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...the carefully-tended flowers have become animal fodder.

Palestinian women protest against Israeli siege on Gaza4 December 2007Mohammed Omerhttp://rafahtoday.orgGaza's Seasons Wasted flowersthrown on the streets and relegated to food for camels, cows and s...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:00 GMT

Gazans will have no way to prepare and compensate for this vital loss.

24 November 2007Electricity Cuts Spell Impending Humanitarian Disasterhttp://rafahtoday.org Israel plans to greatly reduce the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip beginning December 2, according t...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:15:00 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights, an Israeli peace group...working to get seriously ill out of Gaza

21 November 2007Died Waiting for Healthcare There was no way that 20-year-old Gaza resident Nail Al Kurdi could hide his pain for a long time. He died, succumbing to his cancer, last weekend while aw...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:49:00 GMT

shortages of goods and the prices of foodstuffs have soared during the siege

11 November 2006Israel's Wrath Before Annapolis More than 20 tanks and bulldozers attacked a Bedouin village in the north of Gaza near the border with Israel, detaining male residents over 16 years of...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:47:00 GMT

UN & EU delegates have urged Israel not to impose "collective punishment"...

6 November 2007As Israel Escalates Military Attacks in Gaza, Washington Gives Green Light for a Large-Scale Attack on the Strip The US administration has given the "green light" for an extensive Israe...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:41:00 GMT

A break of the month-long fasting, this should be the happiest day for Palestinians.

13 October 2007Eid El Fitr Begins; Gazans See Little to CelebrateWhile Muslims all over the world Friday marked the beginning of the Eid holiday with gifts and feasts, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip i...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:22:00 GMT

Back to the Open-Air Prison of Gaza (two past reports from RafahToday.org)

Woman holding a child in her lap, begging in one of the main streets in Gaza CityMan selling clothes as preparation for Eid in the last days of Holy Ramadan Month7 October 2007Back to the Open-Air Pri...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:31:00 GMT

A walk through Gaza Strip market -- prices soaring sky high.

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------From: jen.Date: Oct 3, 2007 1:32 PMfrom: OCCUPIED GAZA STRIPMohammed Omer  [email protected] / Rafah TodayThank you dear Jen for sending that. M...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:42:00 GMT

"We feel privileged to have met such a man," says Abu Jayyab.

THE NEW STATESMAN (UK)SocietyLead FeatureBoard meetingMohammed OmerPublished 27 September 2007Observations on GazaTen toes on the nose", "hang ten" were not expressions heard in Gaza until recently. ...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:35:00 GMT

collective punishment and gross violation of international human rights obligations

September 22, 2007Gaza: Hostile Territory, Israel Vows to Choke Electricity and Fuel Supplies All over the Gaza Strip, months-long Israeli military attacks from every direction, from air, land, and ...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:01:00 GMT