Gaza healthcare services on verge of collapse | #GazaUnderAttack

11-07-2014,10:19 Al Qassam website  (Agencies) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says health services are on the verge of collapse in the besieged Gaza Strip amid escalating Israeli attacks.   The UN health agency said on Thursday that Gaza has faced severe shortages in medicines and fuel for hospital generators.   “The recent escalation of […]

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WHO warns of serious humanitarian disaster in Gaza

[ PIC 30/10/2013 – 02:39 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of serious humanitarian crisis due to the drugs and medicine supplies’ shortage in Gaza Strip, calling on PA to provide the besieged strip with the necessary medicines. In a workshop organized by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, WHO’s representative […]

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Occupation extends the detention of 12 Palestinian captives incl an employee of @WHO

[ 30/05/2013 – 09:33 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Tadhamun Foundation for Human Rights reported that the Military Court of Petah Tikva extended on Wednesday the detention of 12 Palestinian prisoners, including a girl from Tulkarem. The foundation’s lawyer Mohammed Abed said that the Petah Tikva court extended the detention of Donya Dhirar, aged 27 from […]

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Occupied Palestinian Territories face serious water problem

MEMO | June 18, 2012 The water supply in the occupied Palestinian territories is becoming uncertain and unsafe due to the punitive measures adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities, claims a report prepared by Fadel Ka’osh, the ex-chairman of the Palestinian water authority. The inhumane Israeli policies regarding water have resulted in a huge shortage […]

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WHO adopts resolution slamming Israel’s siege on Gaza

[ 26/05/2012 – 02:17 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– The general assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday adopted unanimously a draft resolution submitted by Arab countries including Saudi Arabia condemning the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. The assembly approved the resolution with 56 votes in favor, six against, 48 abstentions and 72 […]

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#PalHunger | Immediate and adequate healthcare needed for hunger strikers – World Health Organisation

Saturday May 12, 2012 12:50 by Sean Mohan – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Israel has been urged to give quick and sustainable health care to Palestinian hunger strikers including their transfer to civilian hospitals. Some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners are currently refusing food in protest against solitary confinement, detention without charge […]

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Who are the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ activists? ~ by @MyaGuarnieri | #Airflotilla2

April 15, 2012 | Mya Guarnieri | 972 Blog In the air between Geneva and Tel Aviv, I spent some time talking to the international activists who joined the “Welcome to Palestine” campaign. Activists who told this writer in the Geneva airport that they are traveling to Palestine, cheered quietly and smiled as the plane […]

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Palestine: Those Who Inspired Us in 2011 ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Related: Israel killed Mustafa Tamimi – Overview | The Funeral – in pictures Ramzy Baroud | The Dissident Voice | December 29th, 2011 Mustafa Tamimi was a 28-year-old resident of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. His meticulously trimmed beard served as the centerpiece of his handsome face. In December 2009, when an Israeli […]

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PCHR Strongly Condemns WHO’s Decision to Conduct a Conference in Jerusalem

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Tuesday November 29, 2011 02:43 by PCHR The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision of WHO Europe to conduct an official conference in Jerusalem, hosted by Israel. The first World Health Organisation (WHO) European Conference on […]

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Who Killed Vittorio Arrigoni? Trial Begins

Related to: Vittorio Arrigoni: a Friend, a Brother, a Humanist Why was Vittorio, admired by many Palestinians, killed? By Michele Giorgio – Gaza Translated by Daniela Loffreda – Rome Vittorio Arrigoni was strangled between 14 and 15 April between the hours of 11pm and 1 am. He was still alive in the video filmed by […]

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Who can represent Palestinians at the UN?

▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid As the bid for statehood at the UN draws closer, legal scholars wonder who has legitimacy to represent Palestinians. Nour Samaha Last Modified: 08 Sep 2011 14:31 | Al Jazeera  Palestinians both outside the Occupied Territories and within demand legitimate representation [EPA] A new legal finding has revealed the […]

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Who is the real oppressor of Gaza women’s rights?

Yasmeen El Khoudary |The Electronic Intifada |Gaza Strip |22 July 2011 The fate of family members in Israeli prisons is of greater importance to women in Gaza than the “right” to ride a motorcycle. (Wissam Nassar /Maan Images) Recently, I was at a meeting with a foreign diplomat who wanted to hear about the problems that […]

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Shortages of drugs and medical disposables in Ministery of Health’s Gaza – WHO – Report (20 June 2011)

SUMMARY Essential Medications: – Of the 480 medications on the essential drug list, 178 (37%) were reported at zero stock levels in the Ministry of Health’s Gaza Central Drug Store (CDS) at end of May 2011. The CDS supplies the Ministry’s 13 hospitals and 54 primary health care clinics in Gaza. – While the shortage […]

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Ahrar center asks WHO to solve Gaza medicine crisis

[ 15/06/2011 – 06:35 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and its chairperson to swiftly intervene and solve the medicine crisis in the Gaza Strip. Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the center, said in a statement on Wednesday that news […]

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Rights Group says Gaza’s Drinking Water Polluted

Date : 30/5/2011   Time : 20:59 | WAFA GAZA, May 30, 2011 (WAFA) – A Gaza rights group said Monday in a fact sheet that quality of drinking water in the Gaza Strip is way below international standards. Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said that 95% of the drinking water is below World Health Organization (WHO) […]

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