Palestinian children receive food for Ramadan..& more from IMEU

Palestinian children receive food for Ramadan from a charitable organization in the West Bank city of Hebron. (Mamoun Wazwaz, Maan Images)

The war on Gaza's children

Saree Makdisi, The Los Angeles Times

Sep 22, 2007

An entire generation of Palestinians in Gaza is growing up stunted: physically because they are not getting enough to eat; emotionally because of the pressures of living in a virtual prison; intellectually because they are trying to study in circumstances that no child should have to endure.

Economics and occupation Karma Nabulsi, The Guardian

Christianity in Palestine Joel Carillet, WRMEA

No academic freedom George Bisharat, Baltimore Sun

Student challenges Gaza lockdown in court
The Independent (Sep 22, 2007)

Ramallah mon amour
Lily Galili, Haaretz (Sep 22, 2007)

Villagers protest Israeli separation barrier near Bethlehem
Maan News (Sep 22, 2007)

Israel concludes four-day Nablus sweep
The International Herald Tribune (Sep 22, 2007)

Fourth Palestinian killed in Gaza raid
Agence France Presse (Sep 21, 2007)

It's lobbying, but is it really pro-Israel?
M.J. Rosenberg, Haaretz (Sep 21, 2007)

Ramadan woes
Salah Al-Naami, Al-Ahram Weekly (Sep 21, 2007)

Full closure on West Bank, Gaza
Ynet News (Sep 21, 2007)

UN finds 40 new West Bank roadblocks in two months
Haaretz (Sep 21, 2007)

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