forced to ...

Press Release As a Palestinian human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is compelled yet again to raise the spectre of Israel’s continuing disregard for the customary international ...