by MRN | Mar 11, 2014 | Middle East
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...
by Aayesha Soni | Jan 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
by MRN | Jan 10, 2014 | Middle East
[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,...
by Aayesha Soni | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
by Aayesha Soni | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
