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Health Sector
Human
crisis in Gaza 'is worst for 40 years'
Sunday 10 August 2008
Watch: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Gaza's humanitarian crisis
is more acute today than at any time since Israel took control of the
territory in the 1967 war, aid agencies say. |
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Economic
Sector
Poverty in Gaza Hits "Unprecedented"
Level
By Omid Memarian
UNITED
NATIONS, Jul 25 (IPS) - In both the West Bank and Gaza, young people
aged 15 to 24 are the most likely of any group to be unemployed, while
the number of households in Gaza below the poverty line has reached an
historic high of nearly 52 percent, according to a new report by the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) issued Thursday. |
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Agriculture and Farming Sector
Siege of Gaza squeezes life out of the
land
Tuesday May 13 2008
Abid
Razzaq Ouda faces intimidation by Palestinian militants, the Israeli
authorities, and the dire consequences of the economic blockade of Gaza
Rory McCarthy in Beit Lahiya
The
field is planted with shoulder-high rows of corn and is so close to
Israel that the tall concrete boundary wall is well within sight,
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Educational Sector
The siege on Gaza: Israel
severely infringes Gazans' right to education
24 July 2008
Since Israel
tightened the siege on the Gaza Strip last year, hundreds of Palestinian
students have been unable to reach their educational institutions in the
West Bank and abroad.
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Human Rights
Sector
Amnesty International Report 2008
State of the World’s Human Rights
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
The human rights
situation in the Israeli Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) remained
dire. Israeli forces killed more than 370 Palestinians, destroyed more
than 100 Palestinian homes and imposed ever more stringent restrictions
on the movement of Palestinians.In June, |
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Mental Health
Sector
Organized ‘recreation days’ relieve stress for children in Gaza
25 July 2008
GAZA, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 25 July 2008 – Every day,
children and adolescents throughout the Gaza Strip suffer from the
disruption of basic services and deteriorating living standards. The
children of Shoka, a small Bedouin area bordering with Israel, are no
exception. |
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Youth And Sports Sector
The Olympic Runner Is Finally Free to Leave Gaza
1.5
Million Gaza Residents Still Trapped
Thursday, April 10, 2008 – After months of refusal, Israel's
military finally permitted Nader Masri, one of the four Palestinian
representatives in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, to leave Gaza
today in order to reach his training camp. |
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Environmental
Sector
Blue sky, toxic sea
Nora Barrows-Friedman writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from
Palestine, 9 June 2008
For the three days I've been in Gaza I've heard nothing but horror
stories. My friends, the journalists, the health workers, the students,
the taxi drivers, the intellectuals, they all speak with a certain
heaviness and a guttural frustration that gets trapped in the back of
throats, |
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Freedom Of Movement
Human rights groups petition Supreme Court: Stop restricting fuel supply
to Gaza, in violation of court order
Gisha, Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
13/5/2008
Israel is
blocking even the insufficient fuel supply required by the court; is
harming vital humanitarian services – in violation of court order *
Rights groups demand: Stop fuel restrictions, stop collective
punishment. |
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Mental Health Sector
Counselling sessions help children cope with their fears after recent
violence in Gaza
UNICEF
GAZA, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 24
March 2008
At
least 25 children in Gaza were reportedly killed during military
incursions that followed cross-border rocket attacks into southern
Israel.
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