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Gazan children deprived of educational human rights
Region: Palestine
While the UN Economic and Social Council today discussed the socio-economic impact of the Israeli occupation and blockade on the Palestinian living conditions, the UN Humanitarian Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has also highlighted the impact of Israel’s blockade on the Palestinian children and their education in Gaza. Philippe Lazzarini, the Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occup... more
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Protest Video Marks Two Years of Gaza Strip Closure
Region: Palestine
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 – “Lift the closure - give life a chance” is the message of a new online film released today by eight human rights organizations in Israel to mark the two years of closure that Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip. In the 60-second online film released today, the organizations claim that two years of tight closure have not provided security but rather created ... more
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Palestine: Israeli Armed Police Disrupt Literature Festival
Region: PalestineThe Palestine Festival of Literature is a traveling cultural roadshow touring across the West Bank, in Palestine, from May 23 to 28. It aims to bring writers and artists from around the world to Palestinian audiences, to initiate and organize cultural festivals with international and local participation. Also, workshops with students in Palestinian academic institutions in co-operation with Palestinian academics are b... more
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Clinton Pressing Israel to Allow Aid Into Gaza
Region: PalestineUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pressuring Israel to stop blocking deliveries of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, an Israeli newspaper has reported. The newspaper Haaretz quoted senior political sources as saying that Clinton will raise this issue during a visit to Israel next Tuesday. US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell will also “issue a sharply worded protest” on t... more
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Israeli Forces Invade West Bank City of Nablus
Region: Palestine
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Nablus early on Tuesday, as more than 30 Israeli military vehicles entered the Old City raided a school and a local television station, and seized two people. The soldiers destroyed the front doors of stores on An-Naser Street and other areas. The soldiers also raided the Thafer Al-Masri School near Ras Al-Ein in Nablus. Israeli troops stormed the Asia TV station... more
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Palestinians Demonstrate Against Israel
Region: Palestine
local Palestinians people and some international activists gathered to demonstrate against the the construction of the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in village in West Bank. more
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$613 Million Urgently Needed for Gaza: Ban Ki-moon
Region: Palestine
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is planning to make a formal appeal for $613 million for providing the people in Gaza with food, clean water, shelter, medicine and other basic needs. The Secretary-General remarked that he found the actual situation of Gaza beyond description. Ban Ki-moon visited Gaza after Israel destroyed the area. As Israel killed some Palestinians again, he observed the ceasefire as &... more
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900,000 Palestinians in Gaza urgently need food
Region: Palestine
UN reports say that nearly nine hundred thousand Palestinians in the Gaza Strip urgently need food. Due to the continuous violence in the Gaza Strip, donated food had been blocked in Egypt. The UN urges aid agencies to step up the operation of food relief for the needy people. Recent Israeli offensives on the Gaza Strip has destroyed the economy there. Humanitarian crisis is looming largely there. UN Relief an... more
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Gaza kids back to School after a month but where are the schools
Region: Palestine
Gaza: During the 22 days Israeli offensive against the Palestinians of Gaza, but the Zionist army not only killed children but also their schools have been demolished. At some point, these schools were used as shelters, after losing their houses, schools and hospitals. In the meanwhile, some of the schools came under attack by the Zionist army, jetfighters and tanks, which were run by United Nations a... more
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Guns & Roses, the seeds of hatred in the hearts of Palestinians
Region: Palestine
Gaza: The so-called Israel-led war against Hamas has entered its third week, children are orphaned, women are widowed, hundreds have been killed and thousands are cursing their fate in the hospitals, where no medicines, not enough doctors and paramedics, the city has been invaded as well as their destiny. The heart of the most populous city of the world, Gaza, has been pounded by the Israeli jet fi... more
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