Tag: Gaza

  • This Is Apartheid

    By Rann The Israeli Supreme Court approved a law yesterday denying West Bank and Gaza Palestinians married to Israeli Palestinians residence or citizenship in Israel. As the linked Ha’aretz editorial states, this is a disgrace. Moreover, this is yet another grounding of apartheid by the Israeli ‘justice’ system. “… not one single Western country discriminates…

  • “That terrible feeling inside “

    http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/ Ok I admit I’ve been a little lazy this week. Part of that is has to do with the fact that, wrapped up in my pre-travel anxiety as it were, and my mad rush to tie up as many loose ends as possible and write as much as possible, I think I burnt myself…

  • Laila’s Journal: I don’t exist!

    By Laila el-Haddad I don’t exist! …well, at least not according to British Airways. I was attempting to enter in my “passenger details” and country of citizenship and residence on their website for a flight I have booked next month (from Cairo, 8 hours and a border crossing away, since the Gaza airport is incapacitated-much…

  • Hamas forms new security branch

    By Laila el-Haddad Something strange is happening in Gaza. Municipality workers are actually working. The streets seem a bit cleaner. And for once, I actually saw a policeman arresting a criminal in a dramatic pick-up the other day, much to the chagrin of his gang, who stoned and shot at the police car (futilely), and…

  • Palestinians commemorate Prisoners Day, as all hell breaks loose

    By Laila el-Haddad Posted Monday, April 17, 2006 I’m very tired so instead of posting something on how all hells break loose here between one second and the next, and how just when you say to yourself-well how about that, only 20 shells today! and no gunbattles between bickering testosterone charged gunmen with nothing better…