Tag: Gaza

  • Journal: From the Kabariti kids

    By Sharon in Gaza To view Sharon’s blog please click here I’ve been asked to send some messages to a couple of the worldwide rallies on Saturday (yay!), and decided that I would much prefer to let Palestinians speak for themselves, especially some of the 50% of Gaza’s population who are under 18 years old.…

  • BBC: Palestinians ‘fear worse to come’

    To view original article, published by the BBC on the 2nd January, click here A British volunteer in the Gaza Strip has said civilians there believe there is worse to come after seven days of bombardment by Israeli forces. Jenny Linnell, 33, who left her job in a Totnes cafe to work for the International…

  • Foreign passport holders in Gaza decide to stay – “We will not leave”

    2nd January 2009, Gaza: Despite the exception that Israel is making or foreign passport holders to allow them to leave Gaza for safety, some of the foreigners have chosen to remain and share the fate of the rest of the Palestinian people. Alberto Arce (Spain) has been accompanying ambulances and reporting from hospitals; “Israel does…

  • Ramallah sees in the new year with candles for Gaza

    Candle-lit demonstration in solidarity with Gaza – Ramallah, New Year 2009 Around 2000 people gathered in Al-Manara to see in the new year in solidarity with the besieged Palestinians under Israeli attack in Gaza. Over 400 people in Gaza have now been killed in the Israeli massacre, one fifth of whom are women and children.…

  • Il Manifesto: The angel factories

    By Vittorio Arrigoni Translated from Il Manifesto To view original article, published by Il Manifesto on the 30th December 2008, click here Jabilia, Bet Hanun, Rafah, Gaza City are the legs of the journey in my personal map of hell. Whatever the press releases from the summit of the Israeli military may say, recited parrot-style…