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‘Armchair humanitarianism’: The problem with Gaza’s maritime aid corridor
While aid is desperately needed, critics warn the U.S.-led plan evades the fundamental cause of Gaza’s starvation: Israel’s total control of the Strip.
By
Samer Badawi
March 16, 2024
‘We scream, starve, and die alone’: Life in the ruins of Shuja’iya
Israel’s month-long invasion of the Gaza City neighborhood left behind a trail of devastation. Still under siege, its Palestinian residents are risking death to get their hands on a bag of flour.
By
Mahmoud Mushtaha
March 16, 2024
Survivors of Gaza aid convoy massacre describe ‘indiscriminate’ Israeli fire
Palestinian eyewitnesses say troops shot directly at a starving crowd trying to get flour for their families, killing and wounding many in the mayhem.
By
Mahmoud Mushtaha
March 5, 2024
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‘My children are crying from hunger. This is a war of starvation’
With insufficient aid and skyrocketing prices across Gaza, Palestinians in the overcrowded city of Rafah are struggling to feed their families.
By
Ruwaida Kamal Amer
January 31, 2024
‘It’s like living in a mortuary, waiting for someone to bury you’
With Israel isolating the northern Strip, displaced Palestinians in Gaza City are grappling with the immediate perils of starvation and disease.
By
Mahmoud Mushtaha
January 11, 2024
Operation ‘A Thousand Eyes for an Eye’ is underway in Gaza
With Israel cutting off food, water, and power supplies, the dehumanization of the strip's population is complete — laying the groundwork for what's to come.
By
Amir Rotem
October 11, 2023
Kafka in Gaza: How Israel turned a Palestinian aid worker into a ‘terrorist’
All of the evidence in Mohammed Halabi’s six-year trial was either 'secret' or implausible. That didn’t stop Israel sentencing him to 12 years in prison.
By
Antony Loewenstein
September 8, 2022
After 3 years, accusations against Gaza World Vision head remain unproven
Mohammed Halabi, arrested in 2016 by Israel on accusations of diverting charity funds to Hamas, is still behind bars. Dozens of court hearings later, the state has yet to present evidence against him.
By
Antony Loewenstein
June 14, 2019
The Israeli army is putting humanitarian workers at risk in Gaza
According to the Israeli media, the soldiers who took part in a botched intelligence operation in Khan Younis earlier this month were dressed up as humanitarian workers. If the details are true, it could put countless people in danger. Israeli troops impersonated humanitarian workers in order to carry out an intelligence operation deep inside the…
By
Yali (Yael) Marom
November 26, 2018
Humanitarian aid to Palestinians ‘at an all-time low,’ UN warns
The funding crisis is particularly devastating in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian officials say basic services such as education, health, and food security have been reduced to a minimum. By Fidaa Shurrab Funding for humanitarian activities in the occupied Palestinian territories is “at an all-time low,” according to a UN agency responsible for humanitarian affairs in…
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October 25, 2018
The problem with international aid to Palestine
The Palestinian people have become dependent on foreign humanitarian aid to survive, but its adverse effects are strangling their economy. By Liora Sion International aid to the Palestinians is very generous. The United Nations is aiming to raise approximately $540 million per year for the five million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. That’s a…
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March 20, 2018
What I’m doing to help the Syrian people
Read up, share information, attend protests, donate to NGOs. This is what we can do to help Syrians. By Elizabeth Tsurkov A number of people have asked me what they can do about the situation in Aleppo or Syria. My answer to them is to donate money and spread information about what is happening there. Although…
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December 17, 2016
Who receives more foreign funds: The Left or the Occupation?
The Israeli government is up in arms about the foreign funds propping up human rights organizations. Guess what else foreign cash props up: the occupation. By Dror Etkes The road between the Nablus-area villages of Bazaariya and Deir Sharaf was once narrow and in a state of disrepair. Not anymore. Also the road that historically…
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January 4, 2016
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