Reconstructing Gaza - UK Parliamentary Debate
9 November 2010
House of Commons - Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD): Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for granting me this debate, and particularly for granting it to me so early in...
After U.S. chides Netanyahu over East Jerusalem construction, more settlement plans unveiled
9 November 2010
Haaretz - Israel published two major new settlement plans on Tuesday, threatening to undermine Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest trip to Washington.
More than 1,000 Jewish homes were approved for...
Shortage of medicines felt by patients in Gaza
8 November 2010
Maan News - Tamer liked football and won a bronze medal twice in school competitions. Today, he lies on a hospital bed at Gaza City's Ash-Shifa Hospital.
The 14-year-old's hands...
Israeli Siege Kept Baby Girl From Leukemia Treatment
27 October 2010
Palestine Monitor - Nasma Abu Lasheen died on 16 October, 2010 from treatable leukemia, 155 kilometres from adequate medical facilities. She had spent most of her two years sick,...
Israel expands West Bank settlement
27 October 2010
Ma'an- Israel is expanding a settlement in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, Ma'an has learned.
Shvut Rachel Alt. 804, part of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, was built...
Settlers torch, vandalize Nablus school
20 October 2010
Ma'an- A group of Israeli settlers broke into an all girls' school in the Nablus district village of As-Sawiya on Wednesday, setting fire to its storehouse containing furniture and...
Arab League urges world leaders to boycott OECD conference in Jerusalem
18 October 2010
The Arab League sent letters to world leaders on Sunday calling for a boycott of this week's international tourism conference in Jerusalem hosted by Israel.
Assistant Secretary General Mohamed Sobeih...
House arrest for child run down by settler
18 October 2010
Ma'an) -- An Israeli court on Sunday ordered the release of a 12-year-old boy, detained on 8 October after he was filmed being run down by an Israeli settler...
CAABU: Construction materials still desperately need in Gaza
12 October 2010
A delegation of British parliamentarians has returned from the Gaza Strip as the Council for Arab British Understanding (CAABU) reiterated the call for construction materials to be allowed into...
Field Notes from the West Bank
8 October 2010
In addition to being a MAP trustee, Abla Trebble is a registered nurse who spent 14 years working in Buckinghamshire where her duties included managing health visitors, district nurses...
Airstrikes in north, central Gaza injure 5
7 October 2010
Israeli warplanes fired on multiple sites in the central Gaza Strip early Thursday, witnesses said, with medics confirming five injured during the strikes.
Warplanes targeted what the Israeli military identified...
Israel boards boat carrying Jewish activists
29 September 2010
Ma'an) -- Israeli commandos boarded a Gaza-bound aid ship crewed by Jewish activists Tuesday, Israel's army said.
The Israeli military said the "provocation yacht" had been boarded without incident and...
Bulldozers prepare as deadline on West Bank settlement freeze looms
24 September 2010
Guardian - Anticipation mounts among developers that Israel will end its freeze on settlement building this weekend
Giant bulldozers churn up the ground, turning the air a dusty red. Further...
Israel says UN flotilla report biased
23 September 2010
Ma'an- The UN-mandated committee charged with probing an Israeli attack on a Turkish-flagged aid boat in May released its first report Wednesday, calling the incident a violation of international...
World Bank: Palestinians Have a Donor-Dependent Economy
20 September 2010
AHN - Israel (TML) - Economic growth in the Palestinian territories is a product of international financial aid and not driven by sustainable domestic growth, the World Bank has...
Israel to allow cars into Gaza for first time since 2007
20 September 2010
(Dawn) GAZA CITY: Israeli authorities were to allow some 20 cars to be transported into Gaza on Monday, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military...
Marking massacre, PLO calls to protect refugees
17 September 2010
Ma'an- The head of the PLO Refugee Affairs Department on Thursday demanded justice and protection for Palestinian refugees on the 28th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre.
Zakaria Al-Agha...
Second strike in 24 hours hits Gaza
16 September 2010
Ma'an- An agricultural tools warehouse and an open area in the Rafah tunnels district were the sites of two airstrikes by the Israeli army on Gaza Thursday morning, witnesses...
Israel approves materials to upgrade Gaza plant
14 September 2010
AP-JERUSALEM - Israel began moving 250 tons of construction supplies into Gaza on Monday, the largest shipment of raw materials to the coastal territory since it eased a blockade...
Jerusalem or Gaza - where is it worse to be Palestinian?
13 September 2010
Haaretz - Amira Hass - Is it the isolation and insulation that Israel has imposed on Gaza, or the cynicism with which the decision makers continue to turn the...
