Gaza siege

"Art is a hammer to shape reality": PalFest breaks the siege of Gaza

Ayah Bashir
Gaza City
23 May 2012

For years, PalFest has been trying to break Israel’s cultural siege on the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian presidential hopeful Amr Moussa still committed to decade-old Arab Peace Initiative

15 May 2012

The decade-old Arab Peace Initiative “is our initiative and we will stick to it,” Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa told The Electronic Intifada in an audio interview.

After narrow escape, Gaza woman educates peers about lethal danger from generators

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
7 May 2012

Ten persons have died so far this year due to various accidents with generators in the Gaza Strip, plagued by chronic power shortages.

The Month in Pictures: April 2012

2 May 2012

A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

New homes for displaced families, yet Israel still restricts building materials in Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
1 May 2012

More than 200 homes have been rebuilt with foreign aid after the original homes were destroyed by Israel in the southern Gaza Strip.

Censored Gaza children's art now touring Canada

Shereen Ahmed Rafea
Montreal
30 April 2012

A Child’s View from Gaza, a collection of artwork by children in Gaza that was censored by a US art museum last year, is currently touring across Canada.

Israel rides the rollercoaster of mass hysteria

Ilan Pappe
18 April 2012

French grandmas, a retired poet and nuclear holocaust are all threats of the same magnitude in the post-modern world of the current captains of the Israeli Titanic.

Gaza family awaits new home, 9 years after demolition by Israel

Rami Almeghari
Rafah
13 April 2012

Gaza families whose homes were destroyed in Israeli attacks can’t rebuild until Israel allows a sufficient quantity of building material into Gaza.

How BBC views Gaza through a Zionist looking glass

Amena Saleem
11 April 2012

According to the BBC, Palestinians in Gaza are accustomed to relentless Israeli violence, while residents of southern Israel experience constant anxiety and dread.

Three children burn to death as candles replace lights in besieged Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Deir al-Balah
10 April 2012

A family in the central Gaza Strip has suffered an unimaginable tragedy because of a candle lit during one of Gaza’s frequent power outages.

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