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The wounds of Gaza

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The Wounds of Gaza

Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and Dr Swee Ang

Two Surgeons from the UK, Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and Dr Swee Ang, managed to get into Gaza during the Israeli invasion. Here they describe their experiences,  share their views, and conclude that the people of Gaza are extremely vulnerable and defenseless in the event of another attack.

The wounds of Gaza are deep and multi-layered. Are we talking about the Khan Younis massacre of 5,000  in 1956 or the execution  of 35,000 prisoners of war by Israel in 1967? Yet more wounds of the First Intifada, when civil disobedience by an occupied people against the occupiers resulted in massive wounded and hundreds dead?  We also cannot discount the 5,420 wounded in southern Gaza alone since 2000. Hence what we are referring to below are only that of the invasion as of 27 December 2008,

 

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British charity aiding palestinian refugees ordered to close

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British charity aiding Palestinian refugees ordered to close

Assed Baig

Interpal, a British charity providing development and relief for
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, has
been served notification from the Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB) that
the charity’s account will be closed as of 8 December. This comes as
a result of Lloyds TSB, the Islamic Bank’s clearing bank, serving
notice to "cease all dealings with Interpal," according to a
statement released by the charity.

The notice comes into effect as of 8 December 2008, during the Muslim
festival of Eid al-Adha, a time when Muslims are encouraged to give
charity.

 

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Resident of jerusalem demolishes his own home

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Resident of Jerusalem demolishes his own home after he was unable to pay fine

by Saed Bannoura – 
 

On Saturday, a Palestinian resident of Beit Hanina neighborhood in East Jerusalem had to demolish his own home built ten years ago after he was unable to pay a high fine imposed on him by the Jerusalem Municipality.

The Jerusalem municipality said that the home was built without a construction permit and imposed a 130.000 NIS fine.
 

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British mps granted Gaza access

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 British MPs granted Gaza access
 
BBC 

A cross-party delegation of British MPs has been allowed into Gaza to assess the effects of the recent Israeli military offensive.
 
Members of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group were granted entry by the Israeli military.
 
They hope to spend the afternoon being taken around sites damaged during Israeli military action. 
 

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