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Arab MK Zoabi testifies before UN flotilla probe

Washington - Palestinian-Israeli Knesset member Hanin Zoabi testified Tuesday before the a United Nations investigation of the May 31 "Freedom Flotilla" raid that left nine activists dead, Haaretz reported . Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi [Wikimedia...

Published 31 Aug 2010 8:48 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, investigation, flotilla, haneen zoabi, unhrc [Edit Tags]
Relief CEO works for the children of Palestine

By Sarah Harlan Washington - Palestine Note has featured several articles outlining the work of Palestine Children's Relief Fund , a medical relief charity focused on getting children in the Middle East urgent surgical care. PCRF CEO Steve Sosebee...

Published 30 Aug 2010 1:47 PM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, West Bank, lebanon, children, pcrf, medicine, steve sosebee [Edit Tags]
Clashes in Gaza, Jerusalem

Washington - Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militants, the armed wing of Fatah, clashed with Israeli forced overnight Sunday after an Israeli bulldozer entered Gaza, Ma'an News Agency reported Monday. Clashes in East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood...

Published 30 Aug 2010 8:30 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Jerusalem clashes [Edit Tags]
Egypt uncovers weapons cache in Sinai

Washington - Egyptian authorities have prevented 190 antiaircraft missiles from entering the Gaza Strip, Ma'an News Agency reported Saturday. Exploded shell [Flyk3r - Flickr] The arsenal was discovered in the Sinai Peninsula, assumably bound for the...

Published 28 Aug 2010 8:17 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, egypt, sinai, weapons [Edit Tags]
World Bank approves $7m for Gaza sanitation

Washington - The Gaza Strip has long suffered serious deficits in sanitation and waste treatment, but after Israel's winter offensive against Gaza in December 2008-January 2009, most of Gaza's sanitation infrastructure was destroyed. Gaza infrastructure...

Published 27 Aug 2010 10:03 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, blockade, World Bank, sewage [Edit Tags]
Hamas PM: Abbas cannot give up Jerusalem

Washington - Prime minister of the Hamas-led Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, said in an Iftar address Thursday evening that no negotiating team representing Palestine has the mandate to give up Jerusalem, Ma'an News Agency reported Friday. Hamas PM Ismail...

Published 27 Aug 2010 9:44 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, Jerusalem, Ismail Haniyeh, direct negotiations [Edit Tags]
Gaza: Delays feared for sewage project

Washington - Planners of a wastewater management project for the Gaza Strip are concerned about delays for phase two of the project's construction, Ma'an News Agency reported Thursday: The need for a function sewage treatment plant like the one...

Published 26 Aug 2010 9:01 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, blockade, sewage [Edit Tags]
Mortar explodes near Gaza border

Washington - A mortar reportedly fired from the northern Gaza Strip exploded near a kibbutz in the Negev Wednesday, Ynet news reported . Exploded ordinance [Flyk3r - FLickr] No injuries or damage has been reported. Said Ynet: "The Color Red alert...

Published 25 Aug 2010 10:33 AM by Editor

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Fuel to 'ease Gaza power crisis'

Washington - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced Tuesday an agreement that will see more diesel enter Gaza, in a effort to reverse the fuel crisis therein, Ma'an News Agency reported . Gaza's fuel crisis has meant most rely on generators...

Published 24 Aug 2010 1:32 PM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Salam Fayyad, power outage, OCHA [Edit Tags]
A mall in Gaza?

Washington - Israelis are saying the opening of Gaza's first shopping mall means claims of humanitarian crisis were exaggerated, but Gazans and the international community still point bigger problems than access to Pringles and perfume. Gaza's...

Published 23 Aug 2010 9:48 AM by Editor

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Hamas to seize unlicensed weapons

Washington - The de facto government of Gaza announced saturday that security forces will be confiscating all unlicensed weapons in an effort to promote public security, Ma'an News Agency reported : A militant carries a rocket. [Zoriah - Flickr] In...

Published 21 Aug 2010 6:22 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, weapons [Edit Tags]
Homeless Gazans take over Hamas building in protest

Washington – More than 40 Gaza families whose houses were destroyed during the 2008-2009 Israeli offensive in the Strip have taken over a Hamas building to protest the Islamist government’s failure to provide housing. Hundreds and thousands...

Published 20 Aug 2010 8:45 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Hamas, home demolition, homelessness [Edit Tags]
Fatah officilas to meet with Hamas in Gaza

Washington - Two Fatah officials will begin meeting with their Hamas counterparts to discuss Palestinian political reconciliation, Ma'an News Agency reported Friday. Prime Minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza Ismail Haniyeh invited two Fatah officials to...

Published 20 Aug 2010 7:26 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, Fatah, reconcilation [Edit Tags]
UN's Ban issues Goldstone update

Washington - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued his second follow-up report on Tuesday about the status of the Goldstone report, which accuses Israel and Palestinian militias of committing war crimes during Israel's 2008-2009 attack on Gaza....

Published 19 Aug 2010 10:22 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, goldstone report, United Nations [Edit Tags]
Lebanese, Algerian ships head for Gaza

Washington - Talk of the all-female Lebanese aid ship en route to Gaza has been in the news all summer, and AFP reported Thursday that the Mariam will sail for Cyprus, the first leg of the voyage, this weekend: The Rachel Corrie, named for an American...

Published 19 Aug 2010 7:55 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, lebanon, algeria, flotilla [Edit Tags]
Gaza child injured in Israeli offensive treated in Chicago

Washington - Wednesday, a 14-year-old Gaza boy received neurosurgical treatment at Hope Children's Hospital in a suburb of Chicago, according to a report from the Palestine Children's Relief Fund . Muath poses post-op with this host mother. [Photo...

Published 18 Aug 2010 12:40 PM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, palestine children's relief fund [Edit Tags]
Is the Gaza tunnel economy shrinking?

Washington - Tunnels running from southern Gaza under the Egyptian border have served has one of the only viable employment options, and ways to procure goods since Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip in 2007. However, a report emerged on...

Published 18 Aug 2010 11:31 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, tunnel economy, Siege [Edit Tags]
Israeli tanks shell Gaza home in 2nd day of clashes

Washington - Israeli tanks shelled a home in southeast Gaza on Tuesday, in a second day of clashes that left one Palestinian dead and two Israeli soldiers injured. Three artillery shells hit the home, witnesses told the Chinese news agency Xinhua. They...

Published 17 Aug 2010 6:41 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, skirmish [Edit Tags]
Land, sea convoys to head for Gaza in September

Washington - Pro-Palestinian activist group Viva Palestina has announced an overland aid convoy will take off for the blockaded Gaza Strip Sept. 18 in coordination with other international seabound aid convoys. According to the Viva Palestina website...

Published 16 Aug 2010 7:51 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, george galloway, viva palestina, flotila [Edit Tags]
WATCH: US humanitarian groups fear prosecution, may cut aid to Gaza

Washington – Nearly two months after the Supreme Court ruled “material support” foreign organizations the US considers terrorists illegal, even if that aid is aimed towards peace, many humanitarian organizations are worried over whether...

Published 13 Aug 2010 11:54 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, terrorism, supreme court, holder versus humanitarian law project, us aid [Edit Tags]
Small loans empower Gaza women

Washington - As reports roll in detailing the detrimental effect of Israel's siege on Gaza's economy - industry destroyed, expert commerce stagnant, tunnel trade thriving - many reports hone in on the subsequent unemployment and its effects. Gaza...

Published 13 Aug 2010 11:37 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, women, economic development, ANERA [Edit Tags]
Malaysian medical delegation enters Gaza

Washington - A team of 39 Malaysian doctors arrived in Cairo this week en route to the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip. Gazans needing medical treatment beyond that which the beleaguered coastal enclave is capable travel to Israel and Egypt for treatment...

Published 12 Aug 2010 9:56 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, doctors, medicine [Edit Tags]
Gaza celebrates Ramadan under siege

Washington - Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating yet another Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, under an Israeli-led blockade. Gaza children wait to collect water amid rubble from Operation Cast Lead, Israel's 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip...

Published 12 Aug 2010 8:38 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, ramadan [Edit Tags]
Night Beat: Organic Gaza, Mecca clocks, and hot hot Ramadan

Washington - After the August 3 skirmish on the Lebanon-Israel border, few countries expressed support to stand behind Lebanon, but among them were Iran and Syria. Now, after Congress has suspended military aid to Lebanon fearing an influence of Hezbollah...

Published 10 Aug 2010 7:49 PM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, flotilla, ramadan [Edit Tags]
Children's relief org gets treatment for Gaza kids

Washington - The Palestine Children's Relief Fund , which helps Palestinian children get medical treatment abroad, has been hard at work these past few months. In recent weeks, PCRF took hand surgeon Dr. Jose Monsivais to Hebron and the refugee camps...

Published 9 Aug 2010 7:07 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, white phosphorus, palestine children's relief fund [Edit Tags]
'State of emergency' in Gaza hospitals

New York - Health officials in the Gaza Strip have declared a state of emergency as a result of ongoing blackouts in the Palestinian territory. [Photo: Wikimedia Commons] Blackouts have been a worsening problem in Gaza sine late 2009 when the European...

Published 8 Aug 2010 2:54 PM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, blackouts [Edit Tags]
Israel, Turkey name reps to UN flotilla probe

New York - Israel has named a former diplomat as its representative on a UN-backed investigation of its deadly assault on a convoy of ships carrying aid to Gaza. Turkey as also named a distinguished diplomat, Özdem Sanberk , as its member of the...

Published 7 Aug 2010 10:57 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, freedom flotilla, Gaza boat, flotilla [Edit Tags]
Gaza power plant shuts down amid heat wave

Washington - The Gaza power plant, which already operates at reduced capacity , shut down Saturday for a lack of fuel, The Associated Press reported Saturday. The shut down leaves half a million Gazans without power as the blockaded coastal enclave suffers...

Published 7 Aug 2010 8:36 AM by Editor

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Lebanese aid ship to sail to Gaza

Washington - A Gaza-bound aid ship from Lebanon has slowly en route to the blockaded coastal enclave for months now, but Iran's Press TV reported Saturday that The Mariam sails for Gaza this weekend. The MV Rachel Corrie (above) attempted to reach...

Published 7 Aug 2010 8:09 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, lebanon, flotilla, mariam [Edit Tags]
WATCH: Support gathers for US boat to Gaza

New York - Some 400 people crowded onto a small boat for a cruise around southern Manhattan on Thursday evening to help raise funds for an initiative to send an American ship to challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Activists on board the fundraising...

Published 6 Aug 2010 1:30 PM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, New York, flotilla, activism [Edit Tags]
Algeria to fund Gaza's schoolchildren

Washington – Algerian parliamentarians will fund uniforms and textbooks for all Gaza’s children in government schools in the coming school year, Ma’an News Agency reported Friday. Kindergartners in the West Bank city of Hebron. [delayed...

Published 6 Aug 2010 11:22 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, children, education, algeria [Edit Tags]
Journalist beaten in Gaza, police to investigate

Washington - Al-Jazeera correspondent Ahmad Fayyad said he beaten by Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip Wednesday while he was reporting at a Khan Younis stadium, Ma'an News Agency reported Thursday. Journalists protest against stymying in Gaza...

Published 5 Aug 2010 9:42 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, journalism, assault [Edit Tags]
Swedish aid convoy to sail to Gaza

Washington - A flotilla of aid ships organized by Ship to Gaza Sweden will sail to Gaza before the year is out, spokesman Dror Feiler told AFP news agency Wednesday. [Photo: Free Gaza Movement - Flickr] "We will go (again) before the end of this...

Published 5 Aug 2010 6:46 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, sweden, flotilla [Edit Tags]
Gaza's aid priorities - Hamas, the UN and Israel

Gaza City - IRIN - The quality of life, the economy and food security for Palestinians living in Gaza have been severely impaired by Israel’s strict four-year blockade, according to the UN. The lack of schools and investment in education mean the...

Published 5 Aug 2010 6:09 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Hamas, blockade, education [Edit Tags]
UN agencies: Rebuilding Gaza quickly is 'impossible'

Gaza City - IRIN - UN agencies have calculated that the Gaza Strip needs about 86,000 new housing units, mostly because of population growth but also to replace the thousands of homes destroyed or damaged as a result of Israeli military operations . Cement...

Published 4 Aug 2010 9:37 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, OCHA, reconstruction [Edit Tags]
Egypt blames Palestinians for Sinai rockets

Washington - Egypt pointed to "Palestinian factions" Wednesday for a series of rockets launched from Sinai Peninsula Monday that hit Aqaba, Jordan and Eilat, Israel, killing a Jordanian man. Exploded shell [Flyk3r - Flickr] AFP news agency reported...

Published 4 Aug 2010 7:00 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, Jordan, egypt, rockets [Edit Tags]
US organizations react to border clashes

Washington - Israel peace advocacy organization Americans for Peace Now called on President Barack Obama to prevent further escalation between Israel and Lebanon - as well as Israel and Gaza - following clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border Tuesday. Lebanese...

Published 3 Aug 2010 9:00 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Israel, lebanon, barack obama, americans for peace now [Edit Tags]
Gazans oppose Hamas 'decency campaign'

By Mariam Hamed Gaza - The Hamas government in Gaza has begun a series of measures aimed at curtailing what it views as indecency in the Gaza Strip. This month, de facto government has ruled against women smoking water pipes in cafes and banned lingerie...

Published 2 Aug 2010 8:32 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, women's rights, decency [Edit Tags]
Medics say 42 injured in reported Gaza airstrike

Washington - A senior Hamas military leader's home was reportedly the target of an Israeli airstrike early Monday morning, which injured 42, according to medics. The home of Hamas military leader Alla Ad-Danaf was subject to an explosion Monday morning...

Published 2 Aug 2010 6:54 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, airstrike [Edit Tags]
Hamas leader: US doesn't want reconciliation,

Washington - Hamas politburo leader Khaled Masha'l told press in Qatar yesterday that the Islamist group has no intentions of yielding to international pressure on recognition and reconciliation, Ma'an News Agency reported Friday. Khaled Mash'al...

Published 30 Jul 2010 9:47 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, reconcilation, khaled meshal [Edit Tags]
Egypt 'stonewalls' Iranian delegation to Gaza

Washington – An Iranian delegation of four politicians who had been planning to visit the Gaza Strip via the Egyptian border has been blocked entry by Egyptian officials, Emirate daily The National reported Wednesday. Egypt opened the Rafah border...

Published 28 Jul 2010 8:43 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, egypt, Iran [Edit Tags]
The profitable side of siege

Washington - Israel's siege of Gaza has been characterized by words like "humanitarian crisis" and "prison camp," but "profitable" usually is not among them. Gaza tunnel worker [Zoriah - Flickr] Israel imposed the siege...

Published 27 Jul 2010 10:37 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, tunnel economy, Siege [Edit Tags]
Hamas allows trade of Israeli cargo trucks

Washington – Hamas’ Transport Ministry in the Gaza Strip has approved the purchase of Israeli cargo trucks. Ma’an News agency reported Turesday: Director of the ministry's Vehicle Engineering Department Hassan Ukasha said the decision...

Published 27 Jul 2010 8:41 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, blockade [Edit Tags]
British PM David Cameron: Gaza is a prison camp

New York - British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that Israel's blockade has made the Gaza Strip a "prison camp." David Cameron speaking at the Conservative Middle East Council annual Gala Dinner on 10 June 2008 [Photo: Wikimedia...

Published 27 Jul 2010 7:05 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, turkey, british, david cameron [Edit Tags]
Turkey police clash with protestors at Israeli team match

Washington - Haaretz newspaper is reporting that dozens of Turkish protesters scuffled with police near the venue where Israel is playing Serbia in a volleyball tournament in the Turkish city of Ankara on Saturday. According to the Israeli daily, the...

Published 24 Jul 2010 11:32 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Israel, turkey [Edit Tags]
Turkish hackers attack Israeli websites

Washington -- Arab Crunch is reporting that Turkish hackers have waged a cyber attack against thousands of Israeli websites following the Israeli attack on the flotilla aid shop which left nine Turkish citizens dead. According to Israeli blogger Erez...

Published 24 Jul 2010 10:05 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, flotila [Edit Tags]
Israeli decision to take toll on Gaza auto market

By Mariam Hamed Gaza - Israel's decision to allow Israeli cars into the Gaza Strip for purchase has the potential to hurt local dealers, Maher Abu Alouf, Direct of Coordination and Liaison in Gaza, said last week. And the Israeli cars are expected...

Published 23 Jul 2010 11:09 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, Hamas, Fatah, economy, cars [Edit Tags]
Gaza children set ball-bouncing world record

Washington – With 6,000 basketballs and 250,000 Gazan summer campers, the UN Relief and Works Agency has set another world record, this time for most balls simultaneously bounced, Ma’an News Agency reported Friday. [Illustration: Courtesy...

Published 23 Jul 2010 9:45 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, unrwa, children, world record [Edit Tags]
Palestinians breach Egypt's underground Gaza border wall

Washington – Tunnel smugglers have cut hundreds of holes in the underground steel barrier Egypt is building on its border with Gaza, the Associated Press reported Thursday. "It's a big failure,” said one Egyptian official of the steel...

Published 22 Jul 2010 10:32 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, blockade, tunnel economy [Edit Tags]
Gaza students receive high scores on exit exam

Washington - Students in Gaza "set near-record highs this year" on their high school exit exams, Ma'an News Agency reported Wednesday. Gaza usually sees a 50% pass rate on the Tawjihi exam, which is similar to the SAT in American or the...

Published 22 Jul 2010 8:08 AM by Editor

Filed under: Gaza, tawjihi [Edit Tags]

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