SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: MARC LYNCH On Friday, March 30, Israeli troops killed more than 20 protesters and wounded more than 700 after the March of Return protest approached a fence dividing the Gaza Strip and Israel. Clashes recurred during protests the following Friday. The confrontation between activists in Gaza and the Israeli military … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATION BY: ALEX KANE The videos that have streamed out of the Gaza Strip over the last two weeks are disturbing, digital testaments to extreme force and terror. In one widely circulated video taken on March 30, on the first day of what has been dubbed the “Great Return March,” 19-year-old Abdul Fattah al-Nabi can … Continued
By J. Michael Springmann/Arab America Contributing Writer Apologies to Woody Guthrie. However, the American Main Stream (Lame Stream?) Media (MSM) has started reporting on Israeli attacks on peaceful Palestinian protests over “Land Day”, commemorating the theft of Palestine by the Israelis. And the MSM (e.g. the Washington Post) has only started reporting the seven murders … Continued
SOURCE: TIMES OF ISRAEL BY: LEAH SOLOMON Seventeen human beings killed in Gaza, more than 1,000 wounded. By my government, my army, my people, our sons. As of yet, thank God, there are no Israeli injuries or deaths. We are very well prepared. Yes, I know that while most of the tens of thousands of … Continued
Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags, photos of dead journalist. One says: ‘What do they expect of a people who have been under blockade for more than 9 years?’ SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL Some 1,500 people took part in a demonstration in the Israeli-Arab town of Sakhnin Saturday in solidarity with the people of the Gaza … Continued
By: Mohammed Alhammami/Arab America Contributing Writer Eight months ago, I achieved a dream: I was admitted to the graduate program at Southern Illinois University and actually “escaped” the blockade of Gaza—unlike so many hundreds of others who try and fail. But these days, it is hard to feel happy about it without feeling angry and guilty … Continued
SOURCE: WAFA GAZA, March 30, 2018 (WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinians Friday launched the Great March of Return in the besieged Gaza Strip to protest against Israel’s refusal to allow refugees right of return to their pre-1948 homes. More Palestinians are expected to arrive to tent cities that have been set up in five locations … Continued
SOURCE: WAFA WASHINGTON, March 14, 2018 (WAFA) – The Washington meeting on Gaza was an attempt to exploit the humanitarian situation in the besieged coastal strip for political ends, Palestinian’s head of delegation to the United States, Husam Zomlot, said on Tuesday. He told heads and representatives of civil society organizations in Washington that the … Continued
The discussion brought national security officials from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain together for an exceptional diplomatic moment. SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: MICHAEL WILNER WASHINGTON – Trump administration officials worked the phones for weeks to bring Israeli and Arab diplomats around the same table at the White House, … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: ZENA TAHHAN It was 2008 in the Gaza Strip. When winter arrived, so did the Israeli warplanes. Reem Alfranji lived in a second-floor apartment with her husband, Mohammad, and two sons – five-year-old Aboud and Amro, a toddler. During glass-shattering uninterrupted bombardment, the family would stay at her uncle’s downstairs, where the vibrations … Continued
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES BY: ABIER ALMASRI http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-almasri-no-electricity-in-gaza-20170820-story.html Some friends threw me a surprise birthday party last month. They placed a chocolate cake lit with candles before me and told me to make a wish for the year ahead. I immediately blurted out, “24-hour electricity and air conditioning.” They laughed and suggested I wish … Continued
SOURCE: AL-MONITOR BY: AHMAD MELHEM RAMALLAH, West Bank — On Aug. 3, Palestinian Minister of Health Jawad Awad authorized the installation of solar panels in public hospitals in the Gaza Strip, financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Awad, Takeshi Okubo, the Japanese representative to Palestine, and JICA officials met in Ramallah to discuss the deal. The solar panels are … Continued
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