NGOs, locals: Gaza wants jobs not aid
15 June 2010
Ma'an - Two international organizations released reports Monday welcoming Israel's decision to allow an increased variety of goods into Gaza, but stressing the need for essential goods, over products...
Q&A: Why Israel's siege is illegal
15 June 2010
(Al Jazeera) The International Committee of the Red Cross has described Israel's blockade of Gaza as a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
That conclusion rests on the Israeli government'...
Gaza's health system at all-time low: Red Cross
15 June 2010
AFP - JERUSALEM - Gaza's health care system is at an "all-time low" with daily power blackouts and shortages of essential medical supplies, the International Committee of the Red...
Gaza’s misery does not make Israel safer
14 June 2010
Cathy Ashton (The Times) Peace is impossible until the blockade is lifted and people can regain their dignity
As far as we know, nine people died in international waters off...
Red Cross: Gaza blockade illegal
14 June 2010
(Al Jazeera) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has described Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip as a violation of the Geneva Conventions and called on the...
Israel eases Gaza embargo to allow snack food in
10 June 2010
Reuters - Israel is easing its Gaza embargo to allow snack food and drinks into the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian officials said Wednesday, following an international outcry over Israel's raid...
Gaza's boys and girls come out to play
10 June 2010
The Independent - London 2012 it isn't. But on Sunday a relay of 50 schoolchildren bearing an Olympic-style torch will start from Deir el Balah Elementary Boy's School in...
Barack Obama announces 0m aid package to Gaza
10 June 2010
Guardian - President Barack Obama said today the US would send 0m of aid to the Palestinian territories following 10 days of international focus on Gaza, which Israel has...
Kidnapped by Israel, forsaken by Britain
9 June 2010
Jamal Elshayyal (Al Jazeera) Firstly I must apologise for taking so long to update my blog. The events of the past few days have been hectic to say the...
Queen Rania on Gaza
9 June 2010
Queen Rania - "What do chocolate, cookies, A4 paper, potato chips, cumin, toys, jelly, nuts, dried fruit, nutmeg, and goats have in common?
It's a tricky one. If you're a...
Ban Ki-Moon demands Israel reconsider rejected probe
9 June 2010
The UN Secretary General has insisted other nations should oversee an investigation into Israel's deadly boarding of a Turkish ship.
Ban Ki-Moon restated the demands days after Israel rejected a...
EGYPT: Aid convoy enters Gaza, without aid
9 June 2010
LA Times - After being stranded at the Rafah border crossing for nearly 24 hours, nine members of the Egyptian Parliament were told Tuesday that the construction materials they...
More than 5,000 Palestinians cross newly opened Gaza-Egypt border
8 June 2010
Haaretz - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak opened Rafah in response to Israel's raid on Gaza flotilla; security sources say crossing to remain open.
More than 5,000 Palestinians have crossed the...
Free Gaza Movement to close Cyprus office in protest
8 June 2010
AFP - A pro-Palestinian group which helped organise the Gaza aid flotilla intercepted by the Israeli navy in a raid which cost nine lives last week on Monday announced...
Egypt: Gaza blockade a failure, border stays open
7 June 2010
(AP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - A security official says Egypt will keep its border with Gaza open indefinitely, easing the blockade on the territory's Palestinians and giving them a...
Israel releases Rachel Corrie aid ship crews
7 June 2010
PAGI - Israel on Sunday released all crews aboard the Rachel Corrie aid ship.
"They have all agreed to leave Israel, and they are in the airport now," Israeli Population...
Gaza aid on way
7 June 2010
Daily News - Forty tonnes of medical supplies will be airlifted to Gaza from Bahrain in the coming days, it emerged yesterday.
The collection of medicines and other medical equipment...
Amid Gaza health crisis, patients flock into Egypt
4 June 2010
McClatchy News -They arrived at the border by the busload: amputees and people with other disabilities by the dozens, in wheelchairs pushed by family members or friends. Others approached...
Health Situation in Gaza
4 June 2010
PARIS, June 3, 2010 (WAFA)- Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde- MDM) called for the lifting of the blockade of Gaza in order to improve long-term the living...
British survivor of Gaza flotilla raid: 'Israelis ignored SOS calls'
4 June 2010
Guardian - The first British survivor of the assault on the Mavi Marmara Gaza aid ship to return to London has told of her terror as Israeli troops ignored...
