sewage

Gaza's cesspools

Yasmin Abusayma 4 November 2022

Winter rains bring sewage disasters. Read more about Gaza's cesspools

Tamara Nassar 17 October 2017

Headlines from hurricane stricken Puerto Rico are familiar to Palestinians living under Israeli siege. Read more about Colonialism links catastrophes in Puerto Rico and Gaza

Sarah Algherbawi Gaza Strip 20 June 2017

Sewage has left half of Gaza’s beaches unfit for swimming. Read more about Life in a septic tank

Clare Maxwell 31 August 2016

Palestinian Authority inaction leaves residents with no recourse and vulnerable to disease. Read more about West Bank villagers suffer from sewer politics

Maureen Clare Murphy 11 April 2016

Only 3,000 out of 18,000 destroyed homes have been rebuilt. Read more about Tens of thousands still displaced in Gaza

Ali Abunimah 13 August 2014

Technician Zeyad Al Shawi died injuries he suffered during an Israeli airstrike as he opened valves to supply water people in Rafah, southern Gaza. Read more about Water disaster hits every single person in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 24 February 2014

Activist and journalist Eva Bartlett talks about the impact of the Israel-Egypt siege on the economic, agricultural and humanitarian situation in Gaza. Read more about Video: Constant drones over Gaza "is psychological warfare"

Gaza Strip 20 December 2013

Health and environmental fears rise as authorities face numerous problems at once. Read more about Storm exacerbates sewage crisis in Gaza

Ali Abunimah 17 November 2013

This is no “natural” disaster. It is the result of the sewer-like politics of the region, where Israel and Egypt collude, with US and EU complicity, to tighten the Gaza siege. Read more about Video: As siege stops pumps, Gaza children wade to school in sewage

Amira Howeidy Cairo 21 March 2013

Egypt’s policies toward Gaza are a barometer of the country’s foreign policy independence since the fall of Mubarak. Read more about Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has reneged on promises to Palestine