An Open Letter to President Obama From the Free Gaza Movement By Free Gaza Movement June 3, 2009 Tomorrow you travel to Egypt to give one of the most important speeches of your presidency. With the words you deliver you have said that you want to “reset” U.S. relations with the Muslim world and create a fundamental change [...]

Democracy Now! producer Anjali Kamat files a report on the state of the Gazan economy, where unemployment and poverty rates are among the highest in the world. Despite international pledges of over $5.2 billion to rebuild Gaza, in the four months since Israel’s assault the siege has not been lifted and only one truck carrying [...]

By Eva Bartlett 22 May 2009 On the morning of 4 May 2009, Israeli troops set fire to Palestinian crops along Gaza’s eastern border with Israel. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that 200,000 square meters of crops were destroyed, including wheat and barley ready for harvest, as well as vegetables, olive and pomegranate trees.

Leaflets Tell Gazans to Keep a 300-meter Distance by Jason Ditz May 25, 2009 Israeli aircrafts dropped exploding boxes full of leaflets across the Gaza Strip today, littering the tiny enclave with threats to shoot any Gazans who come within 300 meters of the border fence. The exploding boxes themselves caused a casualty, injuring a 12 year old [...]

Una obra teatral para Gaza Caryl Churchill Ningún niño aparece en la obra. Los interlocutores son adultos, padres y madres, y si desean, cualquier otro pariente de los niños. Las líneas se pueden compartir de cualquier forma que se desee entre esos personajes. Los personajes son diferentes en cada escena pequeña a medida que sean diferentes el [...]

By Colum Lynch Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 6, 2009 UNITED NATIONS, May 5 — A United Nations inquiry into the Gaza conflict earlier this year concluded that Israel intentionally struck a U.N.-run elementary school, killing three young men seeking shelter from the fighting, according to a summary released Tuesday.