A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
Israel has launched fresh air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attack since the November ceasefire between the Hamas and Israel. Israel has been continuously violating the ceasefire since November with the first violation coming on the very second day after the agreement. The Jerusalem Fund has published an extensive list of […]
- By Hazem Balousha, Al-Monitor Palestine Pulse According to figures issued by public and private institutions, the Gaza Strip is in imminent danger of a water crisis. Fresh water for domestic and agricultural use has become scarce. Moreover, 95% of underground water for domestic consumption is contaminated to varying degrees, which portends the spread of diseases […]
- By Ma’an, WAFA, Al-Akhbar Israel arrested the brother of former-Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawneh in the West Bank early Monday just hours after the long-term hunger striker was released from Israeli prison and deported to the Gaza Strip, Ma’an News Agency reported. Israeli forces raided the home of Jihad Sharawneh, 24, at dawn Monday in Deir […]
- By Mohammed Omer, Vice Haneen Khader had no option. As soon as she learned of her father’s death, her March wedding celebration had to be canceled. Forty-one-year-old Bassam Khader, an unemployed construction worker, had tried everything to provide a basic living for his family but to no avail. His only option was to work […]
- By Rami Almeghari, The Electronic Intifada With their electricity cut off, the Dheir family had no choice other than to rely on candles for lighting. Their desperation had deadly consequences. On 30 January, six members of the family were burnt to death from a fire caused by the candles. Qamar Dheir was only three-months-old. […]
To Block Gaza Tunnels, Egypt Lets Sewage Flow (The New York Times) – By Fares Akram and David D. Kirkpatrick GAZA —The Egyptian military is resorting to a pungent new tactic to shut down the smuggling tunnels connecting Sinai and Gaza: flooding them with sewage. Along with the stink, the approach is raising new questions about […]
- By Ma’an News RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man held in solitary confinement by Israel for two years is losing his ability to recall language and has speech impairments, a lawyer who visited him in jail said Sunday. The lawyer for the Palestinian prisoners society said Dirar Abu Sisi, an engineer from Gaza, is suffering […]
Egyptian forces flood Gaza tunnels with water (Al Arabiya) – By REUTERS Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said. The network of tunnels is a vital lifeline for Gaza, bringing in an estimated 30 percent of all […]
Child survivor of Gaza massacre denied medical treatment by Israel (The Electronic Intifada) – By Rami Almeghari Twelve-year-old Amal Samouni still has shrapnel in her skull from the time Israel bombed her neighborhood in Gaza in early 2009. Amal lost 21 members of her extended family in that massacre, including her father Attieh and her brother Ahmad. As […]
“The closure is like dying a slow death” (PCHR) Ramadan Daoud Hussein Abdel Bari (51) lives in Gaza together with his wife, their 8 children, and his sick mother. He opened a clothing factory in Khan Younis in 1985. Since the beginning of the Second Intifada the increased Israeli-imposed movement restrictions have ruined Ramadan’s business […]
