Gaza’s Tunnel Economy ~ by @StephenLendman

by Stephen Lendman | Stephen Lendman Weblog | Oct 30, 2013 They’re a vital lifeline. They’re a potential death trap. They’re a bonanza for profiteers. They symbolize Palestinians’ will to survive. It shows their determination to do so against all odds. Decades of Israeli viciousness haven’t deterred them. They’re not about to quit now. Besieged […]

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Gov’t: Closure of tunnels caused petrol crisis

[ PIC 17/07/2013 – 12:59 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza said that the closure of tunnels between the Strip and Egypt has led to a major fuel crisis in the besieged enclave. Spokesman for the transport ministry Khalil al-Zayyan told a press conference on Tuesday that around 20,000 public vehicles and […]

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#Gaza | Excess Death | 25 year old Muhammad Abu Sableh killed in Rafah tunnel collapse

Maan News Agency | Dec 4, 2012   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A man was killed late Monday when a smuggling tunnel collapsed underneath the Egypt-Gaza border, medics said. The body of Muhammad Abu Sableh, 25, was recovered from a tunnel near the city of Rafah, medical sources told Ma’an. Noman Qudaih, 38, was killed […]

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#Gaza | Excess Death | Palestinian worker, Noman Qudaih, 38 years old dies in tunnel collapse

[ PIC 03/12/2012 – 10:06 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian worker died in one of the tunnels between Gaza Strip and the Egyptian Sinai desert on Sunday. Palestinian sources said that the worker, in his twenties, was working in one of the tunnels when it collapsed. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have dug dozens […]

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Jordanian “Lifeline” campaign to finance 23 projects in Gaza

[ PIC 09/09/2012 – 09:53 AM ] AMMAN,(PIC)– The Jordanian “Lifeline” campaign committee agreed to finance 23 development projects in the Gaza Strip out of 150 applications submitted by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The coordinator of the Committee KIfah Amayreh stated, in a press statement on Saturday, that the committee has studied […]

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A Palestinian mayor issues desperate appeal to the world to restore his village’s lifeline

Mondoweiss | by Philip Weiss on April 19, 2012 Haj Sami Sadiq, at destroyed road last October Yesterday the Israeli army again destroyed roads linking Al Aqaba in the Jordan Valley (Area C) to neighboring villages. This is the letter Mayor Haj Sami Sadiq wrote yesterday. His update of conditions is near the end…. We, […]

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Khreisha: Amman meeting formed a lifeline for the Zionist entity

[ 06/01/2012 – 12:09 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Hasan Khreisha, said that he was surprised that the PA in Ramallah went back to direct negotiations with the Zionist entity contradicting with its own declared position in this regard. In a statement to Quds Press, he said that […]

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IOF soldiers arrest Jordanian Lifeline activist

[ 30/07/2011 – 02:59 PM ] AMMAN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Jordanian activist while crossing into the West Bank from Jordan to visit relatives in Al-Khalil province two week ago, his family said. They told the PIC reporter in Amman on Saturday that Hamza Al-Dabbas, 29, who is carrying a Jordanian passport, […]

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Gaza’s Tunnels: An Inside Perspective

Tunnels are double-edged sword. (Alexandra Robinson) By Alexandra Robinson – Gaza ‘Complimentary tour of the Rafah tunnels.’ I received this offer a few weeks after arriving in Gaza. In a conversation I was having with my colleague, Joe Catron, it came up that a friend of ours from Gaza City had given an open invitation for […]

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Jordanian lifeline buys vessel to carry activists to Gaza | #flotilla2

[ 26/06/2011 – 08:35 AM ] AMMAN, (PIC)– Wael Al-Saqa, the head of the Jordanian lifeline committee, has announced the purchase of a small ship to the tune of 560000 Euros to carry Jordanian activists to the Gaza Strip as part of the Freedom Flotilla II. Saqa said, in a press release on Saturday, that […]

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Lifeline 5 lands in El Arish en route to Gaza

[ 21/10/2010 – 11:26 AM ]   EL ARISH, (PIC)– The first batch of activists on the Lifeline 5 convoy arrived Wednesday night at the El Arish airport in Egypt in their last stop before heading out to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid. MENA news agency reported Wednesday that the first group of […]

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Qatar and Syria intervene with Egypt to facilitate Lifeline 5 mission

[ 20/10/2010 – 07:16 PM ]   LATAKIA, (PIC)– The Palestinian information center (PIC) was informed that Qatar and Syria intervened with the Egyptian authorities to facilitate the travel of the fifth aid convoy “Lifeline for Gaza” to the Egyptian city of Al-Arish as a prelude to crossing into the besieged Gaza Strip. A source […]

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Lifeline 5 leaves Latakia en route to Gaza via Al-Arish

[ 20/10/2010 – 09:38 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The international Lifeline-5 aid convoy carrying relief material aboard a Greek ship to the Gaza Strip sailed from the Syrian port of Latakia on Tuesday night en route to the Egyptian port of Al-Arish. The convoy was given a populous send-off by massive crowds of Syrian […]

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Lifeline 5 to leave this evening for Al-Arish seaport

[ 19/10/2010 – 01:33 PM ]   LATAKIA, (PIC)– The fifth aid convoy Lifeline for Gaza will leave Tuesday evening for the Egyptian seaport of Al-Arish after a delay in its departure due to financial problems with the cargo ship’s owner. Spokesman for Viva Palestina Zaher Al-Berawi said Tuesday that most of the participants will […]

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Internat’l Lifeline 5 aid convoy to Gaza delayed by side factors

[ 18/10/2010 – 08:06 PM ]   AMMAN, (PIC)– Delays on the Lifeline 5 aid convoy’s departure were caused by an extortion attempt by the ship’s cargo operators, the Palestinian Information Center learned. Scheduled to leave Monday morning, the convoy was put on hold after the ship’s crew demanded a significantly higher wage than previously […]

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