Tag: Gaza

  • UN: Gaza in worst condition since 1967

    Ali Waked | YNet News 8 September 2009 A UN report published Tuesday says poverty in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated to levels unseen since 1967. The UN trade and development agency says 90% of Gaza’s residents are currently beneath the poverty line and rates the damages caused by the IDF’s Operation Cast Lead at…

  • Support the Gaza Freedom March

    Gaza Freedom March Endorse the Gaza Freedom March! Sign the Pledge Below! Israel’s blockade of Gaza is a flagrant violation of international law that has led to mass suffering. The U.S., the European Union, and the rest of the international community are complicit. The law is clear. The conscience of humankind is shocked. Yet, the…

  • IOF willfully kill a child in Beit Hanoun town, northern Gaza

    Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) 6 September 2009 On Friday afternoon, 4 September 2009, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a 14-year-old child, Ghazi al-Za’anin, in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip. IOF troops shot the child from close range, while he was walking with his family. This child was the second…