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Siege, Wall, Checkpoints

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State of Emergency in GazaMohammed Omer - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Because the Gaza municipality can’t afford to purchase expensive Israeli oil, it pays 450 people, who work with 250 donkeys, to clear away massive piles of garbage before health risks worsen among the 1.8 million Gazan civilians under siege by Israel.-rh 12/12/2013
A letter from al-Walaja: Wars, walls and now roadsAnne Paq and Hisham Abu Ali - +972 - A new Israeli-planned road, ostensibly meant to give the Cremisan Monastery access to Israel and Jerusalem, will cut off the Bethlehem-area village of al-Walaja from its lands. Its lands were taken and villagers displaced in first in 1948; in recent years Israel began completely surrounding it with the separation wall, taking even more land. Village resident Hisham Abu Ali is done being silent.-rh11/12/2013
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‘All the Way to Holland’: The Routine at Qalandiya CheckpointTamar Fleishman - The Palestine Chronicle - But to those who had the misfortune of getting picked, and were forced to leave their vehicle, stand aside and watch a dog being led to their car, how it sniffs the tires, circles the exterior, jumps on the car, enters the trunk and the inside of the car, gets the seats dirty with his feet, crawls under the seats, drools everywhere and not stopping until it finds the scented ball that the trainer left for it, for these people this isn’t routine. For them this is a humiliation, an invasion to their personal space and an act of desecration according to their religion. Because according to Islam the dog is impure.-rh 11/12/2013
Gaza, which we must not forgetHaggai Matar/Translation Sol Salbe - The electrical power network has collapsed. So have the water and sewage systems. There are reports of surgery being conducted by candlelight. ... Hamas is actually functioning as Israel`s sheriff (according to Israeli security officials), but the naval blockade and the ban on exports remain.10/12/2013
Fishing under fire off the Gaza coastThe Guardian - Harassed by Israeli gunboats, Palestinian fishermen are chasing dwindling shoals in the heavily guarded six-mile fishing limit off the Gaza coast. Alex Renton goes aboard to see what it`s like to be a fisherman in some of the world`s most contested waters9/12/2013
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Dutch premier`s Israel trip hit by Gaza rowAFP - Ynet - Visit from Dutch PM goes bad after `Dutch make unexpected demands` before ceremonial installation of equipment aimed at easing movement of goods into Gaza9/12/2013
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Sailing from Palestine against the blockade - worldwide virtual participation. (Saturday Nov. 30)Hundreds of children protesting the blockade by releasing “mini-Arks” into the sea at the port of Gaza. 30/11/2013
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Several Palestinians Injured In BethlehemIMEMC - "Local sources have reported that violent clashes took place at the entrance of the camp, and that the army used a new silenced weapon that fires rounds that cause serious burns and injuries to the flesh. The sources added that scores of residents have been shot by rubber-coated metal bullets, while many have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation." ca29/11/2013
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Sewage floods neighbourhoods in GazaAl Jazeera - VIDEO - "Up to 20,000 people face a new humanitarian crisis after power crisis prompts sewerage pipes to flood streets of Gaza." ca 26/11/2013
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Twins born in Bethlehem from smuggled sperm of prisonerMa`an News Agency - " For the first time in Bethlehem, the wife of a Palestinian prisoner delivered two healthy twins after successful fertilization using sperm smuggled from her jailed husband." ca 26/11/2013
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United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator calls for urgent action to address power crisis in GazaOCHA - Press Release "Electricity is supplied through Israeli and Egyptian feeder lines but the GPP provides approximately 30 per cent of Gaza’s total energy supply. “For the benefit of Gaza’s civilian population it is essential that a way be found to allow the power plant to resume its operations and that the broader chronic energy crisis be addressed,” ca26/11/2013
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Israel’s Siege of Gaza Is Sadistic and Illegal, Yet US Support ContinuesJohn Glaser - AntiWar - "As one UN special rapporteur explained, about one third of Gaza’s arable land and 85 percent of its fishing waters are totally or partially inaccessible due to Israeli military measures, while at least two-thirds of Gazan households lack reliable access to food as a result of the blockade"25/11/2013
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“Miles Of Smiles” Aid Convoys Arrives In GazaSaed Bannoura - IMEMC "Partners for Peace & Development for Palestinians (PPDP) issued a press release stating that the convoy is part of a chain of the “Miles of Smiles” convoys which made it into Gaza, and continue to make trips to the coastal region in support of the Palestinian people and breaking the illegitimate Israeli siege." ca 22/11/2013
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PCBS: Over 100,000 Palestinians work in IsraelMa`an News Agency - "According to the survey, 103,000 Palestinians were employed in Israel between July-September, with over 60 percent employed in the construction sector.Of this number, 51,100 had an Israeli-issued permit, 34,600 worked without a permit, and 17,600 had an Israeli identity card or foreign passport." ca22/11/2013
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Video: As siege stops pumps, Gaza children wade to school in sewageAli Abunimah - EI - "[...] children in the al-Sabra neighborhood in eastern Gaza City wading through streets flooded with sewage. Some make their way carefully across stones to avoid the fetid water, while others wade right in or are carried on the shoulders of older children" ca18/11/2013
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This Friday in Bil`in - a gaping hole in the wallRoy Wagner - againstwall - During the night and early morning, popular committees organized three direct actions of breaking and cutting parts of the wall. In Bil`in the main gate in the wall was entirely removed, leaving a gaping hole as a surprise for the soldiers. The weekly protest started with a prayer at the Abu Lamoun Oak grove...16/11/2013
Palestinian Brit trying to volunteer in Bethlehem interrogated for five hours at Ben Gurion airportAnonymous,18- Mondoweiss "I was in that room for at least 3 hours, I was not allowed to contact anyone, I was more worried with the fact that the taxi driver waiting for me might have left. After an hour another two men took me in for questioning, again, same questions were asked, we were just going around in circles, the Israeli authorities aim to make you nervous, but I didn’t care. At that point it was all a joke for me.After five hours I finally got my Israeli Visa. As I walked out of the departures area, I started to panic because I could not see the taxi driver.On my way back to London I was held for 4 hours, I was strip searched, all my bags were searched, every single item was taken out, even all my underwear were put through the x-ray scanner." ca8/11/2013
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Israel mooted West Bank barrier `as Palestinian border`AFP - Google - Israel began work on its sprawling "security fence" in 2002 at the height of the second intifada, and has defended its construction as a crucial protective measure, pointing to a drop in attacks inside Israel as proof of its success. But the Palestinians, who refer to its as the "apartheid wall," say the barrier is a land grab, pointing out that when complete, 85 percent of it will have been built inside the West Bank.-rh 6/11/2013
ShameEldad Kisch - When the ambulance finally arrived at the meeting point, it was clear to all that this was a very sick person. With a lot of tugging and pulling the patient with all his tubes and apparatus was transferred to the Israeli ambulance, and he could continue his journey. All this under close supervision of two soldiers with their weapons at the ready, who shouted at us not to photograph.-rh 6/11/2013
Jordan Valley fence would finalize the West Bank`s complete enclosureHaggai Matar - +972 - "If the fence follows the original route it will enclose any future Palestinian state, cement impossible Bantustan borders and give birth to a new map of Israel’s borders." - id 6/11/2013
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Masked settlers assault and injure B`Tselem camera volunteer harvesting olivesB`Tselem - "On 26 October 2013, the Na’asan family of the village of al-Mughayir, Ramallah District, went to harvest their olives. Several masked settlers arrived at the grove and began attacking the family with stones. The family responded by throwing stones back. The settlers then assaulted 75-year-old Ghatib Na’asan and his nephew, Yasser Na’asan, who tried to protect him. The latter, a volunteer in B`Tselem`s camera distribution project, was hit with an iron bar and broken glass. Other family members called for the Israeli security forces, who arrived while the settlers were retreating but made no attempt to apprehend or detain them until police arrived." ca1/11/2013
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