first published at Crescent International, Eva Bartlett [see Observations from Occupied Palestine, Part 1] Unusually heavy torrential rains last month inundated much of Gaza, which was already reeling from a tight Israeli-Egyptian siege since 2006. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected with more than 5,000 evacuated from their homes. Power outages of 20-22… Read More Observations from Occupied Palestine: Gaza
Dec 22, 2013, the IMEU One week after torrential rains dropped 85 percent of Gaza’s annual rainfall in just two days, the An Nafaq neighborhood remains largely submerged. This footage from December 21, 2013 shows flooded homes and cars still underwater — scenes on par with those we showed you in this video from last… Read More still flooded, still power-deprived
*Awni Farhat For those concerned about the sewage overflow, heavy rains, cold temperatures and siege-manufactured misery in Gaza, here are some links for solidarity actions/support: [via Joe Catron]: If you want to send money for disaster relief in Gaza, please consider the Palestine Red Crescent Society, always on the frontlines. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP-UK):… Read More solidarity with Gaza
OCHA: Number of displaced tops 10000 in Gaza Dec 15, 2013 Approximately 10,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to widespread flooding in the Gaza Strip, according to a report released Saturday evening by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The numbers of displaced dwarf earlier estimates, as… Read More Gaza flooding updates (Ma’an news)
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced because of severe flooding. (Eyad Al Baba / APA images) More updates from Gaza, besieged by cruel Israeli policies and now by torrential rains, Israeli-dam flash-floods, and continued power outages [yesterday’s post here]: UNRWA calls Gaza ‘disaster area,’ pleads for end to Israeli blockade Dec 14, 2013… Read More Gaza flooding, blockade-manufactured crises
Photos and updates from Gaza paint one of the most dire scenarios the Palestinians locked in the Strip have faced, Israeli bombing campaigns aside. For over a month Palestinians in Gaza have endured 18 or more hours/day power outages. Now, with unusually heavy rains, cold temperatures, Israeli-released torrents of water (suddenly opening of dams along… Read More Gaza drowning …and under power and media blackout
The Palestinians of Gaza continue to suffer silently. Not only: -12-18 hour power outages (depending on where in the Strip they live) -critical shortages of medicines (40% of essential drugs): “We’re not talking here about luxury medications — and by luxury I mean medications that will treat conditions that will kill you in five years… Read More forced to walk through sewage
First Published at Inter Press Services (IPS)– By Eva Bartlett “For the past five years we’ve collected garbage by traditional means: donkey and cart,” says Abdel Rahem Abulkumboz, director of health and environment at the Municipality of Gaza. The municipality of Gaza alone produces 700 tons of waste daily, Kumboz says. More than half of… Read More Israeli Siege on Gaza Causes Waste Crisis
*photo: Emad Badwan First published at Inter Press Services [blog version longer than published version] –By Eva Bartlett “We wanted to do something to bring focus to the plight of Palestinian political prisoners, of which there are around 5,000 in Israeli jails, including hunger strikers, children, women,” says Mohannad Barakat, 30, one of seven Palestinians… Read More Gangnam Gaza Style: on the siege, Palestinian Prisoners, Palestinian Pride
Dec 25 2012 (IPS) -By Eva Bartlett On Nov. 17, four days into Israel’s eight-day assault on the Gaza Strip, deputy Israeli Prime Minister Eli Yishai publicly called for the Israeli army to “blow Gaza back to the Middle Ages, destroying all the infrastructure including roads and water”. The following day, Gilad Sharon, son of… Read More The Flattening of Gaza
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