By Fida Qishta
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won the Palestinian elections and tightened the siege after Palestinians captured an Israeli...
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Fuel Cuts of Up to 81%
New Electricity Cuts Beginning
February 7
Monday, January 28, 2008: After more than a week of near-total ban on fuel supplies, Israel said yesterday that it would resume permitting Gaza residents to purchase fuel – but would limit the amount they could buy by as much as 81% and would cut the electricity...
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Letter From Anna Baltzer (young Jewish American woman and author of book “Witness in Palestine”):
(excerpts from a sermon delivered in Minneapolis last Sunday, combined with some recent events)
This week, our country celebrated Martin Luther King Day and the official end to segregation and racial discrimination in this...
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Nurit Peled-Elhanan
26 January 2008
These words are dedicated to the heroes of Gaza who have proven once again that no fortified wall can imprison the free spirit of humanity and no form of violence can subdue life.
The appeal to go today to the gates of Gaza at the height of the pogrom being carried out by the thugs...
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By: Jeff Halper
January 23, 2008
The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own “moderate” political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle for freedom. Early this morning they simply blew up the wall separating...
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Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution
Karen Koning AbuZayd in Gaza City
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be intentionally reduced to a state of abject destitution, with the knowledge,...
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