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Letter
from Gaza - UNRWA
Water and the summer in Gaza
Letters from Gaza (10)
In Gaza everything is the
opposite of how it should be.
With the hot summer days
approaching, I’ve found myself
unable to cope with the idea of
not going to the beach with my
kids, not having fun playing in
the cool sea water or enjoying
the smell of the clean air. |
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Narrative under siege - PCHR
Narratives Under Siege (22):
Gaza Factories Continue
Enforced Downsize as Imports
Remain Banned
The date, understandably, is
etched on his mind. “Our last
delivery of raw materials from
Israel was on 28 August, 2007,’
says Rafat Redaisi. “But for
more than a year now the imports
we need have been banned. Before
the closure [of Gaza] we used to
buy a ton of raw plastic for
$2,500.
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Blogs - OXFAM
Israeli siege
bears strange fruit
Oxfam International
5 April 2008
Fadel Dardar stares with weary
gloom at the wreck of his orange
grove. "They used to bring us
$3000 a year - just the trees in
this one field. Now they're
worth nothing, less than
nothing." |
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Other Stories
WITNESS: Return to Gaza
By Wafa Amr
Sun Jul 27, 2008
GAZA STRIP (Reuters) - The air smelt of falafel cooking
oil -- used by drivers to power their cars -- and a hint
of sewage.
I
was in Gaza for the first time since before the Israelis
pulled out in 2005. The place where I lived
intermittently for six years was -- utterly -- gone. |
