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DELIBERATE MEDICAL NEGLECT | Health of prisoner Alaa Hassouna’s badly deteriorated

[ PIC 21/06/2012 – 04:57 PM ] AL-KHALIL,(PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner center confirmed the serious deterioration of the prisoner Alaa Hassouna’s health, detained since 2004, in light of the deliberate medical neglect by the Ramla Prison administration where he is serving an 8-year sentence. The center said in a press release, on Wednesday, that the […]

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Gaza’s deadly drinking water

Al Qassam Website 16-06-2012,09:18 Gaza Strip – Gaza’s only fresh water source is now too dangerous to drink and is contaminated with fertiliser and human waste, according to a shocking new report from Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and Save the Children. On the fifth anniversary of the blockade, Gaza’s Children; Falling Behind, reveals desperate […]

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PA ministry sends medicine to Gaza

Maan News Agency | June 13, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health on Wednesday sent medicine and medical equipment to the Gaza Strip, a ministry spokesman said. Omar al-Nasr said in a statement that Leukemia medication and coagulant drugs were among 14 types of medication sent to Gaza, as well as […]

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Residency Of 240.000 Palestinians Revoked By Israel Since 1967

Tuesday June 12, 2012 11:04 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli daily, Haaretz, published a report revealing that Israel revoked the residency rights of around 240.000 Palestinians since it occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, in 1967, until the Palestinian Authority was established in 1994. Image By Arabs48 It […]

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Water desalination projects to solve Gaza’s problems: a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

The Electronic Intifada | 8 June 2012 For years, Israel has promoted desalination as the solution for Gaza’s water supply problems — while it has bombed water infrastructure systems. (APA images) The Palestinian Contractors Union recently warned UNICEF, the UN agency for children, of a boycott if it proceeds with offering tenders for the construction […]

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Gaza power plant shuts down due to insufficient fuel supplies

[ PIC 07/06/2012 – 09:27 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The authority of energy and natural resources said the only power plant in Gaza stopped generating electricity after a sharp drop in fuel supplies needed to operate the generators. The authority held the Palestinian authority, Egypt and Israel fully responsible for the delay in the delivery […]

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Israeli occupation force confiscates water tank, causes water crisis in village

Featured: #Floriade2012 | Israel’s Facade at the Floriade! [ 07/06/2012 – 03:21 PM ] JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) confiscated a water tank in Khirbat Farsiya in the northern Jordan Valley that carries water to the inhabitants. The soldiers had confiscated three other tanks a few weeks ago causing an acute water shortage […]

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#GazaCrisis | Fuel Crisis Impacts Water and Sanitation Services in Gaza

 Tuesday May 29, 2012 11:30 by William Temple – IMEMC & Agencies The fuel crisis in Gaza–now in its fifth month–is causing extended power outages that severely disrupt the lives, health and livelihood of the region’s 1.6 million residents. It also severely affects Gaza’s fuel-dependent fishing industry, already crippled by access restrictions to fishing waters […]

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The right to water: Water cistern demolitions in Hebron area

Joseph | 23 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday April 23, 2012, the Israeli occupation forces destroyed four water cisterns outside of the city of al-Khalil (Hebron). Two of the destroyed cisterns were located in the Abweire area, a small agricultural neighborhood of 400-500 residents northeast of al-Khalil. The other two […]

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Red Cross provides Gaza hospitals with urgent fuel aid for 10 days

[ PIC 31/03/2012 – 02:22 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Red Cross said it intends to give the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza about 150,000 liters of diesel fuel to help 13 public hospitals continue to provide health services in the next 10 days. The Red Cross had provided Gaza hospitals with a similar amount […]

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Losses in millions of dollars due to Gaza power crisis

[ PIC 29/03/2012 – 10:03 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza Strip has lost millions of dollars in economic damages as a result of the fuel and power crisis that has been plaguing the enclave for more than a month, an economic expert said. Dr. Maher Al-Taba, public relations director at Gaza chamber of commerce, […]

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Israeli occupation to raze water wells in Al-Khalil villages

[ PIC 29/03/2012 – 10:07 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served water wells demolition notices to a number of Palestinians in villages near Al-Khalil on Thursday, local sources said. Ibrahim Makhamre said that IOF troops handed him the demolition notice of his only water well south of Yatta town in Al-Khalil province. […]

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Four-year-old girl perishes in Gaza power outage

PressTV | March 26, 2012 Officials in the Gaza Strip have announced that a four-year-old girl has died due to power outage in a hospital in the besieged coastal area, Press TV reports. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that the four-year-old child died as a result of failure in hospital back-up […]

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Gaza power station shuts down again

[ PIC 25/03/2012 – 11:20 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The energy and natural resources authority in Gaza Strip has declared that the sole power generation station in the enclave has shut down anew on Sunday morning. It said that only one of its turbines was operated after it received a fuel shipment on Friday via […]

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#Gaza Energy authority: Fuel shipment enough for one day

[ PIC 25/03/2012 – 10:55 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The energy and natural resources authority in Gaza has said that the fuel shipment delivered by Israel to the Strip would only suffice one day of work for the power station if operated in full capacity. Ahmed Abul Omarin, the director of information at the authority, […]

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