Gaza

SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: MICHAEL WILNER NEW YORK – The UN General Assembly will convene for an emergency session on Wednesday regarding Gaza, where a version of a resolution vetoed last week by the US in the Security Council condemning Israel will receive a wider vote. The measure is being pushed by Arab powers, … Continued

SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: KEITH ELLISON AND CAROL HUNTNER WINOGRAD Over the past six weeks, nearly 100 men, women, and children have been killed in the protests along Gaza’s border with Israel. Over 11,000 more have been injured. One thing is absolutely certain about the latest crisis in Gaza – the status quo is failing. As a sitting Congressman … Continued

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: AHMED ABU ARTEMA RAFAH, Gaza — The seed that grew into Gaza’s Great Return March was planted Dec. 9, just a few days after President Trump announced he would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestinians long have held onto the dream of Jerusalem as our own capital, or at … Continued

SOURCE: YAHOO Israel was under mounting international pressure amid calls Tuesday for an independent probe after its forces killed 60 Palestinians during violence along the Gaza border as the United States opened an embassy in Jerusalem. On Monday, tens of thousands had gathered near the border while smaller numbers of stone-throwing Palestinians approached the fence … Continued

SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES BY: NOGA TARNOPOLSKY It should have been a relaxing time as Shlomit Almog and her husband, Giora, nursed cups of coffee at their favorite cafe, the C Espresso, early on a Friday afternoon. But she can’t distance herself from the news — or the worry. “I can’t disconnect,” she said. It’s … Continued

SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: ANNA AHRONHEIM Approximately 10,000 Palestinians protested along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip for the sixth consecutive Friday, with dozens attempting to breach the fence and others sending incendiary kites into Israel. For the first week since the demonstrations began on March 30, no Palestinians were reported killed by … Continued

SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: JACK KHOURY Forty Palestinians have been killed and 5,511 were wounded in the mass protests along the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel since March 30, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported on Tuesday. The protests have been held every Friday since then. The information on the casualties is … Continued

SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY To say that the situation in Gaza is deplorable and desperate is an understatement. That impoverished strip of land on the Eastern Mediterranean has been deplorable and desperate for decades. I traveled to Gaza many times during the 1990’s, in my capacity as co-Chair of Builders for … Continued