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Israel to close down all three Gaza crossings Friday

24 July 2009
Ma'an - Israeli authorities have decided to close all of Gaza's commercial crossings on Friday, said Palestinian crossings official Raed Fattouh on Thursday. The official told Ma'an that "the Israeli...

Gaza child paralysed from waist down

23 July 2009
It's six months since Israel pulled its tanks out of Gaza, at the end of a three week offensive against Hamas. During the fighting, four-year-old Samar was shot and paralysed,...

UK Parliament Discusses Israeli Settlements

22 July 2009
Westminster Hall Tuesday 21 July [Mr. David Amess in the Chair] Israeli Settlements Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.-[Mr. Watts.] 9.30 am Rob Marris (Wolverhampton, South-West) (Lab): It is a...

We need medicines, not bullets: Doctor

21 July 2009
The Peninsula -DOHA: Medicines, not bullets, are what the Palestinian people direly need now, a newly-graduated Palestinian cardiologist said as he calls for a stop to the recurring siege...

Israelis On Horseback In West Bank Fire Raid

20 July 2009
Sky News Israeli settlers on horseback set at least 1,500 Palestinian-owned olive trees on fire in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian security official has said. Israeli forces clash with Israeli...

Israeli PM defiant on Jerusalem

20 July 2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a reported US request that a building project in Jerusalem be halted. The project involves building 20 apartments in the mainly Arab East...

Gambling with peace: how US bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements

20 July 2009
• California charity 'a barrier to West Bank resolution' • Millionaire's foundation must be curbed, critics say For the winning punters chancing their luck at Hawaiian Gardens' charity bingo hall in...

An innovative approach to raising awareness

16 July 2009
Arab News - Between Dec. 27, 2008 and Jan. 17, 2009, the population of Gaza suffered 22 days of relentless aerial and ground bombardments. During the offensive, over 1,400...

B'Tselem: Military's attack on "Breaking the Silence" is groundless, given its refusal to investigate events in Operation Cast Lead

16 July 2009
B'Tselem July 15, 2009 - In light of the Israeli military's attack against the credibility of the soldiers' testimonies issued by "Breaking the Silence", B'Tselem has urgently sent the...

Viva Palestina reaches Gaza

16 July 2009
The largest humanitarian aid convoy in history to travel from the U.S. to Palestine succeeded in crossing the Rafah border into Gaza late today. After days of delay, the...

Israeli soldiers reveal the brutal truth of Gaza attack

15 July 2009
Independent - Troops' testimonies disclose loose rules of engagement and use of civilians as human shields. Palestinian houses were systematically destroyed by 'insane artillery firepower' By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem Israeli...

UNDP begins removal of 420 tons of rubble in Gaza

14 July 2009
Ma'an - Palestinian bulldozers and construction vehicles began removing the rubble of the "Saraya" security compound in Gaza on Monday, more than six months after Israeli warplanes leveled it. The...

Egypt stops Gaza-bound medical convoy

13 July 2009
Tehran Times Egypt stops Gaza-bound medical convoy Egyptian authorities have refused to allow 'Viva Palestina' activists trying to carry humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip to cross into the Sinai Peninsula. The...

U.K. hits Israel with partial arms embargo over Gaza war

13 July 2009
Haaretz Britain has slapped a partial arms embargo on Israel, refusing to supply replacement parts and other equipment for Sa'ar 4.5 gunships because they participated in Operation Cast Lead in...

Gaza's children struggle with memories of war

10 July 2009
Middle East Online - Experts say vast majority of Gaza children will bear psychological scars of Israeli war for years to come. By Patrick Moser - GAZA CITY Fourteen-year-old Ghasan Matar...

Patient dies in Gaza due to the siege, death toll reaches 349

9 July 2009
IMEMC - A Palestinian man from Gaza was announced dead on Wednesday after doctors were unable to treat him because of the Israeli siege on the Strip. Abed Al Haleem...

Five Years After Advisory Opinion on Wall, UN Calls Israel To Comply with its Obligations

9 July 2009
Thursday is the five-year anniversary of the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion, which found that Israel's construction of the Wall within the Occupied Palestinian Territory violated its obligations...

'Law must thwart' Israeli barrier

8 July 2009
BBC -International aid and advocacy group Oxfam is demanding the "triumph of the rule of law" over Israel's barrier inside the West Bank. The campaign marks five years since an...

Nutritional and Hygiene Support Benefits 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza

8 July 2009
MAP's 6-Month Programme, in partnership with ECHO, started on 27th of December in reaction to the attacks on Gaza. Palestinian children are widely suffering from different forms of macro and...

A life in ruins

8 July 2009
Observer In the immediate aftermath of Israel's bloody three-week war with Hamas in January, Peter Beaumont travelled to Gaza and met the Palestinians devasted by the death of their families...