Gaza Health Ministry: 137 of required medicines out of stock
16 December 2010
PIC - The ministry of health in Gaza warned Monday that 137 types of medicine and 150 of essential medical supplies are out of stock in Gaza, among those...
Palestinian fire heroes denied entry
15 December 2010
The Independent - Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem - A ceremony to honour Palestinian firemen who helped to fight the worst brush fires in Israeli history was called off yesterday...
Rights group: Police making illegal arrests of Palestinian children
13 December 2010
Haaretz - B'Tselem report accuses police of arresting Palestinian minors as young as five in East Jerusalem and dealing with them in ways that violate the law.
An Israeli human...
Israel proposes compensation for Gaza flotilla victims
10 December 2010
Telegraph - Israel proposed paying compensation to relatives of those killed during a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, in exchange for Turkey's help in protecting the Israeli navy against...
Former European leaders: Sanction Israel over settlement building
10 December 2010
Haaretz: 26 former top EU officials, including ex EU chief Solana and former German President Richard von Weizsacker, urge world powers to confront Jerusalem over its refusal to obey...
'The first issue is justice': Questions for John Ging
9 December 2010
(Maan News) UN humanitarian officer John Ging was in Rwanda during the genocide. He was in the former Yugoslavia during ethnic cleansing. And he does not hesitate to call...
Foreign Secretary "disappointed" Israel has not renewed the freeze on settlement construction
9 December 2010
(FCO) Foreign Secretary William Hague said that settlements are illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace. The Foreign Secretary said:
"I am disappointed that Israel has not renewed...
MPs Debate the detention of Palestinian children in the West Bank
9 December 2010
(CAABU) Alister Burt, the government's minister for the Middle East, expressed concern over Israel's repeated human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories and criticised the Israeli government for...
Israel to allow exports from Gaza Strip to boost local businesses
8 December 2010
The Guardian - Israel is to allow exports from the Gaza Strip in a move to help businesses devastated by the blockade imposed on the territory in June 2007.
The...
Medics: 3 injured by Israeli shelling in Gaza
8 December 2010
Maan - Israeli tank shelling injured three Palestinians Wednesday east of Gaza City, medics said.
The three hurt in the incident, near the Karni crossing, were not identified.An Israeli military...
Abbas says peace talks with Israel in crisis
8 December 2010
Maan - President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said peace talks with Israel were in crisis after Washington's decision to drop its demand for a new freeze on settlement building...
Dashed Hopes
30 November 2010
MAP, alongside 21 different groups, including Oxfam, Amnesty and Save the Children, have published a report into the continued blockade of Gaza nearly six months after the supposed 'easing'
Key...
Work begins on new Gaza sewage plant
29 November 2010
AFP - GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Work to build a new sewage treatment plant in northern Gaza began on Thursday in a multi-million euro project being funded by...
Blair: Israel must do more to ease Gaza blockade
29 November 2010
AP - Israel needs to do more to ease its blockade of Gaza and allow exports from the Hamas-ruled territory, international Mideast envoy Tony Blair said in an interview...
More Bedouin structures demolished in Jordan Valley
24 November 2010
Ma'an - As the sun rose early Wednesday, Palestinian Bedouins living in Abu Al-Ajaj, a small village in the Jordan Valley were surprised to see Israeli bulldozers demolishing their...
EU's Ashton: Israel failed to ease Gaza blockade
23 November 2010
Haaretz - Ashton says not enough goods flowing in to meet the humanitarian and reconstruction needs of Gaza, contrary to Israel's commitment.
Israel has failed to live up to its...
Death in Gaza
19 November 2010
PHR-Israel's Occupied Territories Department: Questioning Israel's Crossing Policy in the Aftermath of a Gaza Toddler's Death
Nasma Abu Lasheen died on Saturday, October 16, 2010 in Gaza after Israel failed...
U.S. taxpayers are paying for Israel's West Bank occupation
16 November 2010
Haaretz - According to a June 2010 fact sheet on the USAID Internet site, last year American taxpayers funded the paving of 63 kilometers of asphalt roads in the...
Gaza out of 79 critical drugs
12 November 2010
PIC- Amid plummeting medical conditions in the Gaza Strip, the territory's Health Ministry warned Wednesday that around 80 basic drugs have become out of stock.
Dr. Muneer Al-Bursh, the ministry's...
UN: No change in Gaza despite easing of Israel blockade
11 November 2010
BBC - The UN says there has been "no material change" for people in Gaza since Israel announced it was "easing" its economic blockade of the Palestinian territory.
In June...
