Israel cancels transfer of humaniterian aid into the Gaza Strip
24 December 2008
Maan News -
Israel decided on Wednesday to cancel its decision to temporarily open the Gaza Strip border crossings of Kerem Shalom and karni on Wednesday to transfer humanitarian aid...
Gaza near to collapse as Israel tightens grip, says bank
22 December 2008
Israel's blockade of Gaza is pushing the territory to the brink of collapse and fuelling the growth of a black money market controlled by Hamas, the World Bank warned...
Israeli blockade 'forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food'
22 December 2008
UN fears irreversible damage is being done in Gaza as new statistics reveal the level of deprivation.
Impoverished Palestinians on the Gaza Strip are being forced to scavenge for food...
My expulsion from Israel
19 December 2008
When I arrived in Israel as a UN representative I knew there might be problems at the airport. And there were..
Richard Falk
On December 14, I arrived at Ben Gurion...
No more food: UNRWA suspends relief distribution in Gaza until further notice
18 December 2008
Maan News -
All regular food distribution programs at UNRWA's Gaza locations have been cancelled after basic goods ceased to be allowed into the Strip.
As of Thursday morning all regular...
One dead after night of Israeli air, ground attacks on Gaza
18 December 2008
Maan News -
A 53-year-old Palestinian man was killed and three others injured by an Israeli artillery attack on a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night.
The shelling...
Gaza's grim reaper
17 December 2008
Israel always manages to commit its worst deeds when no one else is looking.
By Paul J. Balles
While Americans concentrate on the cost of rescuing the U.S. financial system, and...
Official: 271st patient dies as a result of Gaza blockade
16 December 2008
Gaza - Ma'an - A Gazan man became the 271st Palestinian patient to die as a result of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip after he was banned...
Israel warned against halting cash flow to Gaza
15 December 2008
AP - RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli restrictions on cash shipments to Gaza banks, meant to weaken the territory's Hamas rulers, are largely counterproductive and ultimately harm Palestinian moderates,...
On life support
12 December 2008
Guardian - Anyone who thinks that the status quo in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is acceptable should talk to a doctor from Gaza. There is an acute shortage of all...
Interview with UN's John Dugard
11 December 2008
By Laila El-Haddad in Gaza
On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly (GA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was seen as a considerable achievement in...
Aid trickles in as Israel opens Gaza crossings for second day
11 December 2008
Gaza - Ma'an - Israel will allow minimum shipments of humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip for the second day in a row on Wednesday, a Palestinian official...
U.N. TRUCKS CARRYING GOODS ENTER GAZA FROM ISRAEL
10 December 2008
Gaza from Israel today. Those goods included ten trucks of flour for the World Food Programme.
For its part, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the...
Dignity to Gaza: “We’re Back!” - Fourth Successful Voyage Breaks Through Siege of Gaza
10 December 2008
The Free Gaza Movement ship "Dignity" successfully broke through the Israeli blockade for the fourth time since August, arriving in Gaza Port at 2:45pm, Tuesday 9 December.
The ship carried...
Israel to allow aid into besieged Gaza Strip; Free Gaza Ship expected later
9 December 2008
Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided on Monday that humanitarian aid will be allowed into the besieged Gaza Strip, after 34 days of near total...
Inside Gaza: Malnutrition and shortages.
8 December 2008
The UN says the carbohydrate-rich diet of many Gazans causes malnutrition
By Paul Wood
BBC News, Gaza
People are not starving in Gaza but there is what the aid agencies call "food...
Action, not words
5 December 2008
The noble spirit of the universal declaration of human rights is betrayed by a lack of help for Gaza
Karen AbuZayd
As we approach the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration...
Israel to allow shipment of urgent aid into Gaza
4 December 2008
Bethlehem - Ma'an - Israel will momentarily ease its siege of the Gaza Strip to allow urgently-needed aid through the Kerem Shalom border crossing on Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian...
Gaza flour stocks sufficent for less than three more days
3 December 2008
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned about the continuing closure of border crossings into the Gaza Strip, which have now been sealed by the Israeli...
UN accuses Israel of punishing aid workers
2 December 2008
By Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor
The UN official responsible for the welfare of 4.6 million Palestinian refugees has accused
Karen AbuZayd, who is based in Gaza City, said that Israeli authorities...
