In Focus

Rafah Ambulance Drivers Struggle Amidst "Miserable" Work Conditions

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)

14 May 2008

As the gruelling Gaza fuel crisis continues, so does the strain on local public transport services, including ambulances, across the Gaza Strip. Approximately 15% of local public services are operating across Gaza, whilst up to ninety percent of private cars remain off the roads, and all of Gaza’s 450 fuel stations remain (...)

Articles & Analysis

Blast kills Gaza teacher in front of her children

The Independent

12 May 2008

The UN is demanding an investigation into how the Israeli military killed one of its Palestinian school teachers by blasting open the front door of her Gaza home with explosives in the presence of three of her children.

Eye-Witness

Al Gherbawi Taxi office, Gaza city

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)

7 May 2008

Early Monday morning in Gaza city: the streets are sunny and quiet. As men and women walk to work, a smattering of cars drive through the city, but the vast majority of Gazans are on foot. Pedestrians stroll past vehicles that are double, even triple parked against the broken side-walks, and the distinctive yellow Gaza taxis are few and very far (...)

Eye-Witness

More Violence, Another History Suppressed

Palestine Monitor

13 May 2008

Cars and busses from all over the country lined the shoulders of Highway 79. Thousands of activists filed out of their vehicles waving banners and Palestinian flags. They marched up the grassy hill and converged near the wooded area at the top, chanting “No alternative to the right of return!”

News

60 years on, refugees visit lost Jerusalem homes

Reuters

11 May 2008

Some 300 Palestinians marked 60 years since Israel’s founding in May 1948 with a protest walk through affluent Jewish parts of west Jerusalem that were once home to many Arabs. They wore black T-shirts with "This is my House" printed on the back.