The implications of prolonged occupation on the health status of the Palestinian population The Right to Health is one of those things that have become quite normal in Western society. Not many...
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More violent than ever: Review of a Palestinian week, filled by settlers' attacks
Ongoing violent attacks perpetrated by extremist Jewish settlers against Palestinians civilians and property has reached an unprecedented level in the West Bank. The escalation of hatred and racist...
oPt: Tales from within - an eye on Nablus Balata refugee camp
As you walk through the old city of Nablus the vibrancy of the bustling markets is an inescapable feature. As you walk through the cobble stoned streets, you encounter a collage of sights and smells...
Nobel Laureate: There is a way towards peace for Palestine
The following is a speech delivered by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire at the seventh International Sabeel Conference in Jerusalem on 19 November 2008: I am very happy to be here...
oPt: This is Gaza
Amira Hass If it's not the power getting cut, leaving entire neighborhoods in darkness, then it's the water not reaching the top floors or the cooking gas running out. If you have an electric...
oPt: The real goal of Israel's blockade of Gaza
Jonathan Cook 18 November 2008: The latest tightening of Israel's chokehold on Gaza - ending all supplies into the Strip for more than a week - has produced immediate and shocking consequences for...
I hope the Palestinians will use nonviolence in their struggle for human rights and freedom
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate (Journey to Gaza, 28th October, 1st November, 2008) On 28th October, 2008, the Free Gaza Movement set sail in SS Dignity from Larnaca, Cyprus, for Gaza. On board...
OPT: The settler and the shepherd - An unfair tale
This Saturday, Yahya Atta Riahin, an 18 year-old shepherd from the town of Aqraba, in the Northern district of Nablus, was executed by Israeli settlers while grazing his sheeps in the fields...
oPt: Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP on board of the "SS Hope" ship
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, the General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, will participate as a crew member of the 'SS Hope', the new Free Gaza Boat that will sail to Gaza on Wednesday...
OPT: Reports from the ground: Weekly non-violent struggles in Bi'lin, Ni'lin and A-Masara
Bi'lin: Young Palestinian shot in the head, and dozens sick from tear gas and wastewater Ramallah 30-08-08 - The weekly non-violent protest in Bi'lin against the construction of the Wall on the...
OPT: Al Aqaba - The war of nerves
For more than 40 years the people of Al Aqaba have been struggling for the right to exist on their land. Surrounded by three military training camps, they are facing continuous house and public...
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OPT: Maskiot settlement - When actions speak louder than words
The Israeli government gave last week a preliminary green light for the construction of a new illegal Jewish settlement in the Jordan Valley, in the North of the occupied Palestinian West Bank...
Israeli army prevents medical team from entering
Ramallah 12-07-08: Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, today condemned the detention of a joint medical team from the Palestinian Medical Relief...
OPT: The blockade begins to ease; some vital goods allowed into Gaza
Gaza - Ma'an - As the Gaza Strip ceasefire enters its fourth successful day, Israel began to allow the shipment of basic goods that have been made scarce in Gaza by a year-long Israeli-led blockade. ...
OPT: Anything for a bath, anything for fuel
Electronic Intifada by Mohammed Omer GAZA CITY (IPS) - The girl, about 16, is wandering about Jabaliya refugee camp, picking up anything she thinks can burn. She cannot find enough bits of wood, so...
What does Palestinian youth think?
A conference announcing the results of the first ever survey concerning Palestinian youth was held at the Sharek Youth Forum in Ramallah. The survey was a joint effort between the Sharek Youth Forum...
OPT: The house with seven walls
In Bethlehem, the Wall coils into a semi-circle around a secluded three-storey building. The only side of the home not bordered by towering concrete is lined with crumbled debris from dismantled...
OPT: Archbishop Tutu: "Gaza siege must end"
Gaza - Ma'an - Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, speaking in Gaza on Wednesday, said that what he has seen in the Gaza Strip is beyond human comprehension, and that "the siege on the Gaza...
OPT: You can't stop people from living
The wide land of smooth hills and valleys burns in the forty-five degree heat. From time to time, a sole palm tree crops up and the long, empty streets curl their way through the beautiful...
OPT: Rafah ambulance drivers struggle amidst "miserable" work conditions
"From PCHR's Narratives Under Siege series (9) As the gruelling Gaza fuel crisis continues, so does the strain on local public transport services, including ambulances, across the Gaza Strip...