Tag: Gaza

  • Gaza Diaries: Cry Freedom

    By Mona El-Farra 16th of July, 1.30 am A loud explosion woke me up. My daughter was frightened and covered her head with the blankets as I switched on my little transistor radio. The F16 hit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building with one rocket, it is the second time in less than one week.…

  • While the World Watches Lebanon, the Israeli Army Tightens the Noose in Palestine

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Starting around 5am this morning and lasting until the evening, the Israeli army surrounded the Mukatah (local government building) in Nablus with close to 100 military vehicles. They killed three people inside who are a part of the preventative security force of the PA, that the Israelis claim were wanted persons. They…

  • ‘Blogging from Gaza’ – From bad to worse: the downpour continues

    by Leila El-Haddad Friday, July 14: Things are bad in Gaza. Very bad. Not to mention of course in Lebanon, where Yassine’s, my husband’s, family lives, in the Wavel refugee camp in Baalbeck, Hezbollah stronghold. They, of course, along with all of Lebanon, are blockaded by air and sea, so Yassine has sort of become…