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,...
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...
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...
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...
Israeli forces at Erez bar infant travelling with mother and sick toddler from leaving Strip
7 July 2009
Ma'an - Israeli forces at the Erez crossing prevented 5-month-old infant from crossing into Israel with his mother and five-year-old sister, who was given permission to receive medical treatment...
European Commission: Settlements strangle Palestinian economy
6 July 2009
Maan - The legislative arm of the European Union on Monday sharply rebuked Israeli settlement-building in the occupied West Bank, according to the AP.
The European Commission said Israel's policy...
Cancer trauma inspires Palestinian film
3 July 2009
By Mohammed Harmassi -BBC Arabic
A woman from Gaza stands at an Israeli check-point. We can only see her back but it is clear that in shame she opens her...
Gaza crossings: One week of supplies equal to daily delivery pre-siege
3 July 2009
Ma'an - Israeli crossings authorities will allow 111 truckloads of goods and a limited amount of industrial fuel and cooking gas into the Gaza Strip Thursday, said Raed Fattouh,...
