A story from Maghazi Refugee Camp, central Gaza by: Rami Almeghari It was just after 1am when the Israeli jeeps and tanks, backed by war planes, invaded Maghazi, telling the story of Palestinian refugees anew. It is a story that ...
Read More »Gaza Diaries: Cry Freedom
By Mona El-Farra 16th of July, 1.30 am A loud explosion woke me up. My daughter was frightened and covered her head with the blankets as I switched on my little transistor radio. The F16 hit the Ministry of Foreign ...
Read More »While the World Watches Lebanon, the Israeli Army Tightens the Noose in Palestine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Starting around 5am this morning and lasting until the evening, the Israeli army surrounded the Mukatah (local government building) in Nablus with close to 100 military vehicles. They killed three people inside who are a part of ...
Read More »‘Blogging from Gaza’ – From bad to worse: the downpour continues
by Leila El-Haddad Friday, July 14: Things are bad in Gaza. Very bad. Not to mention of course in Lebanon, where Yassine’s, my husband’s, family lives, in the Wavel refugee camp in Baalbeck, Hezbollah stronghold. They, of course, along with ...
Read More »Three Days in One Room: The Experience of the Attar Family
by Mona El-Farra Thursday, July 13, 2006 2am Two successive big explosions wakened me up, Sondos jumped quickly to my bed , frightened, shivering and covered her head, with the blanket. It was two big explosions ,but not sonic booming, ...
Read More »Israel in Gaza: What Are They Fighting For?
by Tanya Reinhart A shorter version of this article was scheduled to appear Thursday, July 13th in Yediot Aharonot, but postponed to next week because of the developments in Southern Lebanon. (1) Whatever may be the fate of the captive ...
Read More »Boston Globe: “My Life in Gaza”
by Mona El-Farra, July 10, 2006 The irony is almost beyond belief. Since the capture of an Israeli soldier on June 25, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to a large-scale military operation, what Israel calls “Summer Rain.” Because Israel ...
Read More »International Outcry At Israel’s Broad Offensive in the Gaza Strip
July 8th: In response to the incursion in the Gaza Strip, many national and international organizations have condemned Israel’s violence. This release is intended to highlight some of the entities speaking out in support of the Palestinian people and in ...
Read More »A Palestinian Blogger on Life in the Blast Zone
Palestinian women sit in a bedroom in Beit Lahiya, Gaza where Israeli soldiers shot into a home. (AFP/Thomas Coex) From Mona Elfarra, a Palestinian physician and women’s rights activist living in the Jabalia refuge camp in the Gaza Strip. Friday, ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: “UN aid chief warns Gaza is on the verge of humanitarian crisis”
by the Associated Press, 30th June Gaza is three days away from a deadly humanitarian crisis unless Israel promptly restores fuel and electricity to the densely populated area after its offensive to free an abducted soldier, the United Nations aid ...
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