The use of white phosphorus and other weapons containing toxic metals have triggered a startling increase in birth defects in Gaza
By Mariam Hamed
Special to Palestine Note, February 16, 2010
In Gaza's hospitals, one might see peculiar, near-alien looking objects in the maternity ward. Is this child human, or is it from another planet, escaped from some Hollywood movie?
The answer will surprise you when a ...
UK, February 19, 2010 (The Palestine Telegraph; by Ramy Abdu) - British Middle East policy in the human rights arena has long been suspect.
Evidence of this is plentiful: its complicity with the United States in misleading the public to go along with the war on Iraq, our support for ongoing drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Britain's obvious silence on Israel's collective punishment of nearly 1.5 million residents of the Gaza ...
Participants of Freedom to Palestine Convoy gathered at the IHH head office, Istanbul. IHH President presented certificates of gratitude to the participants and signaled another aid convoy by sea. He reiterated foundation’s determination of organizing convoys unt
The people who took part in last month’s Freedom to Palestine Convoy met at the head office of the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation in Fatih, Istanbul. The 150 Turkish participants ...
The Independent, Wednesday, 10 February 2010
They are threatened with drowning by the Egyptians and punitively taxed by Hamas. Our correspondent meets the Palestinian smugglers bringing oranges, car batteries and bottle tops to a territory under siege
They are the real resistance. They are the lung through which Gaza breathes. True, missiles must pass along their subterranean tracks, Qassam rockets, too, Kalashnikov ammunition, explosives. But ...
PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 469, Feb. 5, 2010
‘ARAB WOMEN WORKERS NEED NOT APPLY’
A recent report from Israel’s National Insurance Institute showed that half of all Arab families in Israel are classified as poor compared with just 14 per cent of Jewish families.
Yuval Steinitz, the finance minister, told a conference on employment discrimination this month that the failure of Arab women to participate in the ...
Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) and Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) are holding a report back event on the successful trip to the occupied Gaza Strip.
Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) and Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) are holding a report back event on the successful trip to the occupied Gaza Strip. The meeting will take place on Monday 1st March 2010, in the House of common from 7 to 9pm in the ...