Spinning the blockade
Superficial improvements in humanitarian conditions in Gaza will only deepen its political isolation: Is this the aim of the international community?
Politicians and officials are suggesting that the blockade of Gaza - defined on Monday by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as
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As aid flotilla approaches Gaza's shores, Israel takes extraordinary steps to prevent it reaching its destination
To break the blockade of Gaza a flotilla of eight boats carrying hundreds of peace activists is making its way to the Gaza Strip by sea, carrying several thousand tons of supplies for the belea
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Graph of needs (in blue) vs. supply (in yellow) of goods between April 2009 and May 2010 by www.Gisha.org
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Put conditions on Israel's OECD entry
Israeli accession to this group of nations must be contingent on a commitment to embark on a credible peace process
Avi Shlaim is Professor of International Relations at St. Antony’s College, Oxford and a Patron of JNews – Alternative Jewish Perspectives on Israel and Palestine.
Simon Mohun is Professor of Political Economy at Queen Mary University of London.
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Gaza – A manufactured catastrophe
Israel’s blockade will have far-reaching repercussions on the future sustainability of Gaza and on the Palestinian-Israeli political process
Trade and travel in Europe may be returning to normal after Iceland’s volcanic eruptions, but the Gaza Strip remains paralysed not by a natural but by a man-made disaster –a systematic policy aimed at destroying its cultura
Said Almadhoun is a Palestinian Human Rights activist from the Gaza Strip. He was one of the few students allowed to leave Gaza for his studies in July 2008, following a campaign by civil society. He recently received his LLM from the American University in Washington, DC.
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Further reading:
IMF: Macroeconomic and Fiscal Framework for the West Bank and Gaza: Fifth Review of Progress, April 2010: http://www.imf.org/external/country/WBG/RR/2010/041310…
Gisha: Restrictions on the Transfer of Goods to Gaza: Obstruction and Obfuscation, January 2010: http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:Wiyps3roB-kJ:www.gi…
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The flotilla and the siege – resistance and complicity
While the second flotilla to Gaza prepared to set sail this week under the motto ‘Stay Human,’ Europe moved a step closer to full participation in the Israeli oppression of Palestinians
Despite widespread Greek support for the Palestinian cause, the Greek government bent to
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Miri Weingarten is an Israeli human rights activist and Director of JNews – Alternative Jewish Perspectives on Israel-Palestine.This piece is cross-posted on openDemocracy.