Tag: Gaza

  • The Guardian: “A doctor’s call”

    by Victoria Brittain, January 30th Mona el-Farra, a Palestinian doctor working in Gaza should have been in London this evening, launching a campaign for peace between Israelis and Palestinians based on recognition of international law. The campaign, simply called “Enough”, is backed by various aid organisations, trade unions, faith and other campaign groups. Dr Farra…

  • PALESTINIANS ARE INVISIBLE…in the US press

    American Hummus – CNNI: Extensive report on injured Israeli teen, no mention of Palestinian deaths CNN International, Israel to resume “pinpoint” targeting of militants in Gaza. With dramatic footage of Israeli teenagers injured by a Palestinian rocket, Mathew Chance reports the current truce as a sham. We see footage of rockets being set up and…

  • The Independent – Gaza City: ‘Free the women and you free the whole country’

    by Johann Hari, December 15th There are many things you expect to find in the cratered, cramped heart of Gaza City, but a group of proto-Germaine Greers and Betty Friedans would be low on the list. Yet, I am sitting under a lush green tree with a group of tough old ladies at the heart…

  • Letter from Raed Sharif

    Dear Colleagues and Friends, Early this morning, I received the sad news that my mother (54 years old) passed away after serious health complications last night. I am sending this message to you and many other people around the world because I promised my mother before she died to let everybody know that it wasn’t…

  • Haaretz: “Elbow to Elbow, like Cattle”

    by Gideon Levy, December 10th Laila El-Haddad spent the last three weeks in a dismal apartment she was forced to rent in El Arish, Egypt, together with her son Yusuf, who is two years and nine months old. Every few days the two tried to travel to the Rafah border crossing, about 50 kilometers away,…