Tag: Gaza
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UN expert repeats call for threat of sanctions against Israel over Gaza blockade
United Nations News Centre 29 December 2009 The United Nations independent expert on Palestinian rights has again called for a threat of economic sanctions against Israel to force it to lift its blockade of Gaza, which is preventing the return to a normal life for 1.5 million residents after the devastating Israeli offensive a year…
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Gaza’s border must be opened NOW
Pam Rasmussen | The Electronic Intifada 29 December 2009 Tell Egypt you stand in solidarity with Gaza – use this online form to send a letter to the Palestine Division at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, and to the Egyptian Embassy in the US This time is clearly different. I have traveled to…
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Hebrew University bans student conference on anniversary of Gaza invasion
Saed Bannoura | IMEMC News 29 December 2009 A student group affiliated with the socialist ‘Hadash’ party in Israel had organized a conference commemorating and condemning the Israeli invasion of Gaza one year ago, but the Hebrew University administration banned the conference, saying that it violates the University’s principles. When students from the Hadash party…
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This is not humane. We need our dignity
Sami Abdel-Shafi | The Guardian 29 December 2009 On my way to visit a friend in the Abed Rabbo district, north of the Gaza Strip, the taxi driver handed me a small pack of biscuits for change. There are nearly no copper coins left here so cab drivers barter a half Israeli shekel for biscuits…