News from GAZA

 
 
Bomb find undermines Gaza claim
By Donald Macintyre       Feb 3rd 2010
Doubts have been cast on the Israeli rebuttal of the Goldstone Report after it emerged that a bomb was defused last year at a Gaza flour mill that Israel had officially said did not come under air attack during last year’s war.
The flour mill is the only one in Gaza, and the Goldstone Report, commissioned by the UN, said its destruction “was carried out for the purpose of denying sustenance to the civilian population”.
 
Steel walls cannot contain the struggle for freedom
Hasan Abu Nimah, The Electronic Intifada, 16 December 2009 Egypt is building a steel wall along its 10-kilometer-long border with the Gaza Strip, according to recent media reports. This wall apparently extends not only above ground, but deep into the ground in an attempt to prevent Palestinians digging the tunnels that have become a lifeline for the territory
Photo documentation of a new wall being built on the Gaza-Egypt border. (Al-Masry Al-Youm English)
 
Israel denies Gaza entry to European lawmakers
Wed, 09 Dec 2009
Israeli authorities have prevented a European parliamentary delegation from visiting the Gaza Strip which has long been under a crippling siege.

Read more:  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113294&sectionid=351020202

“Gaza’s Water Supply Near Collapse”
by Mel Frykberg   17 sept 09
*RAMALLAH, Sep 16 (IPS) – The International Committee of the Red Cross
has warned that Gaza’s access to safe supply of drinking water could
cease at any time. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says outbreaks of
disease could be triggered as a consequence.*

The warnings follow a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report
Monday that “Gaza’s underground water system is in danger of collapse
after recent conflict compounded by years of overuse and contamination.”

“An outbreak of Hepatitis A and parasitic infections could occur at any
time,” Mahmoed Daher from WHO in Gaza told IPS. “Already the number of
people, especially children, suffering from diarrhoea has risen
dramatically.”

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/17-7

See also: Who Needs Clean Water?

http://pulsemedia.org/2009/09/24/who-needs-clean-water/

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ISRAEL ATTACKS JUSTICE BOAT; KIDNAPS HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS; CONFISCATES MEDICINE, TOYS AND OLIVE TREES

On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to besieged Gaza. Those abducted by Israel include Nobel peace prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.           See TAKE ACTION page

See video: Is Israel Guilty of Piracy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpqnMrLv1bQ

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ISRAEL DROPS LEAFLETS OVER GAZA, WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM BORDERS

Israeli airplanes dropped, Monday, handouts over the Gaza Strip, warning the population there not to get close to the security fence between Israel and the besieged Strip.

http://english.wafa.ps/?action=detail&id=12729

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Euro parliamentary report on the latest visit to Gaza

EUP report: mission-to-palestine-11-13-february-0911

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GAZA NEWS 

Islamic Relief UK has raised a phenomenal £4.35m for Gaza.
 
On the basis of what has been fundraised for around the country, at events and through TV appeals as well as mailings etc…they have allocated an initial £2.8m to the following projects, in the stated amounts:
Rehabilitation of damaged houses – £250,000
Family Sponsorship – £435,000
Supporting the small and micro enterprises – £600,000
Kindergartens environment enhancement – £170,000
Rehabilitation of primary health care clinics – £685,000
Provision of hearing aids – £205,000
Capacity building of medical staff – £205,000
 
The above projects cover 5 sectors. Once they are satisfied about how the above projects are running, they will allocate the remaining funds. 

Over 24,600 Palestinian families facing hardship in the Gaza Strip to collect social allowances due in March 2009

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/RMOI-7RPLH2?OpenDocument

Growing Outrage at the killings in Gaza.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/16/gaza-israel-petitions

Blair’s first envoy visit to Gaza.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7917692.stm

More than 150,000 Gazans still without tap water.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10456.shtml

Gaza offensive possible ‘war crime’.
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories has said Israel’s military offensive on Gaza “would seem to constitute a war crime of the greatest magnitude under international law”.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/03/2009320354 23101519.html

IDF killed civilians in Gaza under loose rules of engagement.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072231.html

Israel to Gaza- A  Ghetto You will Remain.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=88960&sectionid=351020202

Gaza Children Search for Garbage.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=88961&sectionid=351020202

Gaza Fishing Industry Reeling.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10392.shtml

Aftermath of Israel’s 22 day offensive on the Gaza Strip and the ongoing impact on the civilian population.
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/

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29-06-2009  Report 

GAZA: 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE TRAPPED IN DESPAIR

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Six months after Israel launched its three-week military operation in Gaza on 27 December 2008, Gazans still cannot rebuild their lives. Most people struggle to make ends meet. Seriously ill patients face difficulty obtaining the treatment they need. Many children suffer from deep psychological problems. Civilians whose homes and belongings were destroyed during the conflict are unable to recover.
No reconstruction allowed… public health at risk..Insufficient access to health care..A strangled economy..Farming in the danger zone..Trapped..

Read the report..

http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-report-260609

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