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Gaza

Gaza Strip - its Early History

Gaza City - One of the Five Great Cities of the Philistines Today the Gaza Strip is an isolated, overcrowded enclave bordered by Egypt to the south, Mediterranean Sea to the west and a hostile Israel to the north and east....

30 arrested in Rafah on suspicion of smuggling

CAIRO: Around 30 members of the same family were arrested from a neighborhood in the border town of Rafah on suspicion of smuggling solaar gas into Gaza.According to sources in the area, 30 members of the Barahma family — part...

Minister Defends Green Revolution Strategy

Posted to the web 10 October 2008 Maputo Mozambican Agriculture Minister Soares Nhaca on Thursday denied a claim by the former rebel movement Renamo that Mozambique has fewer rural extensionists than Swaziland. Speaking at a...

ISM Gaza: Olive harvest on the Green Line

9th October 2008, Beit Hanoun, Northern Gaza Strip On the 9th October, members of ISM Gaza supported an action organised by a Palestinian youth group called The Local Initiative. Film by Fida Qishta. Language editing by ISM...

Report: Olmert Admits He Erred on Shalit

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said in private conversations that he made a mistake by linking the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit with the June 19 Gaza ceasefire. Senior Defense Ministry and military officials...

Prisoner of Conscience: Conscience of the Israeli spymaster’s daughter

Conscience of the Israeli spymaster’s daughter Igal Sarna meets a Mossad chief’s daughter who is in jail for refusing national service Omer Goldman is a very pretty girl, slender as a model. Never still and very restless, the...

French NGOs in Gaza furious over Kouchner's remarks

The only two French humanitarian organisations that have a permanent presence in the Gaza strip have strongly denounced French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's recent statement in which he said French non-government...

ISM Gaza: Israel continues to breach ceasefire agreement with attacks on fishermen

On Wednesday 8th October, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) accompanied Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza. In the morning, while sailing about 7 nautical miles from shore, Israeli gunboats approached the...

Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?

by Ramzy Baroud Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when he lashed out at Palestinian factionalism, saying that the League is going as far as...

Palestinian Militant Admits Hezbollah Financial Support

By Kifah Zaboun Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat- Contacting Salim Thabit, the senior official in Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Brigades and commander of the Imad Mughniyeh groups, required much more than the usual time it takes to contact...