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Seven Year Old Child Dies Due To The Siege On Gaza, Death Toll Increased To 352

11 September 2009
PMC - A Palestinian child was announced dead on Wednesday after she was prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical care she needed. Dinna Al Zakzok, seven years old,...

Gaza border violence heats up: Israel enters, factions retaliate

10 September 2009
Clashes erupted as Israeli bulldozers and armored vehicles entered 800 meters beyond the Gaza border near Beit Hanoun and began destroying agricultural land near the border, witnesses said Wednesday...

Erekat: No Palestinian state without Gaza

10 September 2009
The Fatah-ruled West Bank and Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip must be politically reunited in order to establish a Palestinian state, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Thursday. "[Israeli Prime Minister...

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village

10 September 2009
AFP - Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, shooting in the air and smashing windows, witnesses said. The Israeli military confirmed there had...

Director Ken Loach in Liverpool Q&A for Palestine

9 September 2009
Liverpool Daily Post - FILM director Ken Loach took part in a question and answer session in Liverpool last night. The talk took place following a screening of his 1993...

Gaza: 10,000 without access to water and sanitation

9 September 2009
10,000 people in Gaza have no access to water and an additional 60 per cent of the population have only limited access. As a result of the near complete closure...

Israel's war on Gaza killed 252 children, report claims

9 September 2009
Independent - Israeli human rights agency challenges army's figures By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem The Israeli official figures seriously underestimated the civilian Palestinian death toll exacted during its onslaught in Gaza...

Medics: Israeli blockade risks Gaza cardiac patients' lives

7 September 2009
Maan News -The lives of hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will be put at risk if Israel does not allow the delivery of a spare part needed...

Israelis Target Medical Teams

7 September 2009
JELAZON, West Bank, Sep 3 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Muhammad Nayif's mother broke down as she spoke to IPS.Nayif died after being shot three times in the chest by Israeli...

Carter: One-state solution 'more likely'

7 September 2009
Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Sunday that Palestinian leaders were "seriously considering" a one-state solution to their struggle for self-determination. "A majority of the Palestinian leaders with whom...

Israel approves 366 new West Bank apartments

7 September 2009
AP -Israel has officially approved construction of 366 new apartments in the West Bank. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that he intends to soon approve about 84 more. This the...

Israel 'to back settlement work'

4 September 2009
BBC - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will approve more construction in West Bank settlements before considering a halt to building work, officials say. The prime minister is expected to back...

Gaza sewage 'a threat to Israel'

4 September 2009
BBC - The UN and international aid agencies say Israel must relax its blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow urgent repairs to the water and sewage systems. In a...

Humanitarian organisations deeply concerned about the ongoing water and sanitation crisis in Gaza

3 September 2009
Call for an immediate opening of Gaza's crossings The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Mr Maxwell Gaylard, together with the NGO Association for International Development...

Aid trickles into Gaza through two crossings

3 September 2009
Ma'an - Israeli authorities decided to open the Kerem Shalom and Nahal Oz crossings on Thursday to allow food and fuel into the besieged Gaza strip, keeping the Karni...

PA minister accuses Israel of neglecting prisoners' health

2 September 2009
Palestinian Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqi on Tuesday alleged that potentially fatal diseases such as cancer were going untreated inside Israeli prisons. In a statement, Qaraqi attributed certain patients'...

Bleak Ramadan for Gaza residents

1 September 2009
GAZA CITY, 31 August 2009 (IRIN) - Ramadan, a festive time in many parts of the Muslim world, is bleak in Gaza because basic and traditional foodstuffs are unavailable...

Palestinian refugees protest Nahr al-Bared delay

1 September 2009
Daily Star BEIRUT: Hundreds of Palestinian refugees staged a protest at the northern camp of Nahr al-Bared on Monday to oppose the government's decision to delay the camp's reconstruction. Protesters...

400 Patients in Gaza Facing Imminent Death

26 August 2009
Qatar News Agency - The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has announced that 400 ICU patients are facing imminent death due to the ongoing Israeli blockade. It...

How settlements in the West Bank are creating a new reality, brick by brick

25 August 2009
Guardian Continuing our series of exclusive reports, we look at how Israel's growing infrastructure in the region threatens not just the form but the very possibility of a future Palestinian...