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Month in Pictures: September 2012

5 October 2012

A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine. Read more about Month in Pictures: September 2012

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Ramallah 26 September 2012

As Israel dismantles Gaza’s economy, job opportunities also shrink for the West Bank’s Palestinians. Read more about Palestinians risk death to work without permits in Israel

Nora Barrows-Friedman 21 September 2012

Palestinian footballer and former hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak with Shahd Abusalama on the ongoing prisoner hunger strikes in Israeli jails; and an interview with Eric Romann of LA Dump Veolia. Read more about Podcast: The “revolution inside Israeli prisons” continues, says hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Bethlehem 12 September 2012

Thousands took to the streets this week to protest high costs of living and the Palestinian Authority’s economic policies. Read more about Palestinians voice anger as prices rocket, wages stagnate

Eva Bartlett Jabaliya 10 September 2012

Most of Gaza’s industrial factories have closed and remained shut since Israel sealed the borders and devastated the export economy beginning in 2006. Read more about Siege leaves 80 percent of Gaza's factories shut

Nora Barrows-Friedman 10 August 2012

On this week’s podcast: Rana Baker assesses the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza, sealed at the Egyptian border following an attack on Egyptian soldiers last week; and much more! Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Rana Baker on the closure of the Gaza-Egypt border

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Ramallah 6 August 2012

The economic bubble in the West Bank will burst, and instead of working to remove Israeli restrictions, the Palestinian Authority continues to push for investments in the private sector. Read more about Bubble in aid-dependent West Bank bound to burst, say economists

Ali Abunimah 2 August 2012

Romney’s comments only the latest racist attacks targeting Palestinians in the long US presidential campaign. Some responses worth reading. Read more about Mitt Romney, Palestinian culture and white supremacism: responses worth reading

Maureen Clare Murphy 16 June 2012

Reports by international agencies on the impact of five years of siege paint a grim picture showing how Israel’s blockade is de-developing the Gaza Strip. Read more about As Gaza siege enters sixth year, harm will be felt for years to come

Rami Almeghari Gaza City 7 June 2012

Wheat farmers in Gaza face a lack of irrigation and fuel due to the Israeli blockade while fertile farmland is declared off-limits by the Israeli army. Read more about Gaza farmers rush to grow wheat under fear of Israeli fire