Amnesty details Gaza 'war crimes'
2 July 2009
BBC - Israel committed war crimes and carried out reckless attacks and acts of wanton destruction in its Gaza offensive, an independent human rights report says.
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians...
Peace Cyclists raise £10,000 for MAP
1 July 2009
This October, an international group of cyclists will again ride from Amman to Jerusalem calling for justice and peace in the Middle East. The ride will be the 5th...
Concern over seized Gaza activists
1 July 2009
Daily Express -
British and Irish people are among a group of 21 human rights activists "kidnapped" by the Israeli authorities, campaigners said.
The group were on board an aid boat...
UN rights mission hears of Gaza children's suffering
30 June 2009
GAZA CITY (AFP) - A UN human rights mission listened to testimony about the suffering of children in the Gaza Strip on Monday before wrapping up two days of...
Israeli warships surround Gaza-bound ‘Spirit of Humanity’ ship
30 June 2009
At least five Israeli warships have surrounded a civilian ferry carrying supplies to Gaza on Tuesday morning.
According to an email message from the Free Gaza movement the Sprit of...
Ministry of Health: 26 diagnosed with H1N1 in West Bank
29 June 2009
Maan News - The Palestinian Health Ministry announced Monday morning that the number in the West Bank affected by swine flu had risen to 26 after they discovered four...
Free Gaza Boat "Spirit of Humanity" Departs Cyprus
29 June 2009
The Free Gaza boat the "Spirit of Humanity" departed Cyprus at 7:30am on Monday, 29 July.
Twenty-one human rights and solidarity workers representing eleven different countries were aboard. The passengers...
Gaza residents 'live in despair'
29 June 2009
BBC - The International Committee of the Red Cross has described the 1.5 million Palestinians living in Gaza as people "trapped in despair".
In a report, it said that a...
Gaza industries struggle to rebuild
26 June 2009
BBC News, Gaza City - One of the building's corners stands on a precariously buckled concrete pillar.
But the small assembly line swishes on in the middle of the vast...
Recovery battle for Gaza war injured
24 June 2009
BBC - Yahya Abu Saif, 20, smiles lopsidedly as his brother steers his wheelchair along the narrow, rutted alley to his home.
It is nearly six months since an Israeli...
Israel defies US with plan for 240 new homes on Palestinian land
24 June 2009
Guardian - Israel's defence ministry has proposed legalising 60 existing homes at a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, and building another 240 homes at the site, despite...
Israeli demonstrators prevent humanitarian aids' entrance into Gaza
23 June 2009
Xinhua - Hundreds of Israeli demonstrators on Tuesday prevented the entrance of dozens of food aid-laden trucks to enter into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official told Xinhua.
Ra'ed...
Report: Israel plans to legalize, expand outpost
23 June 2009
AP - The Israeli government has formulated plans to legalize 60 existing homes at an unauthorized settlement outpost in the West Bank and allow the construction of 240 other...
Gaza's 2 years under Hamas: order and absurdity
22 June 2009
AP - Two years after Hamas seized power, the Gaza Strip is a jumble of absurdities: an economy sustained by smuggling through tunnels, a civil service that gets paid...
One patient dies in Gaza razing death toll due to the siege to 344
19 June 2009
IMEMC - A Palestinian man was reported dead on Wednesday after he was unable to leave the Gaza Strip for life saving medical care.
Omer Attallah, 42, years old had...
U.S. ups pressure on Israel to end Gaza siege
18 June 2009
Haaretz
The United States has stepped up pressure on Israel regarding the Gaza Strip: Three weeks ago it sent Jerusalem a diplomatic note officially protesting Gaza policy and demanding a...
Second Anniversary of the Gaza Blockade
17 June 2009
Jerusalem, 17 June, 2009: We, United Nations and non-governmental humanitarian, express deepening concern over Israels continued blockade of the Gaza Strip which has now been in force for two...
Carter's Visit
17 June 2009
Former US president condemns continuing Israeli blockade of Gaza
By Donald Macintyre in Gaza
The former US president Jimmy Carter is to give a full report to Barack Obama after becoming...
Israel's new regulations make moving from Gaza to West Bank harder
17 June 2009
Ma'an - Israel has imposed new restrictions barring Palestinians living in Gaza from moving to the West Bank, two Israeli human rights groups said on Tuesday.
According to the new...
Three more swine flu cases diagnosed in the West Bank
17 June 2009
(IMEMC News) The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported Tuesday that three more swine-flu cases were diagnosed in the occupied West Bank. So far, a total of five Palestinian were...
