Today is the 60th anniversary of the end of the British Mandate and the creation of the state of Israel. Today is also recognized as Nakba Day, which refers to the ongoing displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people. Sands of Sorrow is a documentary film from 1950 that depicts life in Gaza's refugee camps at the time.
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Since the 2006 Palestinian Parliamentary elections, Israel and the United States have led a campaign of international sanctions against Hamas and the elected Palestinian government. This campaign was increased since June, 2007 when Hamas assumed control of Gaza. Since then, Gaza has been almost completely cut off from the outside world.
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- Electronic Intifada
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- Blog: From Gaza, with Love
- Blog: Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot
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Important Reports
- Gaza Humanitarian Situation Reports, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Narratives Under Siege, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
- Vanity Fair: The Gaza Bombshell (4/08, HTML)
- The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion, Amnesty International, Save the Children, Cafod, Care International and Christian Aid (3/08, PDF 1.72 MB)
- Dignity Denied in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, International Committee of the Red Cross (12/07, HTML)
- The Closure of the Gaza Strip: The Economic and Humanitarian Consequences, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (12/07, PDF 1.15 MB)
- Isolation of Gaza must end, say international NGOs, Association of International Development Agencies (11/07, PDF 164 KB)
- The Gaza Strip – One Big Prison, B’tselem (9/07, PDF 2.77 MB)
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