#CAMPAIGN 4 #GAZA | HELP GAZA TO BEAT THE WATER CRISIS!

“Access to safe water is a fundamental human need & therefore a basic human right.” ~Kofi Annan Sept 2, 2104 | By occpal “Occupied Palestine”-weblog is endorsing the campaign by 3 engineers from Gaza to build a RO desalination plant. You can Help the people of Gaza to find their dignified life, peacefully, and in […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | There’s a shortage of clean water especially at UN-run schools in Gaza

PressTV | Published on Aug 31, 2014 Palestinian health officials say there’s a shortage of clean water especially at UN-run schools where nearly 22-thousand refugees are sheltering. They say various diseases are spreading among the refugee population due to the lack of water and hygiene. UN agencies are warning that the humanitarian situation is getting […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | ​‘No children left in Gaza!’ Right-wing Israeli mob mocks deaths in anti-Gaza chant (VIDEO)

Russia Today | Published time: July 29, 2014 15:49 Get short URL Screenshot from youtube video by Tali Shapiro A right-wing Israeli mob has been caught on film seemingly celebrating the deaths of Palestinian children in Operation Protective Edge. Over 1,200 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s latest offensive, including over 200 children. The video […]

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Israel refusing to release sick prisoners

Ma’an News Agency |  23/10/2013 04:29 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe on Tuesday said that the Israeli government refused Palestinian Authority requests to release prisoners facing serious health problems. At a sit-in in solidarity with prisoners at the Red Cross in al-Bireh, Qaraqe said that the PA would continue to pressure Israel into […]

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Israeli demolition notifications against 8 water wells

[ PIC 02/10/2013 – 08:11 PM ] AL-KHALIL,(PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) have issued demolition notifications against eight water wells funded by a European organization in Yatta town in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil. Ratib Al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Yatta, said that the […]

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URGENT | VIDEO | Disabled people in Gaza suffer Israeli blockade, Egyptian closure

Sept 28, 2013 A high rate of Gaza’s population: 7,6% of Gaza’s citizens are disabled due to the years long aggression on Gaza. and suffer the siege.  Medications are limited and prohibited to travel abroad for treatment. Disabled or chronic ill people are experiencing worsening of their physical condition and even risk permanent damage or […]

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Gaza wastewater treatment plant stops functioning

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 17, 2013 Gaza, Alray – After the running out of fuel supplies, the Minister of local government in Gaza Mohammed Al -Farra announced on Monday evening that the wastewater treatment plant stopped functioning and the municipalities are going to pump the sewage water into the sea . Al-Farra said on […]

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Sewage Hits drinking water in the refugee Camp of Shati

DRAH | Sept 2, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH.ps) — The Palestinian refugees have been suffering since 65 years, when the Palestinians were plagued with NAKBA. Residents of the Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza, particularly people of the area of “Block 4” complained recently of pollution of drinking water with sewage. They also suffer […]

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2 sick prisoners in Israeli jails attempt suicide

Maan News Agency | Aug 6, 2013   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Two sick Palestinian prisoners have attempted to commit suicide, a lawyer from the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of prisoners affairs said Tuesday. Hanan al-Khatib said in a ministry statement that Mansour Muqada from Salfit in the central West Bank and Nahidh al-Aqra from the Gaza […]

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Why water should be on the table ~ by Jews for Justice for Palestinians

Jews For Justice for Palestinians | July 31, 2013 In this posting, factsheet from the Center for Economic and Social Rights; an excerpt – Israeli Military Orders – from Amnesty International’s report, Troubled Waters, and a factsheet from Stop the Wall, Nurturing Water Apartheid in Palestine, on Israel’s water company Mekorot. Infographic by Michael Vexler, […]

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Israeli occupation refuses to release sick administrative detainee

[ PIC 31/07/2013 – 05:27 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) refused to release the oldest serving detainee Sheikh Nazih Abu Oun despite his ill health. The Palestine center for prisoners’ studies said in a statement on Wednesday that Abu Oun, 51, was arrested on 5/7/2011 and was held since then in […]

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Ashkelon prison witnesses tension: Sick prisoners amid deliberate medical neglect increasing | @ICRC @Amnesty

[ PIC 19/06/2013 – 09:38 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights sources reported that a state of extreme tension is prevailing among the prisoners in the Israeli detention center of Ashkelon, due to the continued abuses against them. Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement on Wednesday that the Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon […]

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Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades march for sick prisoner Murad Abu Moleq

Al Qassam website | 04-06-2013,10:48  Gaza- Members of the Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades EQB have marched in Gaza City on Sunday in solidarity with a sick prisoner held by Israel. After evening prayers, gunmen with the al-Qassam Brigades marched from a mosque in Nuseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza Strip to the home of Murad […]

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Israeli occupation forces arrest a Palestinian citizen accompanying his sick wife at Erez crossing

[ PIC 07/05/2013 – 09:29 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian citizen from Gaza at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip, while he was accompanying his sick wife to undergo surgery at St. John’s Hospital in Jerusalem. Prisoners’ Center for Studies quoted the family of businessman […]

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UNRWA: Israeli forces demolish Hebron water well

Maan News Agency | Apr 29, 2013 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Monday demolished a water well and utility room in the Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, a local UN official said. Deputy director of the camp’s UNRWA office Ahmad Abu Fadda said Israeli forces declared the area a closed military zone. Fadda added […]

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