Textbooks Become a Dream
21 September 2009
GAZA CITY, Sep 17 (IPS) - A chronic shortage of school supplies, and severely overcrowded classrooms are crippling Gaza's educational system as tens of thousands of children begin a...
IDF denies it is refusing to process Gaza applications for medical treatment
21 September 2009
Israeli human rights organizations are in an uproar after being notified earlier this week that army officials would no longer respond to applications they filed on behalf of Gaza...
Palestinians queue at checkpoint
21 September 2009
Palestinians are trying to cross the Israeli-controlled Qalandia checkpoint for prayers at the Al Asqa mosque in Jerusalem, to mark the end of Ramadan.
Men must be over 50 and...
UN Gaza report accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes
16 September 2009
Inquiry into Gaza conflict singles out Israeli policy towards Palestinians for most serious condemnation
Israel's offensive against Gaza last January was "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and...
UN report: Gaza water system on verge of collapse
15 September 2009
Ma'an/Agencies - Gaza's underground water system is in serious danger of collapse after Israel's recent assault compounded years of overuse and contamination, according to a report from a key...
UN Palestinian refugee chief AbuZayd: "periods of hope have all been dashed"
14 September 2009
Karen AbuZayd, the Head of the UN Agency that provides food, health and housing to millions of Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) was at the European Parliament Thursday (11 September). She...
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,...
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...
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'...
