‘A honeymoon apart’ ~ by @Sameeha88

By Sameeha from Gaza | Sameehah’s Weblog | Sept 26, 2013 This is how we planned it: I get my Schengen visa to attend a Peace conference in Geneva and then we fly, together, to France, where we first met, for a honeymoon, his university registration and to be reunited with our friends there. “It’s […]

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You didn’t win Arab Idol? Kindly wait, and maybe your application will be answered in the next two years!

Gisha – Gaza Gateway | Aug 12, 2013 More than 500 Palestinian residents of the West Bank are waiting today, just like they were yesterday. Some are afraid to leave their homes, others avoid crossing Israel’s checkpoints. They know that if a soldier happens to check their ID card, they might be removed to Gaza. […]

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VIDEO | Israel blackmailing besieged Gazans at Erez crossing ~ by @PressTV

Aug 1, 2013 – By PressTV Israeli agents continue to blackmail Gazan patients into working as spies at the Israeli controlled Erez crossing in northern Gaza. In July alone, four Palestinians were detained at the crossing despite receiving exit permits from Israeli authorities. For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of […]

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WHO: Israeli Permit Approval for Gaza Patients Lowest in Two Years

WAFA | May 23, 2013 JERUSALEM, May 23, 2013 (WAFA) – Israeli permit approval rate for Gaza patients during April reached 83%, the lowest since January 2011, reflecting a dramatic increase in delays in responding to applications, said the World Health Organization (WHO) in its monthly report on referral of patients from the Gaza Strip […]

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Washington’s support to Israel a permit to kill Palestinians

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 09:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman, considered that U.S. President’s material support for Israeli military programs openly encourages killing and committing more crimes against Palestinians and the peoples of the region. US President Barack Obama has signed into law the Defense Appropriations Bill for 2013 that offers significant […]

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The Palestinian ID Cards War

Israel’s Gaza Bantustan Israel controls the Palestinian population registry and all important cards required to enter Gaza and the West Bank. By Samah Sabawi | Sabbah Report | Jan 6, 2012 Israel’s one state reality greeted us at the gates of the Gaza-Rafah crossing when we were asked by the Egyptian officer to present our […]

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Barhoum lashes out at Israel for blocking NAM meeting

[ 06/08/2012 – 09:46 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A Hamas spokesman has lashed out at Israel for blocking the non-aligned movement’s conference in Ramallah aimed at supporting the Palestinian people. The spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, denounced the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) in a statement on his Facebook page on Sunday for blocking entry of NAM foreign […]

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Occupation prevents a cancer patient from Jenin to get treatment in Jerusalem

[ 05/07/2012 – 10:47 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM,(PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces prevented at Ram checkpoint, a cancer patient from Jenin, from traveling to Jerusalem to get treatment at Augusta Victoria Hospital, the only hospital providing comprehensive services to cancer patients, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical interventions after the PA health ministry stopped referring Palestinian […]

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Thousands of Palestinians participate in Betawi’s funeral in Nablus

[ PIC 06/04/2012 – 08:26 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– More than 10 thousand Palestinians from the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank together with Change and Reform deputies, representatives of Palestinian Factions, delegations of West provinces and delegations of Islamic movement participated in the funeral of MP Hamed Betawi on Thursday afternoon. The […]

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The Slow Death of 7 month old Adham Baroud – Welcome to Gaza

Adham Baroud was the latest casualty. (Oxfam Gaza) By Mahmoud El-Yousseph | Palestine Chronicle | Jan 6, 2012 A baby fighting for his life. Parents are panic stricken. Doctors desperate for help. Permission to get medical help denied. Welcome to Gaza! The world’s largest open air prison in the world, with a population of 1.7 […]

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Gaza power authority: The coastal line broke down and the power deficit rose

Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity| Water | Communication [ 04/12/2011 – 11:42 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Spokesman for the authority of power and natural resources Ahmed Abul Amrin said the coastal electric line broke down raising the existing deficit in power supply in the besieged Gaza Strip. Abul Amarin told […]

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Palestinian woman struggles for proper medical treatment

Related: When will the UN bring Human Rights to Palestine? by Wahed Rejol | 14 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In 2004 Amal Jamal was sentenced to 12 years in Israeli prison. A year later the Palestinian woman from Nablus was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Today from a hospital in Nablus she […]

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Israeli Troops and Police Arrest 27 Palestinian on Thursday

PNN – Palestine News Network – 28.07.11 – 12:05 Ramallah/Jerusalem – PNN – Palestinian sources announced that Israeli troops and police arrested 27 Palestinian civilians on Thursday. PNN Archive During pre-dawn raids targeting a number of West Bank communities, Israeli troops arrested nine Palestinian civilians; sources announced that the nine were from the Jordan valley […]

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Children without Jerusalem ID – AIC – video

  Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:34 Alternative Information Center (AIC) The application for a Jerusalem identification card for seven-month-old Silwan resident Nouralden Abbassi was recently rejected by the Israeli Ministry of Interior. Israel denies Silwan resident Nouralden Abbassi, 7 months old, a Jerusalem ID card (photo: Jill Kestler-D’Amours)    The Ministry argued that because Nouralden’s […]

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Medical Care in Gaza Under Siege – Part II – by Stephen Lendman

By Stephen Lendman | June 20, 2011 | OpEdNews   On March 25, 2008, Time magazine writer Tim McGirk headlined “Israelis Blocking Medical Care in Gaza,” saying: “Since Gaza is denied (most everything under siege), many complicated surgeries are no longer done there.” Those permitted abroad for them, like Bassam al-Wahedi, endure a gauntlet through […]

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