Source: Middle East Monitor The EU has hired an Israeli who advocates Gaza be “wiped out” to improve EU-Israel relations, Electronic Intifada reported. Avishai Ivri appears in a promotional campaign in which he outlines the European Union’s benefits for Israel, declaring it “the best neighbours we have”. However, in tweets published during Israel’s November 2012 attack on … Continued
A general view of Gaza City after last conflict between Israel and Hamas. By: Alice Rothchild Source: The Globe Post While the world is appropriately focused on the massive humanitarian crises in places like Syria and Mosul and South Sudan, two million Gazans face a growing manmade disaster that is largely invisible. After 50 … Continued
The mobile theatre puts on a performance at a kindergarten in Gaza (Photo courtesy of Palestine Theatre Entertainment Team) By: Ibrahim Abdelhadi Source: The Middle East Eye Inside the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the Nuseirat area of Gaza, 11-year-old Mohammed Abu Arab, who suffers from leukemia, is sitting in his chair anxiously awaiting for … Continued
By: Sara Roy Source: London Review of Books Sara Roy is based at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard. The third edition of The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development was published last year. My last visit to Gaza had been in May 2014, just before Israel launched Operation Protective Edge, an … Continued
By: Pam Bailey Source: Mondoweiss Today is the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of what now is called the Palestinian territories. This shameful milestone is being marked with a plethora of pundit commentary about Trump’s potential role, the continuing division among the Palestinian leadership and—in the background—the ever-expanding Israeli settlements. But in addition to … Continued
By: Rania Elhilou ANERA Early this week, I took a day off to stay home. It wasn’t for family time, school meetings or having friends over for dinner. I simply took the day off to wash the piles of laundry that had amassed on my balcony. Sadly, people here cannot focus on anything but the … Continued
Human Rights Watch The Israeli military authorities are blocking access to and from the Gaza Strip for human rights workers who document abuses and advocate to end them, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The travel restrictions call into question the Israeli military authorities’ claim to rely on human rights organizations as … Continued
By Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters It’s not easy doing business from Gaza but tailor Mohammad Abu Shanab has found a demand he can supply — his sewing factory is churning out religious skull caps, for devout Jewish men. Since Israel resumed importing clothing from Gaza in 2015, Abu Shanab has renewed commercial contacts to sell merchandise … Continued
By Donald Snyder Forward He was the beloved doctor of both Palestinians and Israeli Jews, the one who brought their children into the world. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, the Gaza-based Palestinian obstetrician and gynecologist who was the first Palestinian physician from the occupied territories to receive an appointment at an Israeli hospital, still believes passionately in … Continued
Walaa Abu Shaaban and her friend take a break during an AngelHack hackathon hosted by Gaza Sky Geeks, December 2016.Gaza Sky Geeks / Mercy Corps By Christopher M. Schroeder recode If you have any doubt that near-universal access to tech is helping a new generation take control of their own lives, solving problems and building opportunity … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in front of a new Jewish settlement construction site, in the Occupied West Bank [Reuters] By Stanley L Cohen Al Jazeera Last week, the world stood fixated at a largely symbolic gesture by the United Nations in which it found the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank of Palestine to be … Continued
Dutch artist Marjan Teeuwen specialises in turning unwanted places into works of art, with her latest work ‘Shaath House,’ a barren house in the Gaza Strip (AFP Photo/SAID KHATIB) By Adel Zaanoun Yahoo News Dutch artist Marjan Teeuwen walks past a column formed from rubble to show off her latest creation, a barren house in … Continued
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