The destroyed American School in Gaza, July 2009:
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What bunnies are doing for Gaza
The tough life in Gaza forces citizens to adapt. The Independent reports: The shrapnel holes in the wall behind her underline why Subheya Motawe, her husband and their 15 children were forced to escape from their four-room home in this central Gaza village last January. With no time to grab most of their possessions, Mrs…
The Hamas defence mechanism
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal tells a Qatari newspaper of his group’s supposed attitude to a growing “virtue campaign” in Gaza: We will not impose a strict interpretation of religion on anyone. There is growing evidence from inside the Strip, including what I saw and heard with my own eyes and ears in July, that contradicts…
A growing challenge to the rule of Hamas
Following the clashes in Gaza between Hamas and an al-Qaeda affiliated group, the Washington Post offers the following (largely believable) analysis: The deadly shootout in a Gaza Strip mosque Friday between members of the ruling Islamist Hamas movement and a militant splinter group may signal further challenges to Hamas’s authority in Gaza as it tries…
Ahmadinejad will remain on notice
Iran’s political situation is currently in turmoil. This, though, could be a welcome development: The Iranian opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi announced the formation of a new social and political movement on his Web site on Saturday, following through on a promise made last month and defying a renewed government campaign of intimidation aimed at…
Separate and divide Jews and the rest
I met a number of Western aid workers in Israel who wondered about this new Israeli policy: In an echo of restrictions already firmly in place in Gaza, Israel has begun barring movement between Israel and the West Bank for anyone holding a foreign passport, including humanitarian aid workers and thousands of Palestinian residents. The…
Dealing with al-Qaeda in Gaza
The National editorialises on the recent dramas in Rafah against Muslim extremists: It was perhaps only a matter of time before Hamas was outflanked by a more radical group in its Gaza stronghold, but the bloody showdown between the Palestinian Islamist movement and the shadowy Jund Ansar Allah is an unwelcome development for the Palestinian…
Marching for the people of Gaza
This story is from Lebanon’s Daily Star in July but I somehow missed posting it. A number of colleagues and friends are planning to make the pilgrimage: A coalition of activists belonging to various Palestinian solidarity organizations are planning an international march in Gaza aimed at ending the blockade of the territory. The event will…
When Hamas are the moderates
When I was in Gaza I asked a number of people about extremist forces. I was told that they existed and Israel’s siege only makes them more likely to thrive. Looks like Hamas is taking action: Hamas security forces killed the leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip Saturday in a shootout that…
They shoot films in Gaza, don’t they?
Eva Bartlett reports from Gaza on the ways in which a besieged people enjoy entertainment: The question of the arts in times of siege and occupation is one of the main themes in Gaza’s newest theatre production, Film Cinema, which opened on 4 August in Gaza City. A stage buried in film negatives, and adorned…