UPDATE: Since this Action Alert was posted, the shelling of Gaza has continued almost non-stop. Eight days [now 17 days] and thousands of shells later, the assault on Gaza continues. Israel has vowed that it will continue to intensify the ...
Read More »UNRWA Director: “Counting down to a crisis in Gaza.”
From UNRWA PDF Version of Press Release Gaza – Another week of closure at Karni commercial crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip adds to the mounting woes facing Palestine refugees living in Gaza. This follows a weekend that saw ...
Read More »Amnesty International Calls for Halt to Gaza Attacks
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 April 2006 Public Statement Israel/Occupied Territories: Israel must halt attacks on Gaza residential areas – children killed Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli army to end immediately its air bombardments and shelling of civilian residential areas ...
Read More »And suddenly, the seams of childhood disappeared
Say to her, “My dear, my dear, It is not so dreadful here.” Hadil Ghabin, 9 years old, was killed Monday night after an Israeli shell struck her family’s home. 13 other members of her family were injured, including her ...
Read More »Just another Gaza Friday
By Laila El-Haddad I’ve always loved Fridays in Gaza. In the mornings, save for the lone garbage collector futilely sweeping the abandoned streets and Municipality park, littered with plastic cups, watermelon seeds, and strangled straws from the night before, the ...
Read More »Family of shot journalist accuse Israel
Vikram Dodd Tuesday April 4, 2006 The Guardian The family of a British cameraman shot dead by an Israeli soldier claimed yesterday that both the Foreign Office and the Israeli authorities had obstructed their search for justice. James Miller, 34, ...
Read More »The story of Saeed Abu Salah
by Laila El-Haddad Saeed Abu Salah is a patient man. Judging from all he has endured during the past four years at least. Abu Salah-40 years old with graying hair and eyes the color of chestnuts, and 20 children from ...
Read More »Travelers share tales from Rafah
by Venice Buhain Originally publsihed in The Olympian OLYMPIA — For a few hours Sunday, the Olympia Eagles Ballroom was filled with friendly chatter, the enticing smells of Mediterranean food and the delicate handiwork of Palestinian embroidery. But the main ...
Read More »How might we live?
By Laila El-Haddad From a-mother-from-Gaza.blogspot.com Tuesday, February 14, 2006 The shells are falling again. Interspersed with the occasional sonic boom. It’s like a mix and match Monday special. The army once compared it to a “hat of tricks”. Let’s see ...
Read More »Who Really Controls the Rafah Crossing?
By Kate My friend Patrick and I arrived in Cairo last night and left early this morning for the Rafah crossing into Gaza. We didn’t leave as early as we had planned, due to a comedy of errors involving hosts ...
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