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What is missing isn’t funding, it’s political will
Construction in Gaza, 2013. Photo by Eman Mohammed This Tuesday (April 30), the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) will convene in Brussels to discuss the dire situation in the Gaza Strip. In the past...
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The Ones Who Got Away
A market in Gaza, Eid Al Fitr 2018. Photo by Asmaa Elkhaldi Eid Al Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan and is one of the most important holidays in Islam. This year Gaza celebrates Eid Al...
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Cookie crackdown continues
The Sarayo Al Wadia factory in Gaza. Photo by Asmaa Elkhaldi In court, attorneys for the state claimed that, in theory, Israel it doesn’t oppose exit of processed foods manufactured in Gaza to markets...
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COGAT’s threat
Screenshot from COGAT’s Facebook page in Arabic. In what is now part of its social media commonplace, a post published yesterday on the Arabic Facebook page of the Coordinator of Government Activities...
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Tires barred from entering Gaza for 19 months and counting
A tire shop in Gaza. Photo by Asmaa Elkhaldi Israel has barred entrance of tires to the Gaza Strip since April 2018, in a sweeping and punitive response to burning of tires at the Great March of Return...
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Communication Breakdown
Mohammed Tawfiq (left), a 26-year-old computer science student. Photo by Asmaa Elkhaldi For two months now, Israel has imposed a blanket ban on the entry of communication equipment into Gaza, including...
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Dates vs. Date Paste
Intissar Abu Mandil in the greenhouse. Photos by Balah Falastin Intissar Abu Mandil, 50, and Rasmiya Zakout, 44, are two of 41 women who founded Balah Falastin, a company based in Gaza that produces...
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Marking another holiday in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic
Gaza has been spared the worst of the health crisis, but not the economic one. Families in Gaza can celebrate the upcoming Eid al Adha together, but they have little else to celebrate Mohammed Al...
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Israel’s Disproportionate and Cynical ‘Coronavirus Lockdown’ on Gaza
Erez Crossing. Photo by Gisha By Amir Rotem When her mother fell ill and was on her deathbed nine years ago, Niveen Zanoun couldn’t obtain a permit from Israel to leave the Gaza Strip for a visit to...
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The UN Was Right – Gaza Is Unlivable
A shuttered market street in Gaza. Photo by the International Committee of the Red Cross By Mohammed Azaiza On Monday, August 24, the authorities in Gaza announced the first cases of the coronavirus...
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