by Aayesha Soni | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Before leaving for Gaza I was well aware of the statistics in the region which has been under siege since 2007. 54 percent of households face food insecurity with 38 percent of the population living below the poverty line. Due to lack of fuel, the Gaza Power Plant...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
January 17, 2009 Israeli Assault Injures 1.5 Million Gazans by Jonathan Cook This week the death toll in Gaza passed the 1,000 mark, after nearly three weeks of Israeli air and ground attacks. But surprisingly, no one has reported an even more appalling statistic:...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Uri Avnery: Bananas Uri Avnery is a journalist, peace activist, former member of the Knesset, and leader of Gush Shalom. He is a regular contributor to Media Monitors Network (MMN). Media Monitors Network “The hard core of the fanatical settlers, which is...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Picture: (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)- A supporter of ANC President Jacob Zuma, left, dances with a make shift gun during a gathering outside the court in Pietermaritzburg last night. Zuma will appear in court today, on corruption charges. Zuma supporters danced to...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
Picture: (AFP/File/Said Khatib) An Egyptian border guard looks down toward the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in June 2008. A security official said Egyptian police shot dead an African migrant and wounded another on Tuesday as they tried to...
