Archive | August 17, 2014

ACTION ALERT: JOIN ISM!

16th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is placing a call out for volunteers to join us in the West Bank now, and for the olive harvest beginning in October. We need solidarity activists to support the Palestinian popular struggle by joining protests and demonstrations, to document and report on the crimes […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Gaza running on 6 hours of electricity per day

Ma’an News Agency | updated) 17/08/2014 09:34   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Most of Gaza is currently operating on six hours of electricity per day, the Strip’s power authority said in a statement Saturday. The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority will be able to continue supplying Gaza with that amount of power each day […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Showers dry up as water shortages add to Gaza misery

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 17/08/2014 09:34 GAZA CITY (AFP) — Feriel al-Zaaneen hasn’t had a shower in more than a month. Like thousands of Palestinians, she doesn’t have enough water to wash, adding to the miseries of life in war-battered Gaza. In searing summer heat, where temperatures can reach 93 Fahrenheit, Feriel is one […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | World must ban US, Israel as criminals: Analyst

US Navy destroyers cruising in the Pacific Ocean   PRESSTV | Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:22AM GMT The United States and the Israeli regime are the major criminal elements in the global arena and the international community must boycott them, says a political commentator writes for Press TV. Paul Craig Roberts wrote in a recent […]

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