Tag Archives: Israeli blockade

Gazans sick with Thalassemia want to be a priority

Facing intolerable numbers of wounded, Gaza hospitals have many urgent cases to cope with, but Thalassemia patients are not among them Thalassemia patients require blood transfusions every three weeks (Canadian Blood Services/Flickr) Mohammed Omer Thursday 28 August 2014 21:16 BST | Middle East Eye GAZA CITY – Under normal circumstances, Ibrahim Abdullah receives new blood […]

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Palestinians stage sit-in before Egyptian consulate in Gaza

[ PIC 03/03/2012 – 03:01 PM ] Gaza, (PIC)– Dozens of Gazans staged a sit-in before the Egyptian consulate in Gaza on Saturday protesting the continued power crisis in the coastal enclave and urging Cairo to expedite supplying Gaza with necessary fuel to operate the power generation station. The protestors decried the fact that Egyptian […]

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Graffiti commemorates life of Vittorio Arrigoni – in pictures

Related Vik, A Friend, A Brother, A Humanist Demotix | Febr 5, 2012 | Photography by Jeffrey Bright Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian reporter who worked with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip from 2008 until his death 2011, is remembered in graffiti seen around the port. Palestinian Territory. 4th February 2012 Vittorio […]

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