Appeal to Open Rafah Crossing

Appeal to Open Rafah Crossing

The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council is deeply concerned about the continued deterioration of living condition of the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s denial and negligence of its legal obligations towards civilians and its...

The Unconquerable Heroes who Live in Gaza

The Gaza strip is a piece of land 41 km long and 6-12 km wide, with a total area of 365 square kilometres. Situated on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea, it has a strong population of 1, 8 million people, making it one of the most densely populated areas in...
The Emergent Palestinian Imaginary

The Emergent Palestinian Imaginary

[Prefatory Note: this text is based on my presentation at the conference listed below, which brought together a wide array of scholars, media people, and persons concerned with the future of Palestine]  Second Annual Conference of Research Centers in the Arab World,...

Egyptian Military: Modern day Pharaohs

Travelling to Gaza this year with the South African delegation was reported as the most difficult trip made by the humanitarian group- the Gaza Rehabilitation Fund. This particular group had made 8 previous trips and in none of them had so many obstacles been...
Healthcare in Besieged Gaza

Healthcare in Besieged Gaza

Being a final year medical student at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, going into Gaza on a humanitarian mission and seeing the healthcare system in Gaza was my prime objective. I had read that Gaza’s hospitals are at “zero stock levels” for 178 of 480...