Gaza Siege

Don't Look Away -- The Siege of Gaza Must End

Kathy Kelly | Posted 08.16.2011

Kathy Kelly

The Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, amounting to what is internationally recognized as an apartheid system, could end in peace, with Israel abandoning paranoia and racial violence to allow peace.

Cloud Computing & Outmaneuvering the Gaza Siege

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Hani Almadhoun

While the siege in Gaza has a harmful impact on all business sectors, one sector might have suffered less than all the others. The Gaza Information Technology sector might have thrived due to the siege.

Fresh Produce and Electricity Are Still Absent in Gaza

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Hani Almadhoun

This year there are two major challenges in Gaza that make observing Ramadan a lot harder. The first one is soaring prices of fresh produce and the second is frequent and prolonged power outages.

Israeli Victimhood: A Threat to the Jewish State

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

Mya Guarnieri

The headline excited me. "Analysis: Trying one soldier for Gaza war crime doesn't solve root of problem," it read. Finally, a discussion of the Isra...

The U.S. Military 'Mainstreams' Hezbollah and Hamas

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Sharmine Narwani

In a recent US military report "CENTCOM officers question the U.S. policy of isolating the two movements" and encourage "strategies that would integrate the organizations into their political mainstreams."

Israel Continues to Ignore the Human Toll of the Siege on Gaza

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

Mya Guarnieri

Israel, the occupying power that controls Gaza's borders, continues to completely ignore the human toll of the blockade.

Israeli Left Denounces IDF's Raid of the Freedom Flotilla

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

Mya Guarnieri

Some 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside Israel's Ministry of Defense late Monday to protest the military's violent raid on an aid flotilla that atte...

Debunking the Gaza Siege Myth

Jacob Shrybman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Shrybman

The UN claims there is a siege on Gaza when it has given $200 million to the strip in the past year -- $190 million more than it has given to Haiti after the natural disaster there claimed the lives of an estimated 230,000.

54 Members Of Congress Urge Obama To Work To End Gaza Siege

Haaretz | Natasha Mozgovaya | Posted 05.25.2011

Fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress have signed a letter asking President Barack Obama to put pressure on Israel to ease the blockade on the Gaza ...

Gaza: Forsaken but Not Forgotten

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamal Dajani

More than a thousand activists from around 40 countries remained in Cairo after the Egyptian government declined them entry due to the "sensitive situation" in the Palestinian territory. When was it not a "sensitive situation" in Palestine?