Tag: Salfit

  • Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza

    Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza by Anna Baltzer, 6 April 2007 One week ago, the walls of an overused cesspool in northern Gaza collapsed, flooding a nearby Bedouin village with up to two meters of raw sewage. At least five people drowned to death, with dozens more left sick, injured, or missing. Predictably, the…

  • Economic Embargo in Palestine leads to death of 19 year old dialysis patient

    19-year-old girl dies when hospital runs out of dialysis solution due to ongoing economic embargo from IWPS, 7 April 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On March 1st, 2007, a 19-year-old girl named Olfat with kidney problems from Qira village, died after her parents were forced to dilute her dialysis liquid. Due to the West and Israel’s…

  • Tragic, but not enough to mention

    The Untold Stories: Tragic, but Not Enough to Mention by Anna in Palestine Today I visited my friend Dawud in Kufr ‘Ain for the first time since he lost his six-month-old baby at Atara Checkpoint. It was heartbreaking to hear the details of the story from a man who just one month ago was asking…