Marking two years since the brutal Israeli assault that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, #GazaLives tells the stories of Palestinians from Gaza, in their own words. Photo: al-Aqsa University My name is Abd Albawwab. I’m a senior student at al-Aqsa University of Gaza. Like thousands of undergraduates, I’m worried about unemployment after graduation. Because of the …
Take action: Contact FIFA On Tuesday 9th August 2016 the Israeli army demolished five homes of the Al Hathaleen family in Umm Al Khair, continuing the cycle of demolition-rebuild-demolition over eight recent years. Three of the demolished structures were funded by the European Union. FIFA has recently produced a video featuring Umm Al Khair, entitled “Football …
Marking two years since the brutal Israeli assault that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, #GazaLives tells the stories of Palestinians from Gaza, in their own words. Photo: Erez Crossing by amillionwaystobe (Flickr) My name is Abdalaziz. I’m one of thousands of Palestinian graduates who are stranded in a never-ending queue of unemployment. I might sound …
Marking two years since the brutal Israeli assault that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, #GazaLives tells the stories of Palestinians from Gaza, in their own words. UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan My name is Hazem and I’m 23 years old. Israel’s siege severely impacts education in the Gaza Strip. Education requires an environment that stimulates children to …
Marking two years since the brutal Israeli assault that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, #GazaLives tells the stories of Palestinians from Gaza, in their own words. UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan My name is Hayat. Johr Al-Deek is an area that many have not heard of. It is somewhere between Gaza City and outlying camps. This village, …
This is an urgent request for action as the communities of two Bedouin villages are under the immediate threat of demolition. Earlier this year we wrote to you about two Bedouin villages under threat of demolition. Almost six thousand of you wrote to your MPs asking them to demand the foreign secretary protests in the strongest terms …
Marking two years since the brutal Israeli assault that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, #GazaLives tells the stories of Palestinians from Gaza, in their own words. On 20th July 2014, as many as 150 Palestinians were killed in Shuja’iyya after Israeli forces devastated the area. Photo: Iyad al Baba/Oxfam – Shuja’iyya, July 2014 Read four …
Last week we sent a letter to Ben Gummer, the recently appointed Minister of the Cabinet Office. Enclosed were the signatures of 8,759 of you. These were the signatures of the almost nine thousand of you who signed a postcard from Palestine, as a petition against Government proposals to curtail our right to boycott. Earlier …
Marking two years since the brutal Israeli assault that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, #GazaLives tells the stories of Palestinians from Gaza, in their own words. My name is Intimaa and I’m a student from Gaza. During the last war on Gaza in 2014, I was in the United States finishing my master’s degree. I …
Marking two years since the brutal Israeli assault that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, #GazaLives tells the stories of Palestinians from Gaza, in their own words. My name is Nour Sulaiman. I’m a student at al-Aqsa University in Gaza, an activist with the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement, and the coordinator of the Palestinian Students’ …