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As a consequence of the illegal siege, many Gazans are literally going underground to circumvent the border controls that keep them imprisoned.…

I am stranded and can’t get home…

The festival of Eid al-Fitr ended a couple of days ago, and most of usin Gaza have just dragged ourselves back to work…

17-year-old rabbi’s son – and fledgling composer – Joseph Klein lured one of the greatest names in jazz (Herbie Hancock) to join in performing a jazz prayer ceremony.…

Resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine comes in many forms:every Friday, Israeli, Palestinian and international activists gatherin the village of Nil’in, near Ramallah, in the Palestinian West Bank,to protest peacefully at the construction of a new slab of Israel’sso-called ‘Barrier Wall’ that will slice through Nil’in and separatethe villagers from their land…

The month of Ramadan began about ten days ago…

When two small fishing vessels sailed into Gaza Port on 23 August with their renegade crews of international solidarity activists, thousands of Gazans came to greet them…

Four months ago, on April 16, the Israeli military carried out two separate attacks against groups of civilians in Juhor al-dik, a village in the middle area of the Gaza Strip…

Ten days into the Tahdiya, or ‘Calm’ between Hamas and Israel,we haven’t seen anything change here inside Gaza…

The Arabic word tahdiya means ‘calming’ or ‘quieting.’ Hamas and theGovernment of Israel agreed to a six month tahdiya a few days ago, justafter the first anniversary of the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip.Hostilities on both sides would cease, and the Israeli siege of Gazawould gradually ease…